2011 A N N UA L R E P O RT & AC C O U N T S Providing assured identity Established by Act No. 23 of 2007 10110111011100011010 10110111011100010101 10110111011100011001 10110111011100001010 10110111100111010000 10110111011110110110 10110101110101011010 01011101110110101011 10111011101110111110 11111010110100101010 10110111000111000111 10101110110101010110 We are the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC - “pronounced Nimcee’’); We are established by law (Act No. 23 of 2007) to foster the orderly development of an Identity Sector and build a modern Identity Management System for Nigeria; We will create, operate and manage a secure, sustainable National Identity Database. We will build and manage an Identity Authentication and Verification Service Infrastructure. We will establish Permanent Registration Centres across the country to enrol every Nigerian and legal resident at his/her convenience - no more queuing up for registration. We will issue a chip based, highly secure and user friendly multi-application Smart Card to facilitate online / offline identity authentication and verification. 1 We are the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC - “pronounced Nimcee’’); We are established by law (Act No. 23 of 2007) to foster the orderly development of an Identity Sector and build a modern Identity Management System for Nigeria; We will create, operate and manage a secure, sustainable National Identity Database. We will build and manage an Identity Authentication and Verification Service Infrastructure. We will establish Permanent Registration Centres across the country to enrol every Nigerian and legal resident at his/her convenience - no more queuing up for registration. We will issue a chip based, highly secure and user friendly multi-application Smart Card to facilitate online / offline identity authentication and verification. 1 G l o s s a r y Table of Contents DDSVP - Demographic Data Standards & Verification Procedure DRCI - Disaster Recovery & Connectivity Infrastructure eID - Electronic Identity FCT - Federal Capital Territory Part 1 FEC - Federal Executive Council Chairman’s Statement 1 FEP - Front End Partner From the Director General’s Office 4 GMPC - General Multipurpose Card HIC - Harmonization & Integration Committee Part 2 Corporate Vision & Mission Statements 8 ID - Identity Organization Mandate 9 KYC - Know Your Customer Core Values 10 LAN - Local Area Network Corporate Information 11 NAN - News Agency of Nigeria NIMC State Offices 12 Organizational Structure 14 NHIS - National Health Insurance Scheme Secretary to the Government of the Federation 15 NIDB - National Identity Database NIMC Governing Board 16 NIMC - National Identity Management Commission Principal Officers & Management Committee 18 NIMS - National Identity Management System Part 3 NIN - National Identification Number Management & Accountability 26 NOA - National Orientation Agency National Identity Management System (NIMS) 31 PIC - Presidential Implementation Committee PPP - Public Private Partnership Part 4 SGF - Secretary to the Government of the Federation NIN Enrolment Process 35 Pre-Enrolment (Online) 36 OSGF - Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Self-Service 1 39 TSP - Technology Service Provider Self Service 2 42 UBA - United Bank for Africa Assisted-Service 45 Mobile Service 48 WAN - Wide Area Network Part 5 Audited Accounts 52 Part 6 Appendix Addresses of the Local Government Office of NIMC 69 iii iv G l o s s a r y Table of Contents DDSVP - Demographic Data Standards & Verification Procedure DRCI - Disaster Recovery & Connectivity Infrastructure eID - Electronic Identity FCT - Federal Capital Territory Part 1 FEC - Federal Executive Council Chairman’s Statement 1 FEP - Front End Partner From the Director General’s Office 4 GMPC - General Multipurpose Card HIC - Harmonization & Integration Committee Part 2 Corporate Vision & Mission Statements 8 ID - Identity Organization Mandate 9 KYC - Know Your Customer Core Values 10 LAN - Local Area Network Corporate Information 11 NAN - News Agency of Nigeria NIMC State Offices 12 Organizational Structure 14 NHIS - National Health Insurance Scheme Secretary to the Government of the Federation 15 NIDB - National Identity Database NIMC Governing Board 16 NIMC - National Identity Management Commission Principal Officers & Management Committee 18 NIMS - National Identity Management System Part 3 NIN - National Identification Number Management & Accountability 26 NOA - National Orientation Agency National Identity Management System (NIMS) 31 PIC - Presidential Implementation Committee PPP - Public Private Partnership Part 4 SGF - Secretary to the Government of the Federation NIN Enrolment Process 35 Pre-Enrolment (Online) 36 OSGF - Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Self-Service 1 39 TSP - Technology Service Provider Self Service 2 42 UBA - United Bank for Africa Assisted-Service 45 Mobile Service 48 WAN - Wide Area Network Part 5 Audited Accounts 52 Part 6 Appendix Addresses of the Local Government Office of NIMC 69 iii iv Chairman’s Chairman’s Statement Statement cont’d initiatives, the Governing Board ensured component of the NIMS and jump start that appropriate Corporate Policy the issuance of the new National Identity initiatives were conclusively addressed. Card free of charge to citizens. t is with great delight that I present the These policies focused on staff The level of expectation from the public IReport on progress recorded in the recruitment, capacity building, financial has prompted the Governing Board to implementation of the National Identity management, audit, compensation and meet frequently, including holding Management System (NIMS) and the personnel policies, IT infrastructure emergency meetings. The failure of past establishment of the Commission during Prince Uche Secondus development and public awareness efforts has brought so much pressure on the year 2011. Chairman, Governing Board campaigns. All these efforts resulted in the NIMC and the distractions have been significant progress in the project roll out quite damaging. The Governing Board In furtherance of the actualization of its plan. will continue to work with Management mandate, the Commission continued to to address this poor perception. work towards creating a modern National documents/standards were presented at The NIMS infrastructure will go 'Pilot Live' Identity Management System and a public forum for adoption after a holistic early in 2012. The distinction is being The project implementation in terms of Infrastructure that includes a secure, review by the Board. Once a final draft is made strongly between Identity the private sector participation reliable and accessible National Identity approved, implementation would Management and Identity Card issuance. continued to be a source of concern to Database. The objective remains to commence. This is why the pilot will focus on issuing the Board. The Concessionaires, in spite enable an individual to assert his identity To sustain our long-term vision of the National Identification Number (NIN). of the assurances of financial capacity with a wide range of value proposition establishing and regulating a reliable The Number is your Identity. The all and readiness to invest which gave them built into the scheme. This will promote a system of National Identity Management, important public buy-in is being achieved the Concession Rights, have not still been vibrant and sustainable identity sector and continue to provide guidance and through intensive media campaigns. It is able to achieve a 'Financial Closure' on which would in turn have positive impact direction to Management on the imperative to note that even with the the project. on the socio-economic development of implementation of various strategic paucity of funds at the Commission's our dear nation, Nigeria. disposal, there has been such a high level As a result, the deployment of the Front of deployment of the Back End End components of the NIMS has not An important development in the component of NIMS. progressed as planned. Management has year was the significant work been directed to take specific steps done by the Harmonization The objective remains A renewed zest was injected to the project including interventions to ensure that the and Integration Committee to enable an individual to assert late in the year when the NIMC sought Pilot Enrolment Scheme plan is (HIC) which facilitated the “his identity with a wide range and obtained the Federal Executive implemented to facilitate the efforts of development of a set of unified of value proposition Council approval for a special funding the Concessionaires to get finances. demographic and biometrics built into the scheme arrangement to the tune of about standards and business policy N30.066 billion to fast track the documents. This set of “ implementation of the Back End I wish to thank specially His Excellency the 1 2 Chairman’s Chairman’s Statement Statement cont’d initiatives, the Governing Board ensured component of the NIMS and jump start that appropriate Corporate Policy the issuance of the new National Identity initiatives were conclusively addressed. Card free of charge to citizens. t is with great delight that I present the These policies focused on staff The level of expectation from the public IReport on progress recorded in the recruitment, capacity building, financial has prompted the Governing Board to implementation of the National Identity management, audit, compensation and meet