Isiyaku Ahmed
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced the full restoration of its National Identification Number (NIN) verification service portal.
The Head of Corporate Communications, NIMC, Kayode Adegoke announced the restoration in a statement on Saturday.
“The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is pleased to announce that the National Identification Number (NIN) Verification Service (NVS) portal, which went down a few days ago due to maintenance by one of the Commission’s network service providers of its infrastructure, has been fully restored.
“Consequently, customers and service providers can now take full advantage of the two verification platforms – Tokenization and NVS – which are both effective for verification and authentication of the National Identification Number,” it stated.
According to the statement, NIMC commended Nigerians for their support during the NVS downtime and use of the tokenization platform and promised to ensure innovative identity management solutions in its service delivery.
Stallion Times reports that the portal which went down due to maintenance by one of NIMC’s network service providers affected telecommunication companies, banks, and government agencies who rely mostly on NIN verification before rendering their services.
