NIN Modification: Nigerians narrate bitter experiences, as banks, NIMC trade blames
NIN Modification: Nigerians narrate bitter experiences, as banks, NIMC trade blames. The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, and banks are trading blame over the frustrating experiences of Nigerians with the National Identity Number, NIN, modification process. Bank customers who spoke to Vanguard about the difficulties they experienced in consummating banking transactions said that the modifications made to names, age, and gender are not reflected on their bank’s record and sometimes are even repeated with additional errors on the NIMC portal. While the banks blamed NIMC for the failure, the Commission, however, said the banks were still working with the old NIMC’s portal, adding that its verification and authentication system is working perfectly. Vanguard investigations showed that mostly affected by the NIN modification challenge are married women who changed their maiden names but experienced frustration in their bid to do modifications on their names, date o...