427,962 Nigerians in Diaspora Get Identification Number
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Jun 9, 2023 ·
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The National Identity Management Commission has registered 427,962 diasporan Nigerians since it launched its diaspora enrolment exercise in 2019. There were at least 1.7 million Nigerians living in the diaspora...
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The National Identity Management Commission has registered 427,962 diasporan Nigerians since it launched its diaspora enrolment exercise in 2019.
There were at least 1.7 million Nigerians living in the diaspora according to the World Bank.
The global bank disclosed this in its ‘The World Development Report 2023: Migrants, refugees, and societies’, report. In its May 27, 2023, update, NIMC revealed that the number of diasporan Nigerians in its database hit 427,962, with 178,799 females and 249,163 males.
NIMC says the exercise was aimed at capturing Nigerians living outside the country into the National Identity Database, ensuring they benefitted from the owning NINs.
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There were at least 1.7 million Nigerians living in the diaspora according to the World Bank.
The global bank disclosed this in its ‘The World Development Report 2023: Migrants, refugees, and societies’, report. In its May 27, 2023, update, NIMC revealed that the number of diasporan Nigerians in its database hit 427,962, with 178,799 females and 249,163 males.
NIMC says the exercise was aimed at capturing Nigerians living outside the country into the National Identity Database, ensuring they benefitted from the owning NINs.
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