Engr. Aliyu Aziz, the Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Engr. Aliyu Aziz said that the Commission has captured a million short of 90 million Nigerians in the ongoing nationwide National Identity Number, NIN enrolment.

Aziz made this disclosure at a press conference in commemoration of the 4th Identity Day on Thursday at the Board Room of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), in Abuja.

This, he said, represents 82 million additions to the 7million he met when he assumed office as the DG of the commission in November, 2015.

He added that the commission is currently partnering with traditional institutions and their leaders to reach out to the grassroots people in the hinterland who have not been reached since the commencement of the NIN exercise.