Vice-President Namadi Sambo declared on Thursday that the ongoing registration of Nigerians by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will check fraudulent activities in the country.

Sambo disclosed this after enrolling into the Centralised National Identity Database system at the State House, Abuja, adding that the registration would assist financial institutions and other agencies in checking fraudulent activities when completed.

He pointed out that the exercise which enables every Nigerian to have an identity is very impressive and one of the major achievements of Mr. President’s Transformation Agenda, stressing that it means the avenue for security and economic development.

Sambo described the scheme as laudable and charged the leadership of the NIMC to complete the registration of all eligible Nigerians by the December 2014 deadline earlier issued to the commission.

He gave the assurance that government would continue to assist NIMC for the successful execution of the project.

Sambo, however called on all Nigerians to cooperate with the management of NIMC for the smooth implementation of the National Identification Number (NIN) scheme.