“The principle of ‘bashiga’ (no entrance) will not work in this census because if an enumerator is refused entrance into a household, he will key in blank for the household.”
NIMC introduced a new charge of N1,000 for NIN integration and verification for each Nigerian passport applicant, effective April 1.
The Ekweremadus are facing criminal trials in the UK.
Mr Mustapha appealed to all tiers of government to support the National Population Commission (NPC).
Mr Ekweremadu appeared in court on Thursday, where the judge announced that he will remain in Custody till the end of October for the next hearing.
The court, however, ruled that the victim is not a minor before adjourning the matter till early August.
He said three personnel of the NCoS were also seriously injured.
The request follows the arrest of the couple on June 23 in the UK over allegations that they conspired to illegally harvest the organ of the reportedly underaged David.
The National Identity Management Commission wants NIN to become a mandatory requirement for accessing government services.
The disruption was said to have been as a result of maintenance by a network service provider of its infrastructure.
