Driver’s Licence Applicants Must Present NINs – FRSC

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Bandits Kill 2 FRSC Officers, Abduct 10 OthersFederal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has mandated the use of National Identification Number (NIN) for the processing of driver’s license.

The agency made the announcement on Wednesday, December 16 in a statement posted on its social media pages and signed by an Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem.

Stressing that there would be no waiver for anyone, Kazeem emphasised the need for a harmonized database of all citizens and described it as critical to resolving security challenges in the country.

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He urged the public, especially those going for their driver’s licence processing, to heed to the directives and follow the procedures for getting their NIN from National Identity Management Commission.

The statement reads;

FRSC COMMENCES ENFORCEMENT OF NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN DRIVER’S LICENCE PROCESSING

Following the Federal Government’s directives on the harmonisation of citizens’ data by relevant agencies, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had in compliance with the directives earlier put members of the public on notice.

As a follow up to that, FRSC Management has resolved that effective 21 December, 2020, all applicants for the National Driver’s Licence in Nigeria must present the National Identification Number (NIN) from the @nimc_ng before they can be captured for any class of the licences produced by the FRSC.

According to the press release signed by the Assistant Corps Marshal @Bisikazeem, fsi, all driver’s licence applicants are therefore, expected to present their National Identification Number from the date, before they can be attended to, adding that there would be no waiver anyone.

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FRSC’s announcement came same day House of Representatives has asked Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to refrain from blocking SIM cards not linked to NIN until after 10 weeks.

The lawmakers made the request on Wednesday, December 16, following the directive by NCC that SIM cards not linked with NIN will be blocked after two weeks.

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In a related development, the federal government through the ministry of communications and digital economy has announced the licensing of 173 centres and 30 state institutions for the enrollment of NIN.

The government stated that the centres will be responsible for the enrollment of all persons including legal residents into the National Identity Database (NIDB) on behalf of NIMC.

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