The Nationwide Identification Administration Fee (NIMC) stated it has cleared all excellent funds owed to the enrolment brokers generally known as Entrance Finish Companions (FEPs) for the enrolments carried out between 2021 and 2024.
In accordance with an announcement issued by the Fee’s Head of Company Communications, Kayode Adegoke, the funds have been for all enrolments that efficiently hit the database and generated the Nationwide Identification Numbers (NINs).
NIMC within the assertion identified that the FEPs have been contracted in 2021 by the erstwhile administration by the previous Minister of Communications and Digital Economy to scale up enrollment for the NIN.
“Nevertheless, the FEPs have been solely paid for one 12 months of enrollment actions,” it added.
The Fee famous that on the idea of Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote because the NIMC DG/CEO, she promised to clear the excellent owed to the FEPs.
“As a part of the method of paying the excellent cash, all of the FEPs have been subjected to a revalidation train to make sure they met internationally acceptable requirements, adhered to compliance, and adopted greatest moral practices.
“After the revaluation train, the NIMC, with the help of the Identification for Growth (ID4D) and the World {Bank}, started the method for the cost of the excellent NIN enrolment cash owed to the FEPs,” the Fee acknowledged.
“The NIMC by the ID4D and the World {Bank}, subsequently, paid all of the excellent cash after the thorough analysis,” it acknowledged.
Whereas appreciating the World {Bank} and ID4D for his or her help, Engr. Coker-Odusote additionally expressed her gratitude to the FEPs and the Fee’s stakeholders for his or her dedication to populating the Nationwide Identification Database (NIDB).
Earlier this week, a number of the FEPs underneath the aegis of the Unbiased Nationwide Identification Brokers Union in Nigeria from the Southwest area had staged a protest over an alleged non-payment of their two-year fee and illegal invalidation of their operational licenses by the management of the NIMC.
They have been asking President Bola Tinubu to swiftly intervene on the matter as their technique of survival had been affected.
Chief of the group, Taiwo Odebunmi stated the hardship that they’ve been subjected to on account of the non-payment of their fee and invalidation of their Operation licences is past comprehension.
