The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has captured 117 million Nigerians in the ongoing registrations for the National Identity Number as of February 28, 2025.
The NIMC pasted this on its dashboard showing registered males are 66,281,803 (56.5%), while 51,079,521 (43.5%) are female.
Lagos State leads the enrolment figure with over 12.6 million, followed by Kano State with 10.2 million.
The report stated that Bayelsa, Ebonyi, and Ekiti states ranked as the three states with the lowest enrollment figures.
Bayelsa recorded 758,111 registrations, with 416,015 males and 342,096 females. Ebonyi followed with a total of 990,775 registrations, comprising 537,939 males and 452,836 females. Ekiti had a total of 1,143,102 registrations, with 566,229 males and 576,873 females.
Other states with low NIN registration include Cross River, which recorded 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.
Lagos recorded the highest enrollment figure with 12,612,334 registrations, consisting of 6,870,915 males and 5,741,419 females.
Kano followed with 10,246,055 registrations, including 5,924,126 males and 4,321,929 females.
Kaduna had 6,945,818 registrations, with 3,832,083 males and 3,113,735 females. 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).
