Buhari says 85 million Nigerians now enrolled in NIN database

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that there are more than 85 million persons enrolled on the National Identification Number database.

The President disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, a year after stating that 54 million Nigerians have now enrolled.

Nigeria had for years struggled to create a credible national database through the NIN without success. However, with the new government’s policy introduced in December 2020 mandating all mobile subscribers to link their SIM with NIN, many Nigerians are being forced to enrol for the national identification number.