It just occured to me now after a friend said he hasn't collected since 7 years now.

So, I taught about mine & it's been 6 years (since 2014).

Who has an idea why they haven't issued the permanent card yet?

Kikiki. Did mine just 2019,since you guys from seven years are yet to receive yours. I'm hoping to pick mine up by 2032

Guys should we tell him ?

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FivePeas:
Kikiki. Did mine just 2019,since you guys from seven years are yet to receive yours. I'm hoping to pick mine up by 2032

lol. you have already sentenced yourself.I pass no further judgement.

adoreyou:
lol. you have already sentenced yourself.I pass no further judgement.

I did mine in 2014. Six years down the line, no show

I did mine 2014. I have forgotten about it.

Registered in 2014.
I have since willed it to my great grand children.
By next time, I will be careful about Nigeria.

Modes,did you make the topic disappear? We need comments please.

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2013 and still waiting for godot

Your grand children go collect am 4u.

Those who did six years ago haven't collected while some of us haven't registered. It's even harder and more frustrating in Lagos. I've made up my mind to not waste my time on such futile waka again after I wasted a whole day there and couldn't do it.
I heard some banks do it. That'll be the one I'll try out. You just need to have an account or open one with them for you to register.

Prepare for 5k renewal,the receipt is your ID.

Lanretoye:
Prepare for 5k renewal,the receipt is your ID.

The question now is when will this happen?

inedujac:
Your grand children go collect am 4u.

lol.

If you registered, you should receive an SMS telling you that you will be informed when its ready.

When its ready, you will receive an SMS.

If you have lost the sim you used in registering for it, then forget about it.

I got this sms last year but am yet to make any move to get to any of their office though it seems drivers licence and voters card have more value than it.

The SMS "Dear Cardholder, your National eID Card expired on 31-12-2019. Kindly visit any of our offices for renewal. For further information, call 08068983386"

Assuming government had direct financial gains from giving out the cards, all Nigerians would have had it by now. Moreover, they are feeding school children with billions when schools are closed

maybe 2yrs praying and fasting will help me get it sha

I traveled to Abuja for a job interview in 2014, like play my Mum said we should all go and register for national ID, I reluctantly went with my brothers, we did the capturing and all and they asked us to wait for SMS, later I did the job interview which did not sail through, went back to Lagos with my brothers and none of us received any SMS, fast-forward to 2015 I travelled to Abuja again to stay with my mum while I do one or two things here and there, few weeks later received and SMS with a code in it for proof that I received the SMS from NIMC that my card was ready ( somehow I was the only one who received the SMS out of all of us who went the same day).

The same day I received the SMS armed robbers attacked us the same night and my phone which received the SMS was part of their loot, Now I had lost the SMS and even the Pin CODE in it, My Mum encouraged me to still go that I should try and explain, I decided to go, when I got to their office if you see the crowd, it was like they told these aboki guys that they were sharing money at NIMC office because 95 percent of the crowd were notherners, Now I knew it wouldn't be so easy because it was like a northern gathering and also I had no evidence again to show that I even received the SMS, their offices were just filled up, while standing thinking what I should do I saw a man standing not too far from Me and He was talking on the phone or so( An Hausa man), my spirit told me to talk to the man that He could be of help.

So I walked up to him and explained everything that happened to my surprise He told me to follow Him took Me through the crowd to an office that looks like their ICT department and Instructed the lady on the computer to ensure She assists me to collect my card, My people to cut the long story short, not only did I get help I also collected my card the same day and it was activated the same day.

This ID card later became a tool in the ladder of financial level of success I am today, each time I think of it I just keep thanking God.

THINGS I NOTICED ABOUT THIS WHOLE NIMC STUFF:

1. We were 3 who did the registration the same day I was the only one who received SMS till date none of them have received SMS neither have they collected theirs even my mum who did a year before me has not received SMS nor collected hers.

2. From my observation I don't know how true but it looks like the northerners are the highest receivers of the ID card, because the crowd I saw there the day I collected mine was overwhelmingly north( I'm not accusing any tribe it's just my observation, maybe they enrolled more)

3. When the card expires you will receive another SMS telling you that your card has expired and you should come with 5k to their office to renew it.

Naija e go better

They said they'll send an SMS message, is it ready

audio card

I don't even know where they are registering...

What is the expiry date on the card for ? ....like ur Nationality expire or what ?

Got mine 2 months after registration. Was a on my NYSC then at Maitaima

Mine is even expiring this year.

I collected it in 2015 and they expect me to pay 3k to renew it.

The good thing about it is, instead of writing year 2020 as the expiry date, they put "OCT/20". So to me, I've made the expiry year whatever I want it to be. It can be year 2090 sef for all I care.

nooo, they cannot distribute national id cards for over 5yrs yet our 2nd wife distributed billions as palliatives in less than a month

What a foolish system. They should just mail it instead of asking people to collect it.

No.

It's because we aren't politicians.

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