The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says the renewal of the National Identity Card will cost three thousand naira (N3,000) while a replacement for lost cost card is five thousand naira (N5,ooo) payable through remita.
This was disclosed by the twitter handle @nimc_ng
https://twitter.com/nimc_ng/status/1184035784875114498
NIMC also said that applicants who wish to renew their card can visit any NIMC office with the required documents to obtain their card. “The requirements include a written application with attached proof of payment receipt made through remita, bank teller, NIN slip and submit it at our office.”
Good afternoon. Kindly visit any of our offices with a writtten application and attach with proof of payment receipt made through remita, bank teller, NIN slip and submit it at our office
Card renewal costs N5000 payable through remita https://t.co/7wTQ9xjNSB
— NIMC (@nimc_ng) October 14, 2019
The National ID Card has been lambasted over the years for not being efficient and fastidious with the registration of Nigerians as it may take years before getting the ID Card.
Hence, it did not come as a surprise that Nigerians on social media did not welcome the decision of the NIMC to charge N5,000 for card replacement.
National ID is nothing but an extortion. Of what benefit is it for people to be wasting 10% of their minimum wages for renewal and over 15% on replacement?
Yet they find it difficult to pay minimum wage. Why are they throwing everything all at once at us if not for extortion?
— Ayemojubar (@ayemojubar) October 15, 2019
3k to renew and 5k to replace national ID card, that means our citizenship as a Nigerian expires after a period. So so it it expires that means they deport us to our real country… Welcome to Nigeria#nationalIDcard
— BIG DADDY (@__Jayyyyy_) October 15, 2019
Giving me notice of payable renewal of my own National ID card that I've not even gotten for over 5yrs of registration.🤷
Are you guys not criminals like this? pic.twitter.com/sejigaGHGG— Uche Darksam Igwe🇳🇬 (@uchedarksam) October 15, 2019
National ID card I applied for since 2014, and I’m yet to get the plastic copy, is what NIMC is telling me would expire by 2022 @nimc_ng you guys are just frauds.
— Unaais (@sarkiiie) October 15, 2019
Getting National ID in Nigeria is like applying for an American visa. I can’t forget what I went through to get just the temporary one. 🤦♀️
— 🦋JAY🦋 (@SiSi____Eko) October 15, 2019
People also AGE, as they grow older, they change in their physical form also. It is trite that very few people look like their 5 years throwback pictures. Note that Five(5) years is the validity period for the National ID.
— Life Bencher (@sixshida) October 15, 2019
If ID’s cease to expire, identification and keeping tabs of citizens and immigrants for social security which is its primary purpose will never be achieved, thus an exercise in futility.
— Life Bencher (@sixshida) October 15, 2019
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