Is this not supposed to be under ministry of interior just like NIS? I don't understand these people shaa
Showbby28: Buhari approves transfer of identity management agency to Communications ministry Nigeria may enforce mandatory use of national ID numbers by January 2019 Buhari appoints new NIMC director general NIMC harmonises 30 million identities of Nigerians – DG National ID card is free, but only 19% Nigerians are registered - Official President Muhammadu Buhari has granted approval for the transfer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.
A statement by the ministry’s spokesperson, Uwa Suleiman, sent to PREMIUM TIMES Monday morning, said the decision was to ensure “synergy and effective ministry supervisory mechanism is put in place to coordinate, monitor and track the progress of Federal Government’s digital transformation initiatives.”
Transferring the identity commission to the ministry, according to the statement, will aid the harmonisation of citizens’ data which will aid planning, the economy and security.
The commission which is in charge of managing national identity database for Nigerians was hitherto domiciled under the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Mrs Suleiman in her statement said in granting the approval, Mr Buhari considered the role of NIMC in achieving the objectives of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria (NDEPS).
She said the presidential directive for NIMC to be under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy is an illustration of Mr President’s vote of confidence on the minister, Isa Ibrahim (Pantami), “based on an unprecedented performance.“
The statement noted that the minister had “within his first year in office, amongst others, resolved the ICT sector’s decade-long dilemma of Right of Way charges.
“He was also able to secure Mr President’s approval for the provision of security as well as designation of Telecommunications Infrastructure as Critical National Infrastructure, regularization of improperly registered SIM cards and deactivation of unregistered ones, the deployment of over 250 digital projects across the country under his policies and supervision as well as built the capacity of over 36,000 Nigerians.”
It may be recalled that NIMC is mandated to create, manage, maintain and operate the National Identity Database established by the NIMC Act, 2007.
In an effort to realise this, the commission has so far registered around 41 million eligible enrollees for the National Identity Number (NIN).
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the other hand has details of over 191 million mobile subscribers.
Furthermore, the National Information Technology Development Agency has recorded huge successes in the development and implementation of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), the country’s first codified data protection regulation. The Agency has also reached an advanced stage on the implementation of the National Public Key Infrastructure (NPKI). Galaxy Backbone Limited (GBB) also provides services to Government Agencies – Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service and Software-as-a-Service. The need therefore for NIMC, NCC, NITDAand GBB to work closely together under the supervision of one Ministry towards harnessing what has already been achieved cannot be overemphasised.
The NIN, considered as a social security as well as civil number, is very important for economic planning and social intervention.
“With Federal Government’s digitalisation initiatives in line with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy, access to services and interventions will require it.
“We therefore urge all eligible individuals to enrolles soon as possible. Furthermore, the Honourable Minister is assuring Nigerians as well as residents that appropriate measures will be put in place to ensure that opportunities for enrollment are provided to all.
Lies, no one said you should pay $1m rather they said invest or have products or goods worth $1m in your business. If he did, can he produce the receipt issued him or his cohorts?
saaphiere: Nigerian traders in Ghana cried out and called on the FG to come to their aid.
As usual, playing the victim... Nor bi you throw yourself over am?
winkmart: Big Brother Naija housemate, Erica broke down in tears again over billionaire son, Kiddwaya and his attitude towards her.
Erica while crying to fellow housemates over Kidd in the presence of Kiddwaya, expressed that Kiddwaya does not reciprocate the love she feels for him.
According to Erica, Kiddwaya doesn’t act like she’s special to him, and all he cares about is her body. She said apart from her body, he doesn’t care about anything else.
She further dragged the hell out of him, calling him a spoilt brat who feels he can get anything he wants without asking too much.
Spoke my mind too. They should have an automated system which should flag up aircrafts earlier declared non-air worthy and or had been presented before for AOC by other operators. How can you license/certify a single aircraft for multiple operators? We are too dubious in this country. NCAA must be probed.
Esseite: So there is no register of aircrafts and helicopters with NCAA, when the physical check was done, they could not determine it was a helicopter already in their books...
Just say NCAA is corruption filled, you are not talking to babies.
Simple ....get married and keep the geh for den house go do your paros ....thank me later
Alimzy20: Good evening my fellow nairalanders i need your strong advices.my parents are forcing me to get married !! I'm just 21.I've tried all possible ways to change their mind. it ended in vain.
I'm not in relationship either. What should i do now? I'm still schooling and unemployed too..
Sounds good. Only a strengthened military and toughen rule of law can eradicate the terrorists.
The issue now is if the Malian military is allowed to remain in power under the same conditions as we currently have in Nigeria, your guess is as good as mine
I see no lies in this ...we are a country of angry vile people ...why shutdown the ventilator for God's sake? Same people will tomorrow say they're going to worship God tomorrow
hidhrhis: I swear this country is gone In a sane country and a sane system every medical personnel and staff who embarked on that strike suppose to suffer for the death of that patient They suppose to face the law cos that's murder They killed a patient Come and carry this to fp I don make FTC
I got an MTN sim card recently for.data purposes and some awusa n1ggie has been calling my phone despite telling him I'm jot who he's soughting after las las I blocked him
I've not received any banking transaction details though but I think I need to report this to MTN officially
Friendlyjoe: Take that sim to the office of your service providers so there can do a proper check on it.
So that's fine. My post did not categorically state that Sweden accepts all of those... I said 'in whatever format as may be required' but this ok, let's not drag it... It's all semantics
Skymoore1004: From the context of what you wrote previously, you made it seem like they person will provide his/her bank statement for applicant to use for visa processing.
Secondly for Sweden, FUNDS CANNOT BE IN ANY ACCOUNT! It must be YOUR account. Additionally, DEED OF GIFT is not ACCEPTED for SWEDEN.
Agents in this country have no conscience at all. Same agents that would coax you into paying for accommodation in a flood prone parts of Lagos and disappear when its flooded ....same thing they are doing with the Northern Cyprus thing. They'll be telling you 'nor bi people de school there'? collect their commission and disappear.
dwilliams: I have always wanted to warn Nigerian students seeking prospects in Europe or abroad generally to remove the option of TRNC from their list but l lacked the motivation, that time to sit down and pen a lengthy post discouraged me, but in lieu of the recent headlines on the news, I will say my bit and warn anyone who probably has been nursing that idea to desist from going there!
I felt the agents who processed my admission for me were not fair to me as they ought to have warned me enough but anyway, it's a dog eat dog world. They were only interested in loning their pockets.
Though, the news going round on social media that hundreds of Nigerian students have been killed there is grossly over exaggerated, there have been some killings but Northern Cyprus still remains safer than most part of Nigeria to be candid!
The TRNC is a country which is not recognized by any country in the world aside from Turkey, they have no natural resources or industries to generate revenue from, so they built some universities all over the country and they branded the Island as A STUDENT FRIENDLY ISLAND, may God punish them for that deceit!
The only source of revenue for the Northern Cyprus government is Education, their own citizens dont attend their universities, they mostly school in the UK,Turkey or the southern part of the island which is under the EU zone, to further enhance the scheme of luring unsuspecting students to the island, the TRNC is one of the easiest countries you can travel to as a prospective student, I bet it is not one of the easiest but the easiest!
A prospective student can apply and get admission in 3 days and you dont need a Visa to go there ,you only need your admission letter and your original school documents to go there, a process called OK to BOARD so most Nigerians who have been denied admission or have been denied Visa in other countries have no choice than to jump at that offer, A prospective student who applied Today can be in TRNC in less than 2 weeks to show how fast it is!
All this is to encourage students to come to the island and help their economy, the TRNC is a very expensive country to survive in,it costs about 300 pounds on the average to get a decent 2 bedroom flat and the hostel fees on the average cost about 3000 euros per semester aside from school fees, let me break it down further, 3k euros in Naira is equivalent to 1.5m per semester and we have 2 major semester in an academic year which means an average of 3m on accommodation alone, The tuition fees here starts from 2500 Euros per semester on the average! Which is roughly 2.7m in Naira.
Now that's not the worse part, the worse part is the day to day living on the island, it costs about 40 turkish lira to take a taxi to any location and that's about 2,400 naira and 4800 in total,for a to and fro journey though there are school buses which the government claims to be free but they are not entirely free as the cost of transportation has been deducted from your school fees.
The TRNC government lures student to the island to boost sectors such as housing as accommodation is very expensive, even the locals here dont pay what foreigners pay for housing they pay lesser, students come in to boost the tourism sector, the hospitals and pharmacies benefits from it, the transportation sector benefits from it and ofcourse it creates that multiplier effect that propels their economy.
Any household item or commodity whatsoever that you desire to purchase here is over 7 times the rate in naira, let me give examples, it costs over 2500 naira to buy a pain killer like panadol which cost around 200 naira, it costs about 15k to buy a charger for your phone, electricity bills can be as high as 60000 naira in a month during the summer and winter months when the air condition and heater has to be used, yes I said 60000 naira, Gas and water bill is something else entirely, the price of everything there is Jaw dropping as the prices are inflated to leach every penny from foreigners, they believe that every student especially Nigerians are rich!
When you register as a new student here,their universities will seize your original certificates to trap you so you wont leave and if you decide to leave the school you will be asked to pay termination fees in addition to whatever debt you probably owe the school!
Is it not crazy that a friend had to drop out on financial reasons and he was asked to pay over 2800 euros with the fees he owed the school before he will get his original certificates which he submitted while registering as a fresher!
Some of the institutions here fail students deliberately so that they can keep paying this school fees and trap them in the system to keep boosting their economy.
To crown it all, their are no jobs there coupled with the harsh and expensive living conditions many students have no options than to engage in petty vices.
95 percent of the universities there, the degrees are not Recognized by several international bodies, what the agents mostly do in Nigeria is to tell Nigerians that they are going to Cyprus and they will think they are going to the Southern part of the island which is an EU zone but on getting to Cyprus they are taken to the North. In fact the temporary residence permit wont take you to any country and since the country is not recognized most countries dont have embassies there which means to relocate you probably have to get a Tourist visa from here to Turkey which is not so difficult to apply to any country of your choice.
No b all abroad b abroad, and na small the north Cyprus take fine pass Nigeria sef, the roads are not so good and the houses are not so rushed.
According to the last NANS report there are approximately 30000 Nigerian students on this island and we have Zimbabweans, Congolese and other countries from other developing nations both in the middle east and Asia here.
My advice to all prospective students, if you are nurturing the idea of coming here to work while schooling please jettison those ideas. In fact dead it!
North Cyprus is not worth it ,one bit! I have spoken and its finally out of my conscience, who get ear make e hear!
And as for the grammar police wey go wan check my post for spelling errors and punctuations, this post is to share my experience there and warn prospective students against going to that expensive island.
Are you saying one's brother or relative or friend cannot offer to foot one's school fees? Isn't placing the funds in my personal account same as ensuring there's a proof of dedicated funds for the sponsorship?
Dedicated funds can be in any account as far as there are proof of evidence that the funds is available solely for the purpose it was meant for. The proof of evidence could be in form of deed of gift etc or whatever format this evidence should be as required by the school or embassy. Thanks anyway.
Skymoore1004: This is not correct. You can only sponsor yourself and funds must be in your personal account. Only SI scholarship holders are exempted.
Your friend cannot invite you to go study in Sweden, you need to first gain admission in a Sweden school, fulfill the school's requirements for them to issue you with a letter of admission and other documents which would aid your visa application processes. Your friend can however chose to sponsor your education in Sweden by offering to pay the school fees but s/he would need to provide proof of funds dedicated for this purpose.
ijesuoboikxp1: About the letter of invitation, if I have a friend from Europe can here, support me with the letter so that I can get the student visa in sweden?
Why they won't use technology to handle this things beats me. Almost everyone has a smartphone now and even if they don't USSD can be used instead of paper forms. Another lost opportunity to capture the data of unemployed in the country. Imagine capturing all of these people in a database, you can effectively plan against future recruitment.
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