The Federal Government has moved the National Identity Management Commission NIMC to the Ministry of Interior.
Established by the NIMC Act No. 23 of 2007, the commission has the mandate “to establish, own, operate, maintain and manage the National Identity Database in Nigeria, register persons covered by the Act, assign a Unique National Identification Number NIN and issue General Multi-Purpose Cards GMPC to those who are citizens of Nigeria as well as others legally residing within the country”.
