Officials of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) set about a nationwide strike on Thursday morning leaving many National Identity Numbers (NIN) applicants locked outside the offices.
Citing poor welfare conditions and poor salary structure the reason behind this move, the strike has stalled the nationwide NIN registration recently ordered by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
Citizens were initially given a period of two weeks to link their numbers but the directive was later extended to January 18, 2021.
Subscribers without NIN have until February 9 to register and link it to their phone numbers.
Indication of the ongoing strike was made in a statement signed by Lucky Michael, president of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), NIMC branch, and Odia Victor, secretary.
The commission stated that the action was necessary to drive home their demands due to lack of personal protective equipment, irregularities in the promotion and poor funding.
“Consequent upon the just concluded congress of the above-mentioned association that took place on January 6, 2020, the unit executive directs all members of grade level 12 and below in the head office and state offices to report to their respective duty posts tomorrow January 7, 2020 and do nothing.
“All members at the local government offices and special centres are advised to stay away from their various centres as a task force and implementation committees would be on parade to ensure total compliance with the directive.
“The congress agreed that the NIMC staff salary structure approved by the Federal Government vide presidential assent be implemented in the personnel appropriation of the 2021 annual budget effective January 2021.
“That the lopsided and irregular promotion done in 2017 and 2020 be reviewed, regularised and gazetted in accordance with public service rules,” the commission said.
Though the agency has been tasked with this assignment since its establishment in 2007 only about 42 million Nigerians currently have a NIN.
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