Nigerian States receive biometric devices to step up digital ID enrollment

The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) says it has boosted the digital ID enrollment capacity of all states in the country with the distribution of biometric devices.

In a recent media release signed by the NIMC’s Head of Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke, the agency said approval for the distribution of the devices was recently given by the ID authority’s Director General, Abisoye Coker-Odusote.

The devices have already been received and deployed by the states, the release mentions. Nigeria …

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