The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says the national identity (NIN) enrollment has reached 117 million.
The latest enrolment statistics from the NIMC dashboard as of February 28 show that 66,281,803 (56.5%) of the registered individuals are male, while 51,079,521 (43.5%) are female.
The report also indicates that Lagos state has the largest cumulative enrollmenl with almost 12.6 million registrants, while Kano follows with 10.2 million registrants.
Bayelsa, Ebonyi, and Ekiti are the three states with the lowest enrolment rates.
Bayelsa had 758,111 enrollment, with 416,015 males and 342,096 females; Ebonyi had 990,775, with 537,939 males and 452,836 females; and Ekiti had 1,143,102, with 566,229 males and 576,873 females.
Cross River, with 1,397,233 registrations; Taraba, with 1,768,754; Yobe, with 1,857,532; Kogi, with 1,912,382; Enugu, with 1,946,464; Kwara, with 2,004,667; and Imo, with 2,024,423, are among the other states with low NIN registration rates.
Ogun recorded a total of 4,926,721 registrations, comprising 2,567,102 males and 2,359,619 females. Oyo had 4,539,340 registrations, with 2,361,100 males and 2,178,240 females.
Other states in the top 10 include Katsina, with 4,019,964 registrations (2,369,071 males and 1,650,893 females); the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, with 3,795,690 registrations (2,213,061 males and 1,582,629 females); Rivers, with 3,532,787 registrations (1,923,311 males and 1,609,476 females); Delta, with 3,198,779 registrations (1,691,182 males and 1,507,597 females); and Bauchi, with 3,078,996 registrations (1,927,994 males and 1,151,002 females).
