The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has said it will commence the implementation of tokenization of National Identity Number (NIN) by January 1, 2022, with the aim of protecting enrollees’ identities during verification, ensure data privacy and help tackle insecurity.
The Director-General/CEO of NIMC, Engr Aliyu Aziz while speaking at a One-day Stakeholders’ Workshop on National Identification Number (NIN) Tokenization Solution, said the NIN Tokenization ensures inclusiveness.
“The Federal Government has adopted the solution to ensure the privacy of personally identifiable information of individuals during verification transactions and to reduce incidences of illegal retrieval, usage, transfer, and storage of NIN. Full implementation commences 1st January 2022, he said.”
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