President Bola Tinubu has instructed the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure that every Nigerian is enrolled in the National Identity Number (NIN) database before the end of 2026.
The Director-General of NIMC, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, disclosed the directive during an interview on Channels Television's Sunday Politics. She said the nationwide enrolment drive is aimed at building a comprehensive national identity database to improve governance, national planning, and public service delivery.
According to her, NIMC is working with private enrolment partners under the World Bank-supported Identification for Development (ID4D) project to speed up the registration process across the country.
Coker-Odusote explained that the NIN serves as a unique identity for every citizen, ensuring that individuals are registered only once through biometric verification, including fingerprints and facial recognition.
She noted that the exercise will also help determine Nigeria's actual population, as current estimates range between 200 million and 250 million people.
The NIMC boss added that the new identity system will strengthen security by preventing multiple registrations and allowing government agencies and private organisations to verify identities through direct integration with the commission's database.
The directive follows President Tinubu's signing of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act 2026, which reinforces the "One Person, One Identity" policy and makes the National Identification Number the primary identity credential for accessing government and essential private sector services, including banking, passport applications, taxation, pensions, land transactions, and consumer credit.
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