NIN enrolment hits 117.3 million in February 2025—NIMC 

The Director-General of the NIMC, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, had put the figure of enrolment at 110 million as of September last year.

This indicates that the NIN database has grown by over seven million in the last five months.

In terms of the gender distribution of the enrolees, the NIMC data reveals that 66.2 million, representing 56.5% of Nigerians so far captured in the NIN database are male, while 51.07 million, representing 43.5% are female.

According to the latest data, Lagos State maintained the top spot by recording the highest number of enrolments in the country with 12.6 million Nigerians captured in the State.

Lagos was followed by Kano State, which recorded 10.2 million registered NIN, while Kaduna came third with 6.9 million.

NIMC data shows that the 10 states with the lowest NIN enrolees are: Imo 2 million; Kwara 2 million; Enugu 1.9 million; Kogi 1.9 million; Yobe 1.8 million; Taraba 1.7 million; Cross River 1.3 million; Ekiti 1.1 million; Ebonyi 990,775; and Bayelsa 758,111.

Nigeria through the World Bank’s Digital Identity for National Development (ID4D) project is currently striving to register all its citizens in the NIN database.

It noted that the extension became necessary for the project to respond to the increasing demand for an inclusive and trusted digital ID system that will strengthen the transparency, efficiency, and effectiveness of governance and the delivery of public services and programs.