World bank says Nigeria on track to meet digital ID registration target

Nigeria is well on course to reach a target of issuing digital ID to 148 million citizens by June 30 this year, the World Bank has said in its 2023 annual report.

According to the 82-page report, released at the close of last month, Nigeria, through the efforts of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), under the Nigeria Digital Identity for Development (Nigeria ID4D) initiative, has issued 104.16 million national identification numbers (NINs), representing 70 percent of the 148 …

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