The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has enrolled over 28 million Nigerians and legal residents into the National Identity Database.
The commission has also issued them the National Identification Number (NIN).
The figure was reached on Wednesday January 10, 2018, the commission said in a statement at the weekend.
While announcing the figure, the Director General/CEO of the Commission, Aliyu A. Aziz also set a new target to enrol additional 50 million Nigerians and legal residents, as well as issue them the NIN by December, 2018.
In December, 2016 when the enrolment figure stood at 14 million, the NIMC DG had set the target to double the figure, so as to capture 28 million Nigerians and legal residents by December 2017, a target that was met few days after the end of December 2017.
