The National Identity Management Commission, on Wednesday, announced the amount of money National Identification Number holders are required to pay to correct their dates of birth in the commission’s database.
NIMC Regional Coordinator, Mrs Funmi Opesanwo, stated this on Wednesday at the commission’s office in the Alausa area of Lagos State.
Opesanwo said the National Identification Number holders are required to pay N15,000 to correct their dates of birth in the commission’s database.
According to her, NIN holders are also required to pay a processing fee of N5,000 for card renewal or card replacement as well as an address modification fee of N500.
She said there are different services that the commission offers, noting that NIN enrolment is free but there are fees attached to card renewal, correction of date of birth, and change of address.
Opesanwo said, “For the date of birth correction, there is a processing fee of N15,000. For card renewal or card replacement, there is a processing fee of N5,000. For the modification of address or name, it is N500. So, people misconstrue this to mean that in NIMC they are asking them to pay money. No, those are for services.”
The NIMC official noted that the fees are payable to the Treasury Single Account of the Federal Government. “For correction of date of birth, it is N15,000 and it is payable to the TSA,” she added.
This is nothing but exploitation of man by government. What on earth! Why pay so much? N5,000 to renew a card? Of value is it when you can’t do much with it and you have to wait three or more years to get it? Mine did.