…… vows to punish racketeers, extortionist
The Acting Director-General/Chief Executive Officer National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)
Engr. Abisoye Coker Odusote has assured residents of the federal capital territory (FCT) of the readiness of the commission to clear issues of backlog and ensure seamless collection of the National Identification Number (NIN).
Odusote who gave the assurance on Tuesday during an impromptu visit to the Corporate office of the Commission in Abuja expressed displeasure over the slow pace of registration, collection process and the working condition of the staff and Nigerians waiting to be attended to.
‘We will work to resolve these issues immediately, as am heading back to my office, am going to make sure that I start addressing these issues because there is no reason you should be under the sun waiting to be registered with NIMC.
‘So I do apologize to you and I will make sure that whatever is going to be done will be done within 3 to 4 days because this queues here is too long and we can’t continue like this, there are shortage of systems up there but we are going to make sure we look into these.”
Meanwhile, odusote noted that the issues of racketeering will be duly addressed as culprits will not go scot free if found guilty of extorting members of the public.
“I have my inspectorate and enforcement head and the CSO right here with me I have set up a committee in conjunction with the police for them to address these issues, very soon we will start to see some changes as all extortion going on here will soon stop and it is not just here but in our offices nationwide.”
Odusote however pledged a better working condition and a conducive environment including a seamless process for NIN registration and collection.
‘Like I said we have taken stock that we are currently taking an assessment audit in all our offices for us to assess the conditions of the offices so there will definitely be a rehabilitation of our offices it is not right for Nigerians who want there NIN done to be conducted in an unconducive environment.’
She charged staff of the commission to work assiduously and maintained that data of Nigerians are critical and national assets hence must be guided jealously.
