They say the situation makes many citizens to patronise roadside registration centres and, most times, get fleeced. I will wait till then and see if that is possible or not,” said one of the fresh NIN applicants, Mr. Segun Oguntade. In Lagos, the roadside registration centres are everywhere in FESTAC, Ladipo Market in Mushin, Ojuelegba, Mile 2 and Oshodi, among other places. Many citizens who couldn’t stand the tortuous process of getting their NINs at the NIMC centres across the country have been forced to patronise the roadside registration centres. How unregistered NIN centres operateInvestigations revealed that unregistered centres generate NIN from applicant’s BVN.

Source: The Guardian March 26, 2022 21:14 UTC