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Banky W calls out government over decision to go ahead with NIN registration despite covid-19 surge

Banky W as says the government's directive is "completely reckless, inconsiderate and dangerous"

Nigerian singer and politician Bankole Wellington [Instagram/BankyW]

The singer turned politician made his frustrations known via his Twitter on Friday, January 22, 2021.

"In the middle of the pandemic, this is how our Nigerian government has its citizens queuing up to get their NIN numbers. Completely reckless, inconsiderate, and dangerous. Then tomorrow the NCDC will release covid infection rates and say social distancing. This country sha. Kai," he tweeted.

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"@NCDCgov @NigeriaGov @NGRPresident This is completely irresponsible of us as a country, to insist on this mad scramble for NIN numbers in the middle of Covid's 2nd wave. People are dying. We should be smarter/wiser/better than this for goodness sake."

The singer's tweets are coming on the heels of the federal government deadline issued for citizens without the NIN.

The NIN is issued by the NIMC upon enrolment into the National Identity Database and is used to capture an individual's records.

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Subscribers with NIN have been given the grace to connect it with their records before January 19, 2021, while those without NIN have till February 9, 2021, to get it and update their records.

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