EDITORIAL: The 2026 NIMC Deadline — A Wake-Up Call to the Grassroots Before You Are Cut Off!
By David Alani Ige | Publisher, Ayekooto Media The Ayekooto bird has flown across the corridors of power in Abuja and brought back a message of absolute urgency. To the farmers in Oke-Ogun, the market women in Ogbomoso, the artisans in Ibadan, and every ordinary citizen across the 774 Local Governments: You have until the end of this year, 2026, to secure your National Identification Number (NIN). A few weeks ago, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the groundbreaking NIMC Act 2026 into law, effectively tearing down the old 2007 legislation. With this stroke of the pen, the President issued a sweeping, non-negotiable mandate to the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC): Every single Nigerian must be captured in the national database by December 2026. If you think this is just another empty government threat, you are making a grave mistake. What Happens If You Miss the Deadline? Under this new digitized framework, citizens who fail to register will practically ...
