NIN holders hit 120m as NIMC justifies price increase

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says the number of Nigerians and legal residents with the National Identity Number (NIN) has hit 120.04million. This is just as the commission gave reasons why it recently reviewed its service price framework upward. The Director General of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, who disclosed this at a press conference […]

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says the number of Nigerians and legal residents with the National Identity Number (NIN) has hit 120.04million.

This is just as the commission gave reasons why it recently reviewed its service price framework upward.

The Director General of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, who disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday added that NIMC had continued to expand its infrastructure capacity to serve Nigerians better in the last 24 months.

Abisoye-Coker also said the commission has reduced corruption in the agency by 40 per cent.

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On the recent price review, she noted that charges for modifications of data were increased while verifications were decreased.

“There were some prices that were too much, so what we did was to remove them. There were all sorts of prices over there. People were extorting citizens with outrageous prices.

“NIN enrolment is free. But if you want to modify your data for any reason, you have to pay more. Some prices were reviewed downwards and others upwards.

“In terms of verification, the prices were reviewed downwards but upwards in terms of modifications,” she said.

Daily Trust reports that on 1st May 2025, NIMC announced a review of its service prices upward.

Accordingly, the commission hiked the date of birthday corrections fee to N28,574 from N16,340.

The commission also increased its NIN retrieval service on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data to N50 from N20.