International Women’s Day 2024: Inclusion for All Dialogues
Another International Women’s Day has passed, and at Inclusion for all, we concluded Women’s Month with the second edition of our I4ALL Dialogues. This year’s theme, “Inspire Inclusion,” resonated deeply with us as we brought together stakeholders from the financial ecosystem to delve into The State of Women’s Financial Access in Today’s Economy. The dialogue […]
Exclusion has face and it is female
This Women’s Month, we’re shedding light on the gender gap in financial inclusion and the gendered effects of poverty that make women more likely to be financially excluded than their male counterparts. According to The 2023 Access to Finance survey, 29% of Nigerians lack NINs, with marginalised groups, including women in rural areas, bearing the […]
The BVN/NIN cut-off series
Limited enrolment centres and travel distances make it difficult for willing but marginalized Nigerians to link their NIN/BVN to their accounts before the March/April deadline. Our recent data snapshot, “NIN/BVN Bank Account Cut-Off Impact Snapshot,” highlights this issue and its impact on unserved and underserved communities. It points out that geo-mapping restrictions, such as the […]
The power of identity
The NIN is Nigeria’s form of foundational digital ID that all bonafide citizens must have. Providing universal coverage and barrier-free access to ID systems is one of the three pillars of the Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development and is vital to achieving Target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to “provide legal identity […]
Identity: A beacon of hope
Without a formal means of ID the people we care about are “unseen” by the government and other key stakeholders that can help them.; thus making their impoverished state at risk of stagnating or even worsening.
USSD cut-off saga – An Inclusion For All documentary
In May, Nigerian telcos approved the suspension of USSD service access from Nigerian banks due to the banks’ accumulated debt of N210 billion (USD 261.36 million) in USSD fees. This decision might seem like just another business move, but it could have significant consequences for financial inclusion. In a country where 38% of the population […]
Tabawa’s story
Tabawa has her NIN and knows how it is well accepted. She highlighted that the older ones in her community do not care about having a NIN because they are not interested in opening bank accounts. She highlighted that the long queues and poor network are the most challenging issues people have to deal with […]
Financial Inclusion is Access: Ruth’s story
Ruth, an internally displaced person, shares her challenges accessing financial services, an experience faced by numerous forcibly displaced persons in Nigeria today. Ruth resides at the new Kuchingoro IDP camp in Abuja. No banks or mobile agents are available at the camp, which limits her access to financial services through these facilities. As such, Ruth […]
Joy’s story
Joy declares that she has a formal ID – the Permanent Voter’s Card has her means of identification and also used it in opening her bank account. She shares how the cash scarcity adversely impacted the sales of her farm produce.
Shadia’s story
Shadia shares her awareness of the availability of a range of formal IDs including NIN, BVN, and Voters’ Card. She urges the government to bring the NIN enrollment closer to their community for convenient access and further states that they wouldn’t mind paying a small fee to ensure they get access to original NINs based […]
