117.3M Nigerians Now Have NINs – NIMC

Nigeria has reported new progress in the issuance of the National Identification Number (NIN) with the figure now above 117.3 million, as of February. This announcement was made recently by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), which has also concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for issuance of the recently announced multipurposed biometric card to students for a loans scheme.

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According to information on the NIMC dashboard, the number of unique NIN enrollment records as of February 28, stands at 117,361,324, with the State of Lagos having the highest cumulative figure of 12.6 million.

The dashboard information also shows that of the 117 million registrants, 56.5 percent of them are male, corresponding to 66.2 million people, while 43.5 percent, representing 51 million persons, are female.

While Lagos State tops the log with 12.6 million digital IDs issued, the States of Kano (10.2 million), Kaduna (6.9 million), Ogun (4.9 million), and Oyo (4.5 million) complete the top five states with the most enrollments.

Nigeria’s ongoing digital ID enrollment project was recently revised by the World Bank with a new target for the country to issue at least 180 digital IDs by December 2026.