Nigerians on social media have described as ‘senseless’, the recent move by the Federal Government to make the National Identity Number mandatory for transactions such as the opening of bank accounts, payment of taxes, and voter registration. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, while hosting the newly elected National Executive Council of the Association Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria in Abuja announced the proposed move of the government. But many Nigerians have described the proposed policy as unnecessary and ‘senseless’. @boma_ibim on Twitter wrote, “This is what we get when the government