Millions Of Citizens On NIMC Database Exposed To Impersonation —Tech Expert Raises Alarm About Nigeria's Passport Portal
A tech expert and software engineer, Jackmay Confidence, has raised an alarm that millions of Nigerians on the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) database are exposed to impersonation on the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) passport portal. Speaking with SaharaReporters, Confidence said that while great work has been done on the NIS passport portal, the issue he has identified is that any random individual around the world can easily breach Nigerians’ personal information in the state registry and impersonate anyone for a passport, simply with the person’s National Identity Number (NIN) and date of birth. The tech expert said that while he has a solution on how to fix the issue, it seemed as if the ministry was not buying into his idea as he had sent repeated letters to the office of the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, through his lawyers, his company and himself, to draw the attention of the minister to the issue but no any action had been taken t...