NIN Verification Service has been restored, says NIMC

The National Identity Management Commission,(NIMC) has restored the National Identification Number, NIN verification service portal which went down a few days ago
According to the commission, the hitch was due to maintenance by one of the network service providers of its infrastructure.
A statement from the head, corporate communications unit, CCU of the commission, Kayode Adegoke in Abuja yesterday urged customers and service providers to take full advantage of the two verification platforms – Tokenization and NVS – which are both effective for verification and authentication of the National Identification Number. 
“NIMC is pleased to announce that the National Identification Number (NIN) Verification Service (NVS) portal, which went down a few days ago due to maintenance by one of the Commission’s network service providers of it’s infrastructure, has been fully restored”
“NIMC extends its profound gratitude to the general public and partners for their support during the NVS downtime and use of the tokenization platform” he said
The Commission according to the statement assured that it will continue to come up with innovative identity management solutions to enhance its capacity to deliver on its mandate.