The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said it requires N150 billion to enable it in the next three years enroll all Nigerians in the National Identity project.
The Director General of the commission, Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Kano over the arrangements put in place by the Commission for a complete and successful exercise.
“The commission needs N50 billion annually for three years to enroll everybody in Nigeria.
With this we should be able to enroll everybody in the country,” he said.
“We have so far enrolled 31million persons and we will continue to partner with relevant stakeholders so as to enroll everybody within the country in the next three years.
He said the commission had also been planning and working with international partners with a view to ensuring that everybody in the country is registered within the next three years as planned.
Abubakar said the commission and other agencies capturing data had now resolved to work together for the success of the respective assignments.
“Lack of cooperation among different agencies capturing data is one of our challenges but that has been resolved as we have now agreed to work together,” Abubakar said.
He said the commission would partner with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to help it enlighten people, especially at the grassroots on the need for them to come out en masse and enroll.
“There are over 900 registration centres across the country, so people should visit such centres to enroll.
He commended Kano and other state governments for the support they had given to the commission and called on them to sustain the tempo.