Welcome to the NIN enrollment office In Umuahia North Local Government where for you to get your identity card, you will pay the sum of five hundred natural only (N500.00).
I had escorted my friend Precious (surname withheld) to the office to get his own id card. I stayed outside for a while before he called me inside.
"Nna I don buy fuel like this", he said. "The lady (the lady wearing a red top in the picture) said I will buy fuel that they don't have electricity so they are using their generating set. She said I would pay N500 and that if I don't pay, no service no id card", he finished.
I had to part with N500 to pay for the fuel so that they can issue the registration form to him.
The management of NIMC have on several occasions reiterated the fact that the national identity card was totally free. They also added that there could be administrative cost that will be charged if the process is being undertaken by a Business Centre.
However the case of Umuahia North LGA is different as these are employed staff under the payroll of the local government.
Though investigations indicate that Umuahia North LGA has not had electricity for many months, many people who came to collect their id cards frowned at the idea of extorting money from them even when FG has directed that this document is free.
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