The Lagos state government Tuesday said it has commenced the integration of the National Identification Number (NIN) into the Lagos State Single Social Register (LASSR) as a subset of the National Social Register to facilitate federal government’s cash transfer to the vulnerable in the state.
The Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mr. Ope George, stated this at the statewide press conference on the National Identity number integration with the National Social Register held at the state government secretariat located in Alausa area of the state.
George said the move was necessitated by the urgent need to tackle the current hardship triggered by the collapse of the forex window, removal of fuel subsidy and the proposed payment of relief grant.
He said: “The federal government has directed through the Presidential Panel that households on the National Register must be updated especially with National Identification Number and geo-locations.”
He said the state government has successfully linked the National Identification Number of 130,000 heads of households out of the 688, 759 on its social register in preparation for the N75,000 cash transfer by the federal government to each household as part of its social intervention for vulnerable citizens.
Harping on how far the state has gone in the integration of NIN to social register, he stated that the state embarked on the exercise a month ago following directives by the Presidential Panel that the national register must be updated especially with National Identification Number and geo-locations.
He added that the state commenced the process on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, across all 57 local governments and local council development areas.