The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) is struggling to stand up to recurrent threats and accusations of data breaches and theft in relation to the country’s biometric national digital ID database.
Speaking for the NIMC, the body’s Head of Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke, said the national identity registry is not in harm’s way as alleged, and warned citizens to beware of sharing their personal data with any websites not authorized by the NIMC.