NATIONAL Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nasarawa state, on Thursday said it enrolled 359,000 residents in the state into the national database from 2013 till date. “Although, we are making progress because as at last year, we enrolled about 100,000 persons and from 2013 when we started operations in Nasarawa state, we enrolled a total of 359,000 residents. “Going by the census figure, we have about 2 million people in Nasarawa state. He said that to boost the number of enrollees in the state, the commission had sensitised the residents of the state to the importance of being enrolled and having the National Identity Number (NIN). Ajanaku also appealed for a stronger partnership and support from the Nasarawa state government in helping the commission to enrol all residents of the state.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 07, 2019 12:00 UTC