COVID-19 SCARE: Federal Government Shuts Down NIN Registration Centre

COVID-19 SCARE: Federal Government Shuts Down NIN Registration Centre—As part of its plan in spreading the deadly coronavirus, the Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of the National Identity Numbers (NIN) registration centre located in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

The Genius Media Nigeria reports that the office was shut down on Tuesday, in compliance with a memo demanding its closure, issued by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.

The memo directed the security officers at the gate to ban non-staff who had habitually set up camp at the OSGF from further assessing the office for the exercise.

The OSGF was one of the several designated NIN registration centres in Abuja.

It was gathered that the NIN registration office was created at the OSGF to enable the biometrics of the public workers to be captured and enrolled by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).