Why We Reviewed Our Service Price Framework — NIMC

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  • Citizens’ Enrollment Now 120m

By Kolawole Ojebisi

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed the reason for the recent review of its service price framework.

The commission said that only charges for modifications of data were increased while those for verifications were decreased.

NiMC also added that it has achieved 120,000,040 million National Identity Number (NIN) enrolments for citizens and legal residents.

The Director General of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker- Odusote, revealed this at a press conference on Wednesday.

Cooker-Odusote maintained that NIMC has continued to expand its infrastructure capacity to serve Nigerians better in the last 24 months.

She added that the commission has reduced corruption in the agency by 40 percent.

“There were some prices that were too much, so what we did was to remove them.

“There were all sorts of prices over there. People were extorting citizens with outrageous prices.

“NIN enrolment is free. But if you want to modify your data for any reason, you have to pay more.

“Some prices were reviewed downwards and others upwards.

“In terms of verification, the prices were reviewed downwards but upwards in terms of modifications,” she said.

Recall that on 1st May, 2025, NIMC announced a review of its service prices.
Accordingly, the commission hiked date of birthday corrections fee to N28,574 from N16,340.

Similarly, NIMC increased its NIN retrieval service on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data to N50 from N20.

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