The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said enrolment figures for National Identity Numbers (NINs) have crossed the 100 million mark.
According to figures obtained from the Commission yesterday, as of May 27, this year, the figures stand at 100,021,186 unique records. As usual, the highest cumulative enrolment figure of over 10.9 million was recorded in Lagos State.
Regional figures indicated an almost equal distribution across the North and South. According to NIMC, males had a total of 56,745,090 enrolments representing 56.7 per cent, while females had 43,276,096 representing 43.3 per cent of the total figure.
Giving a further breakdown of the figure on the strength of what it described as the top 10 states for NIN enrolment, the Commission in Lagos had 4,963,312 and 5,960,907 female and male enrollment, while Kano posted 3,775,985 and 5,065,178 female and male enrolments.
It was followed by Ogun, which had 2,012,224 and 2,180,058 female and male NIN enrolment, while Oyo captured 1,859,132 and 2,028,822 female and male figures.
Kaduna had 1,396,364 and 2,039,304; Abuja had 1,417,976 and 1,991,712; and Rivers posted 1,344,708 and 1,651,466 female and male enrolment.
Others are Bauchi-960,485 and 1,730,933; Delta-1,244,566 and 1,412,304 female and male enrolment, respectively.
