The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that Nigerians will have to pay for the new multipurpose national identity card, citing limited government revenue as a major factor in the decision.
This development was made public by Dr. Peter Iwegbu, Head of Card Management Services at NIMC, during a two-day roundtable organized for journalists in Lagos, on Friday.
According to Iwegbu, the payment is necessary to ensure that the ID cards are produced only for those who genuinely need them. This decision is a departure from previous efforts to issue physical cards to Nigerians for free, which many did not collect.
