NIN: How to Correct Names, Date of Birth, LGA, etc.

National ID card sample

Especially because most people will need their National ID cards for different types of official registrations, there may be a need to correct certain errors on it. For example, a few had made mistakes in the names used for the registration at the NIMC centres. They got the enrollment slip or the plastic ID card before they noticed the mistakes.

Such errors may include names, dates of birth, phone numbers, addresses, etc.

And in fact, it may not just be an error. It could mean you intend to change your name(s) for any official/legal reason. Perhaps, there is a change of name.

Another situation has been so rampant among prospective JAMB UTME/DE applicants. They mixed names up. Some have spelling errors in the names. Some use their first names in place of their middle names. This and many related cases had been reported.

NOTE: JAMB continues using NIN for the 2022 UTME/DE and beyond

So, how do you correct these errors on your national ID, before you can use the NIN for JAMB registration or any other applications whatsoever?

First, the List of Data (Errors) You Can Correct Or Edit on the National ID Card (NIN)

If you have reasons to correct any of the following fields on your NIN registration, you're good to go at a moderate fee (of about N1,000) except the date of birth which will officially attract a fee of N15,000.

1. Names
2. Date of Birth (carries a different fee, see above)
3. Addresses
4. Phone Number
5. Place of Birth – State
6. Place of Birth – LGA
7. Place of Birth – Country (if different from Nigeria)
8. Place of Origin – State
9. Place of Origin – Town, Village
10. Place of Origin – LGA
11. Father’s NIN
12. Father’s Town, Village of Origin
13. Father’s State of Origin
14. Father’s LGA of Origin
15. Mother’s NIN
16. Mother’s Town, Village of Origin
17. Mother’s State of Origin
18. Mother’s LGA of Origin

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Steps to Change Data on National ID Card/Enrolment Slip

1. First, visit any NIMC centre around you. Note that, you don’t need to go back to where you registered the national ID card in the first place. Just make sure, you use any NIMC centre wherever you are.
2. Tell them what you intend to change or correct
3. You’ll be asked to visit a café (and if you can handle it yourself) to generate the Remita invoice and make the payment at any bank around you.
4. Note also that, you can as well, make payments online directly on Remita's website.
5. The charges (amount to pay) depend on the number of items to correct. Each item costs N500. Where the items are more than two, you may be required to pay N1000 for all. There is also a Remita online/bank change of N163.94
6. After the payment, return to the enrolment centre with your Remita payment receipt. You will be given an enrolment and modification slip to fill.
7. Another enrolment slip will be issued to you after the modification -  containing the corrected data

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Step By Step Guide to Apply For Changes and Generate Remita RRR/Invoice

Under the section above, remember I said you'd be told to generate Remita invoice to pay for the changes. The official can help you generate that at their office and they may ask you to visit a cafe for that. And if you want to do that by yourself, follow the steps below which are exactly the same steps they will follow, if the office accepts to generate it for you or a café is used.

1. Visit Remita Website or just click on https://remita.net/
2. On the page, locate Pay TSA & State. Click on that to load available recipients
3. Click on FGN: Federal Government Of Nigeria. It's usually the first on the list
4. A new window will open. Fill in the information required. Under "Who do you want to pay", type "NATIONAL IDENTITY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION (NIMC) - 011103600100". It should bring the full names when you start typing. Under "Name of service/purpose", take "CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH (DAY, MONTH, YEAR or ALL)" if you're changing the date of birth. You will take "MODIFICATION OF ANY OTHER FIELD OTHER THAN DOB - PER TRANSACTION" if you're changing names, addresses or any other item than the date of birth.
5. After this, the system will automatically fill in the amount to be paid. In order words, you don't have to worry about how much to pay, the system will fill it in automatically itself.
6. Next, supply your full name as you want it on the card. Fill in your phone number. Any number that is working is ok for this and fill the email. A functioning email is better for her too.
7. Submit to generate the invoice/RRR. You can print the invoice on the next page or copy the RRR or pay directly from that page. If you print the invoice or copy the RRR, you can use that to pay at the nearest commercial bank.

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Items/Data You May Not Be Able to Easily Edit on National ID Card

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned that people should be very careful while filling in certain data. For if there are mistakes with those bio-data, they may be subjected to rigorous steps before any alternation.

Below is the list of those items that may be difficult to change on your national ID card.

1. Gender
2. NIN
3. State of Registration
4. LGA of Registration
5. Registration Centre
6. Ward
7. Polling Unit
8. Date of Death
9. Date of Death Type
10. Tracking Number
11. Date of Registration
12. Originating Centre
13. Loading Centre
14. ID Card Number
15. Applicant’s Finger Print (Finger 1 to 10)
16. Applicant’s Finger Print Reason (Finger 1 to 10)
17. Applicant’s Signature

There are termed "non-updateable fields".

However, this doesn't mean you can't change the items, notwithstanding. You may need to visit the nearest NIMC registration centre and ask for what it entails and the payment required.

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