We can’t register Nigerians in Diaspora – NIMC

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has stated that lack of funds was hindering commencement of registration of Nigerians in the Diaspora.
The Head, Corporate Communications of NIMC, Loveday Ogbonna, made this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Lagos.
He said that NIMC, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, planned to enrol Nigerians in the Diaspora, but were having fund constraints.
According to him, NIMC plans to train and deploy the ministry’s workers to carry out the exercise.
“The registration of Nigerians in the Diaspora has not started. The process is ongoing; because of recession, it is not moving as we planned. Funding is a challenge, it has been a constraint because funds are not released as and when due.
“Once we have green light to that effect, we will be able to start. In fact, if we have the funding today, every other thing will jump-start. We are still at the stage of responsibility – NIMC and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – on who to buy the needed equipment and get them to the different locations,” he said.

 

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