The Federal Government has ordered the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) not to process drivers’ licenses without the use of their National Identification Numbers (NIN).
This follows the Federal Government’s directives on the harmonisation of citizens’ data by relevant agencies.
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This was disclosed by the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, on Wednesday evening via his official Twitter handle.
He tweeted, “In compliance with the FG’s directives on the harmonisation of citizens’ data by relevant agencies, the Federal Road Safety Corps had in compliance with the directives earlier put members of the public on notice.”
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In compliance with the FG’s directive on the harmonisation of citizens’ data by relevant agencies, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) from 21/12/2020 will begin the enforcement of the NIN in the processing of driver’s license, FRSC said in a statement.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) December 16, 2020
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Meanwhile, FRSC confirmed this when it issued a statement via its Twitter handle, which was signed by Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, titled “FRSC commences enforcement of National Identification Number in driver’s licence processing,” on Wednesday. It stated:
- “In compliance with the FG’s directive on the harmonisation of citizens’ data by relevant agencies, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) from 21/12/2020 will begin the enforcement of the NIN in the processing of driver’s license.
- “As a follow up to that, FRSC Management has resolved that effective 21 December, 2020, all applicants for the National Driver’s Licence in Nigeria must present the National Identification Number from the National Identity Management Commission before they can be captured for any class of the licences produced by the FRSC.”
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Kazeem explained that all driver’s licence applicants are expected to present their NINs from the date, before they would be attended to, adding that there would be no waiver for anyone. He wrote about the need for a harmonised database on citizens’ information, saying,
- “It is critical to resolving the challenges of identifying individuals to assist security agencies in data collation and quick retrievals to address some of the national security challenges. Those going for their driver’s licence processing are to take note of the directives and carefully follow the procedures for obtaining their NIN. All numbers presented by the applicants must correspond with what NIMC issued to individuals for a harmonised database.”
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Following the Federal Government's directives on the harmonisation of citizens' data by relevant agencies, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had in compliance with the directives earlier put members of the public on notice. As a follow up to that,
— FRSC, NIGERIA (@FRSCNigeria) December 16, 2020
What you should know about the new NIN requirements
Nairametrics reported on Tuesday when Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) instructed telecommunications operators like MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9Mobile and others to block all SIM cards not registered with the National Identity Numbers in two weeks.
This was disclosed by the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, via his official Twitter handle on Tuesday.
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He tweeted,
- “The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given telecommunications operators (MTN, Glo, Airtel, 9Mobile and others) in the country two weeks to block all SIM cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers (NIN), the Commission has said in a statement.”
It has become a security risk as many unsuspecting customers buy their lines from roadside vendors only to discover later those lines were not properly registered or belong to someone else.
As a result, such subscribers keep receiving strange calls from people who claim the lines belong to them or people they know. It is even a common occurrence that persons without proper means of identification such as voter’s card, NIN or driver’s license are registered and given SIM cards by this group of illegal SIM card vendors, who lurk around all nooks and crannies of Nigerian cities.
Why are there always these last minute edicts from Government in Nigeria?
Why had they not given a 6 month or 1 year period for registration of NIN? Similar to how the BVN process was handled over an extended period of time.
Even the smallest things FGN cannot make easy. Terrible governance.
The FRSC that can not change ordinary corrections of name or date of birth on their server, not to talk of unbalance network they claim they have let’s see how this will end. Ordinary SSCE to register NIN FG cannot control it now you want everyone to have something they’ll register and be process for 4 years before it ready.