Check the status of your National eID Card Now: The National Identification Management Commission (NIMC), has recently released the National ID Card of September 2011 – May 2017, you can check if your ID is ready online by following the simple steps we shall be sharing with you in this post.

Please use the step by step guide listed below to check if your Card is ready and has been dispatched to an Activation Centre. Note here that the details MUST be as you spelt them during enrollment. To get the details, please check your NIN Slip before you proceed with the steps we’ve outlined below to see if yours is ready now.

To check if your National eID Card is ready, do the following;

1. Visit https://touch.nimc.gov.ng/
2. On the page that displays, click on the option that says; click to proceed
3. Once you’re done with step 2 above, a new page shall display asking you to enter your enrolment details in the spaces provided. Your enrolment details are as follows;
– First Name
– Last name
– National Identification Number, NIN
4. Then, click on the check now button to proceed

That is all the process that is required of you to check if your National eID Card is ready for collection. Try it now.

The NIMC Act 2007 provides for the establishment of the NIMC, its functions, powers, the establishment of the National Identity Database, assignment and use of General Multi-purpose cards, and the National Identification Number (NIN). 

The Act also provides the Commission with powers to make regulations connected with its functions. The NIMC Act 2007 provides the repeal of the law that created the former Department of National Civic Registration (DNCR) and the transfer of its assets and liabilities to the NIMC.

Establish 
Establish the National Identity Management Commission as the primary legal, regulatory and institutional mechanism for implementing Government’s reform initiative (in the identity sector) as contained in the National Policy and NIMC Act, Sections 1, 2, 5 and 6.

Take Over 
Wind up and take over the assets and liabilities of the former DNCR which no longer exists, including the personnel in both the State and Local Government Offices nationwide.

Establish, operate and manage the National Identity Management System (NIMS): Carry out the enrolment of citizens and legal residents as provided for in the Act, Create and operate a National Identity Database, Issue Unique National Identification Numbers to qualified citizens and legal residents

Foster the orderly development of an identity sector in Nigeria. Issue a National Identity Smart Card to every registered person 16 years and above, Provide a secure means to access the National Identity Database so that an individual can irrefutably assert his/her identity [Person Identification Verification Services (PIVS) Infrastructure]

 It is SAFER to do Online Pre-enrolment yourself using Personal Computers, Internet-enabled telephones and other devices, then heading to a NIMC enrolment centre near you. 

Beware of Fraudsters posing as National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Agents or Staff. 

Do not pay money to anyone offering to help you speed up the NIN enrolment process or get the National e-ID card for you. You have to enrol and collect your card, when it is ready yourself. 

 Collection of NIN and Card can ONLY be done at NIMC Enrolment Centres nationwide. 

For further enquiries, please send mail to [email protected] 

The Commission is also currently NOT engaged in any recruitment exercise, further information can be gotten on the Careers page. 

Do Not Enrol More Than Once >>

The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, has advised Nigerians and residents in the country to regard the National Identification Number (NIN) as a most crucial feature of their entire life as it is the unique identifier for all in Nigeria.

Engr. Aziz said Nigerians should view the NIN the same way Social Security Number is regarded in the United States, the National Insurance Number in the United Kingdom, or AADHAR number in India. “What is common in all the countries I mentioned is just the number.

Therefore, you need a unique NIN from cradle to grave,” he emphasised in a statement issued by Mr. Loveday Ogbonna, Head, Corporate Communications Unit of NIMC.

The NIMC boss advised Nigerians and residents to present themselves to be enrolled for the NIN to avoid the usual rush that may arise with enforcement of the mandatory use of NIN for transactions and access to services as stipulated in NIMC Act of 2007, Section 27.

The DG NIMC noted that “by law and along the entire lifecycle of individuals in Nigeria, you need to present your NIN whenever you need to be identified for services such as passport issuance, banking services, land transactions, insurance services, pension, health insurance, payment of taxes, voter’s registration, consumer credits, and all government services,” he said.

“In all these there’s nothing temporary about the NIN slip issued after registration,” he said, in apparent reaction to questions and enquiries in some quarters where some Nigerians had asked whether the NIN is a temporary feature while the physical electronic Identity Card is yet to be issued, and added that “the NIN is your identity and is considered more important than the card.”

Engr. Aziz further said that “NIMC’s current focus is on the number – NIN and not card.

We are already in a digital economy driven by unique index numbers and not by physical tokens such as a card, though the law specified we should issue general multipurpose smart cards as the exercise continues.”

He also explained that the Commission is mindful of the demands of the general public for the physical card and all hands are on deck to meet this enormous demand that has huge financial implication for the nation.

The statement gave indication of the number of NINs enrolled so far to be 23.3 million up from seven million in November 2015 when Engr. Aziz took over the mantle of leadership. Engr. Aziz appealed to Nigerians to enrol, saying “so please enrol for the NIN, encourage everyone you know to do same including children and legal residents as all other government agencies will follow soon and make their respective announcements on the mandatory use of the NIN.”

Corporate Communications

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