Nigerians express outrage as FG announces on Twitter that all bank account owners are to undergo compulsory registration exercise different from BVN

The Federal Government of Nigeria took to Twitter to inform citizens that all account holders in financial Institutions are to undergo another compulsory registration exercise different from BVN. 

 The Nigerian Government said each individual must carry out this registration in all the various financial institutions where they have accounts. 

 The announcement reads: "All account holders in Financial Institutions (Banks, Insurance Companies, etc) are required to obtain, complete and submit Self - Certification Forms to their respective Financial Institutions.

This announcement angered Nigerians and they responded, expressing their outrage. 

 Chinedu Ekeke wrote: "You guys are mad! I repeat: you guys are mad!!!" 

 @ThuggaGram_ wrote: "Notifying the general public on Twitter? Can't the president come out and have a Q&A session with the press live on the usefulness of this? Majority of Nigerians aren't on Twitter."

 @rmzyville wrote: "What is the essence of BVN?" Below are more reactions to this announcement.

BVN = biometric. National ID = biometric. SIM registration = biometric. Drivers License = Biometric. But I assure you, this new “self-certification” is the baba of them all, once it is done, everything that couldn’t be done with all these other ones will be done. SMH.

— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 17, 2020

U have BVN, Drivers Licence, International Passport, Birth Certificate, SIM registration, National ID card, Voters card bt it is not enough. U have to gt self-certification to continue operating ur accounts, I think the worst thing that can happen to a man is 2 be born in Nigeria

— Al'ameen✨ (@Al_ameen_Yabo) September 17, 2020

Small time they will ask us to go and bring the left finger of our dead grand mothers. Because after BVN, Drivers Licence, International Passport, Birth Certificate, SIM registration, National ID card, I don’t know what else they want.

— Dr. Dípò Awójídé (@OgbeniDipo) September 17, 2020

Haah! Self certification after national ID, BVN and others alike...
Ani Your President is clueless se pic.twitter.com/sVcT1ANeDY

— 💢HEARTBREAK💢💢VETERAN💢💢💢💨 (@Patternic) September 17, 2020

We’ve identified & verified ourselves through every means possible with National ID, BVN, sim registration, drivers license etc but you still want us to MANUALLY fill form to come & tell you who we are AGAIN. If you don’t know who we are at this point, we are fine with it abeg

— ebele. (@ebelee_) September 17, 2020

The Buhari regime behaves like a stubborn witch that is determined to kill its victim by all means. They don't even pretend about the fact that they want to foist hardship on the citizens. Asking people to line up in banks and fill forms despite National ID and BVN is ludicrous.

— Inibehe Effiong (@InibeheEffiong) September 17, 2020

Na you do National ID card, na you do SIM registration, you even did Bank Verification Number to align accounts but you are here again talking “Self-Certification. Even if you are confused about running government, can you at least pretend not to be confused?

— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 17, 2020