4th September 2025, NewsOrient, Politics, News, Governance And Development. Photo Credit: Punch. Posted By: Samuel Egburonu, Editor

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has resolved to deploy use of National Identity Number (NIN) in it’s voter registration and verification exercises even as it partners the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to harmonise identity and voter registration processes across Nigeria.

This was disclosed in a statement on the NIMC X handle on Wednesday, which also reports a joint Press Conference held by the top Management of both INEC and NIMC.

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke when the NIMC Director-General, Abisola Kukar, and her delegation visited the INEC headquarters in Abuja, said the ongoing cooperation between the two federal agencies will “transform the country’s electoral system.”

He explained that “both agencies collectively hold the largest biometric databases in Nigeria, INEC for electoral purposes and NIMC for general citizenship identification.”

The DG/CEO, NIMC, Engr. (Dr) Abisoye Coker-Odusote, on her part said: “integrating NIMC’s National Identification Number (NIN) database into future Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercises will help ensure that every eligible voter is uniquely and verifiably identified.”

NIMC management team also held a joint press conference with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), led by its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on the collaboration between the two agencies on the use of a credible digital identity token (National Identification Number, NIN) to strengthen the nation’s electoral system,” the statement read.

“The Joint press conference centred on the collaboration between the two strategic agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria, towards strengthening Nigeria’s electoral process, in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

“Engr Coker-Odusote said the collaboration between the NIMC and INEC is a strategic alliance for national progress.

“Integrating NIMC’s National Identification Number (NIN) database into future Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercises will help ensure that every eligible voter is uniquely and verifiably identified.

“Consequently, NIMC is committed to providing INEC with secure, up-to-date, verifiable identity data for voter verification and ensuring data privacy and protection in line with national laws and global best practices, she said.”

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