The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Kano State has commenced the enrollment of Almajirai in the state into the National Identity Database (NIDB).
Mr Loveday Ogbonna, Head of Corporate Communications of the commission, made the disclosure in a statement in Abuja.
Ogbonna said that this was in line with the NIMC mandate of enrolling all Nigerians and legal residents into the National Identity Database (NIDB) and issue them the National Identification Number (NIN).
He quoted Mr Sanusi Muhammad, the NIMC Kano State Coordinator, as saying that there had been a remarkable success since six days of emergency NIN enrolment.
He attributed the positive development to support by the Kano State Government, which he said, made the residents of the state show more cooperation towards enrolling for the NIN.
He said the collaborative efforts of the NIMC Kano with the state government had brought about an increase in the enrolment of children who were below 15 years in Kano.
He added that the Almajirais’ enrolment which was the first of its kind would help identify residents of the state, curb criminal activities and stop human trafficking in the state.
He, therefore, called on the governments of other Northern states to adopt the Almajirais NIN enrolment as most of them were children under the age of 15.
‘‘As part of the mandatory requirements for the enrolment of minors (0-5years), either the parent or guardian must have a NIN, along with the child/ward’s birth certificate.
‘‘The Headmasters stood as guarantors for some of the Almajirais after they had obtained the letters from Ward’s heads before they were enrolled.
‘‘This Almajirais NIN enrolment will continue to spread across the entire state alongside the enrolment of minors, which is currently ongoing at all enrolment centres across the 36 states and FCT,’’ he added.
Muhammad however, acknowledged the support of the state government to the NIMC’s state and local government offices and called on all Nigerians and legal residents to endeavour to register their children and wards.
