In a bid to make the National Identity Number more accessible to Nigerians, the Federal Government has launched the National Identity Management Commission Self-Service Enrolment System.

The system, powered by Banksforte Limited, was launched by the Minister of Interior, Hon Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and the acting Director General/CEO of NIMC, Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote, at the National Identity Day celebration on Saturday.

During an interview with Daily Post, the Managing Director of Banksforte Limited, Dayo Bankole, said that the App would help end the bottlenecks of NIN enrolment, as well as name, age, marital status and other NIN-related updates.

He noted that Nigerians in rural areas can access the App nationwide.

“The problem this is going to be solving is allowing people to take care of changing their addresses, their date of birth, their names, in case they get married that name change at the comfort of their home rather than travelling spending a lot of money being at the National Identity Management Commission’s office spending more expenses to be able to change names,” Bankole said.

“Once we have a smartphone, you can download the app, register and change your data and send it in, and those will approve it,” he stated.

This will also ease stress for those living in rural areas, who may have difficulty accessing NIMC enrolment centres.

The App is expected to be available for download soon from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.