NIMC registration amid COVID-19 irresponsible says Afenifere
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By Dapo Akinrefon
The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Friday, described the ongoing registration of Sim cards in the midst of the strong second wave of COVID-19 as the most irresponsible act of governance on display in the history of the country.
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, the group the move shows total disregard for the lives of citizens to expose them to the vagaries of Coronavirus without any form of protection under these terrible conditions.
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The statement reads: “Officials of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, who are
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The group said the ongoing registration shows total disregard for the lives of citizens as this could expose them to the vagaries of coronavirus without any form of protection under these terrible conditions.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 08, 2021
The Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has described the ongoing registration of SIM cards amid the strong second wave of COVID-19 as an irresponsible act of governance.
Officials of the National Identity Management Commission have recently declared a strike action, complaining that they were not provided with personal protective equipment and also owed allowances.
Applicants queue to obtain national identity numbers at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office, in the Lagos state capital of Ikeja, on December 30, 2020
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Those of us who cannot part with anything are being treated without respect as if we are slaves. But those who paid are treated like kings and queens.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 31, 2020
Workers handling the registration of national identity numbers in Delta State have resorted to extorting prospective registrants as they charged between N3,000 and N5,000 for the enrolment form which is supposed to be free.
SaharaReporters learned that hundreds of applicants who besieged the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office at Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State were asked to pay to get the forms which are being hoarded by the commission s staff.