If you need your national ID card for online and foreign transaction, the only option for you now is to print it yourself and use. Government is no longer interested in issuing plastic national ID card to Nigerians. They are only interested in capturing Nigerians and issuing the national identification number to them.

However, you cannot verify any online account with just the NIN or the NIN slip. You need the plastic type. You must scan or snap the plastic ID card for any online transaction. Visit this link for details https://www.nairakobo.com.ng/2020/06/12/design-and-print-your-nigerian-national-identity-card-on-plastic/