Nigerians Lambast FG On Decision To Make NIN Mandatory For Bank Accounts

Some Nigerians have taken to their social media pages to vent their displeasure to the recent move of the Federal Government as regards making the National Identification Number (NIN) mandatory for bank transactions such as the opening of bank accounts, payment of taxes, and voter registration.

AllNews hade earlier reported that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami had announced the government’s move to replace BVN with NIN while hosting the newly elected National Executive Council of the Association Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria in Abuja.

Reacting to the new development, a good number of Nigerians have described the proposed policy as unnecessary and ‘senseless’.

Taking to his Twitter handle, a user identified as @boma_ibim said, “This is what we get when the government is confused and lacks direction. Stop stressing the masses.”

Here are other comments that have trailed the Federal Government decision. Read below and kindly drop your comment on the page on what you feel about the government decision.

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@joshuaolawales wrote, “What’s the difference between BVN and NIN, both to me are biometrics. Why do we have to start linking NIN to our bank accounts now? What baffles me is: why now? When there is a coronavirus, can’t this linking be moved to after this crisis? or they intentionally want an increase in COVID-19 cases? I just don’t understand what exactly is going on right now.”

Another tweep, @iam_Evera, wrote, “This country has never been serious. Do these people realise this whole exercise is stressful? It took me days to link my BVN with my bank accounts, now they have brought NIN to replace the former claiming it was not backed by law.”

“What then is the use of BVN? Because both NIN and BVN carry the same information and data,” @JustAManLikeMe asked.

“Making NIN mandatory for a bank is senseless. Bank users are not Nigerians and it is not every foreigner that is due to have NIN,” Ogunwale Ololade wrote on Facebook.”

But Ray Momoh opined, “NIN would have been effective if the NIMC division is created in all local government offices in the country. There, new babies born can be registered at birth and NIN number got.”