BY Adedayo Ade-Rufus
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has come under intense criticism on social media over errors spotted on its mobile application on Google Play Store.
On Saturday, some Twitter users shared a link to the application wherein Nigerians can download and print out their NIMC issued national ID cards. They also shared screenshots of their downloaded national identity cards.
The app allows citizens to login with their national identification number (NIN) and registered phone number. After a successful login, it displays the full details of the citizen, including a photograph.
Though there has been no official statement to support the launch of this app by the NIMC, the commission recently announced plans to dump plastic identity cards for digital identification.
The application has however generated a plethora of negative feedback from Nigerians on social media platforms, particularly Twitter.
While some users successfully downloaded their digital identity cards, others lodged various complaints about flaws — including wrong identities and glitches — on the NIMC platform.
“Is there anything government agency in Nigeria can do very well. Downloaded the nimc app, inputted my nin and brought different identities on 2 different occasions. na wa ooo,” a Twitter user wrote.
“@nimc_ng it’s horrific to download your mobile ID App and entering my NIN and Mobile number, a totally different person’s name and detail is what I found in you account,” another user said.
Here is what some Nigerians had to say:
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