Left to Right: NIMC Sokoto State Coordinator, Garba Balarabe presenting the Sokoto Deputy state Governor, Ahmad Aliyu his National e-ID card.

Sokoto state government is to set up a committee to enlighten people of the state on the need to enrol into the National Identity Database (NIDB).

This was disclosed by the Sokoto state Deputy Governor, Ahmad Aliyu during the presentation of his National e-ID card by the NIMC Sokoto state coordinator, Garba Balarabe at the Deputy Governor’s office, Sokoto.

Alhaji Aliyu expressed concerns over the low enrollment figures for the National Identification Number (NIN) in the state and expressed state government’s readiness to ensure that adequate enlightenment is carried out especially at the grass root level on the need for every Sokoto citizen to be enrolled and issued a NIN.

“The issuance of the NIN is a nationwide program, the importance of the NIN to national planning and development cannot be overemphasized hence, the people in Sokoto state will not be left out in the exercise” he stated.

The deputy governor further appealed to people of the state to participate fully in the exercise and support government’s policies and programs at all times and the state government will be contributing its quota towards the NIMC National Identity Management Systems project.

While responding to the Deputy State Governor, Garba Balarabe thanked the state government for its support towards ensuring the fulfilment of NIMC’s mandate and looks forwards to working alongside the committee in ensuring that the people are sensitized and educated on the NIN and also enrolled in to the National Identity Database.

Alhaji Balarabe further said that more registration centers will be opened in the state, to further take the exercise closer to the masses, adding that children are not exempted from the enrollment into the NIDB.