37.91m Nigerians registered for National Identity Numbers in 3yrs – NBS
A total of 37.91 million Nigerians registratered and were issued with National Identity Numbers (NIN) by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) between 2019 and 2021.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated this in its National Identity Registration Statistics 2023 report.
According to NBS, the total number of registration and National Identity Number (NIN) issued in 2019 was 5.84 million, of which, 42.41 per cent were females while 57.59 percent of males.
It said in 2020, the total registration and NIN issued reduced by 14.03 percent when a total of 5.02 million was recorded.
Female registration in 2020 accounted for 45.23 per cent of the figure, while male registration was 54.77 per cent. However, in 2021, a total registration and NIN issued stood at 27.05 million, indicating a rapid growth of 439.12 percent from the figure recorded in the previous year. NBS said female registration in 2021 accounted for 47.41 per cent, while 52.59 percent represented males registration. State by state analysis shows that Kaduna state recorded the highest number of registration and national identity number issued in 2019 with 595,284. This was followed by Lagos and Kano with 560,757, and 485,912 respectively.
However, in 2020, Lagos state recorded the highest number of registration and national identity number issued with 523,901, followed by Kaduna with 471,858, and Kano with 373,352.
While in 2021, Kano state recorded the highest with 3,415,421, followed by Lagos with 3,002,693, and Kaduna with 1,434,331.
“In addition, analysis by geo-political zone showed that for the three-year period, the North-West recorded the highest number of registration and national identity number issued with 1,786,469, 1,516,089, and 8,690,903 in 2019, 2020, and 2021 respectively, while the South-East had the lowest number of registration and
national identity number issued with 414,089, 360,332 and 1,601,481 respectively.