President Muhammadu government has come under attack over the compulsory registration of self-certification forms.

The Buhari-led government had on Thursday ordered that all Nigerians with account holders in any financial institution must obtain, complete and submit Self–Certification Forms.

The forms are required by the relevant financial institutions to do due diligence procedures in line with the Income Tax Regulations 2019.

The government announced that failure to adhere to this instruction will attract sanctions, which may include monetary penalty or inability to operate the account.


This development has led to criticisms from Nigerians on Twitter, accusing the government of always making life difficult for Nigerians.

Some Nigerians queried the importance of BVN and National ID card, if every account holder needs to fill out a self certification form in the midst of pandemic.

Here are some comments gathered by DAILY POST from Twitter:

@AyoOyalowo “ BVN. National Driver’s license. National ID card. INEC registration. International Passport. Biometrics were taken in all these places. Why do you people like to see us suffer in queues for no reason? Can’t you take whatever data you need already? This is just so wrong.”


@Omojuwa “ 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?

@OfficialMrSeun “All the above mentioned have all our biometrics and facial recognition. What the heck is self certification?

@Ogbenidipo “ 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.”


@Mccoyinnocent “ They will even ask us to submit our death certificates by ourselves.”

@OkusegunVerdict “ BVN. Driver’s license. National ID card. INEC registration. International passport. Biometrics were taken in all these places. So, what is the meaning of this?

@Victor_Terhemba “ This has got to be the most stupid government in the entire world.Why couldn’t the FG mandate the banks or FIRS to provide an online platform where customers can fill this form. And since we have BVN linked to all accounts, you don’t have to fill the form multiple times.”


@IamWakajeje “ Obtain, complete, and submit a SELF – CERTIFICATION FORM? So BVN registration looks like a third-party certification form to you guy? We are in 2020 for Christ sake, you guys should have senses.”

@DocTour “ Dear Government of Nigeria, for once in your 60 years of existence, have some sense. You wake up and just decide to make life difficult.Are you the only country in the world? Do you want to ruin your citizens? Why? You have no shame? Kind regards.”


@Islimfit “ Forward-thinking Nations are building digital solutions to solve various problems. But in 2020, our own government still wants us to go queue under the sun to fill and submit “self a certification” forms despite National ID, BVN, Voters Card etc. Suffer no dey taya you?

https://dailypost.ng/2020/09/18/nigerians-attack-buhari-govt-over-registration-of-self-certification-forms/

Honestly i don't understand what that means again. So what exactly is the use of BVN?

One idiot will just sit in his air-conditioned office and feel like stressing everybody. Pretty sure this latest crap will bring about unnecessary crowds in banking halls very soon. And some people's accounts will be having problems.

There are remote villages without banks and some old men and women will start traveling to cities for this nonsense in this era of general insecurity, high prices of fuel and bad roads.

And, trust these people, anything that doesn't involve them spending, they will make it very serious.

I just hope customers wouldn't be made to pay some cash for this bullshit.

Direction-less government

Never seen such a useless, directionless and utterly incompetent set of people as Nigeria is having today.

Taxes from every corner




Nigerians must wake up o, that's what Baba want , he is ready to share this country , this is nonsense in the highest order.

bubu is a tyrant

Government that have no pity for the common man

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This is Nigeria,
Where Cattle’s fly their terrorism flag,
Stumping on humtydumpty green white green.
-This is Nigeria
Where corrupt QWERTY and busy ******
Puts food on the table of unemployed youths.
-This is Nigeria
Where clerics find paradise on earth
Lo! followers live as church rats withal.
-This is Nigeria
Where Eve plotted against a serpent
Hm! Mrs Philomena and her fairytale animal.
-This is Nigeria
Where Sundays are full of bibles and Qurans,
Yet her body stinks in poo of immorality.
-This is Nigeria
Where the mace is a mess in her house
As senators sleeps and vacate seats in a hearing.
-This is Nigeria
Where in Nigeria
We are looking for Nigeria.
From between heaven and earth stand a perilous place
Where poverty kicked us on face
Tears stand as our drinks
Where hunger eat up our meals
Our pain is a poisonous laughter
Where sadness becomes our daily activities
Where hardship becomes our ambition
And sorrow our career
Still, we need to pledge to Nigeria

Blood, bone and oil,
Are the pedestal of earth
Where killing is a lifestyle
And ****** a hobby
Where humiliation becomes our take home
And misfortune our store-house
Where graduate works by the road-side
Where poverty is titillating and titivating before the mirror of our land
Yet we need to pledge to Nigeria

Pledge to Nigeria
Even when the birds refuses to sing,
When moon dims its light,
When our days turn into nights
When sun fails to shine
And flowers refuse to bloom
When life fails to give reasons
When dreams refuse to forgive
When the weep inside birth the smile outside
When tears wash hope from our sight
Nigeria must still be pledge to

I pledge to Nigeria
Not to be one if the ambassadors that sing the National Anthem with a teleprompter smiling at them in a shameful tears
I pledge not to be a naked masquerade dancing at the village square
I pledge to steal government money for the poor when I become the President
I pledge to be loyal and not betrayal
I pledge to fight off vices and calamities with my pen
If democracy must to end
I pledge to go crazy to stop it to the end
If civilization was to make us stupid
I pledge to swim in stupidity not to be civilised
I pledge, I pledge

Mumu Government

when the blind rules.

Why is this administration confused? Under a global pandemic when banks are looking for ways to discongest crowd at her premises. You want nigerians to go and lines up to fill a self certification form that can be done online and linked with BVN to their various account. ?

Simplyleo:
Honestly i don't understand what that means again. So what exactly is the use of BVN?

One idiot will just sit in his air-conditioned office and feel like stressing everybody. Pretty sure this latest crap will bring about unnecessary crowds in banking halls very soon. And some people's accounts will be having problems.

There are remote villages without banks and some old men and women will start traveling to cities for this nonsense in this era of general insecurity, high prices of fuel and bad roads.

And, trust these people, anything that doesn't involve them spending, they will make it very serious.

I just hope customers wouldn't be made to pay some cash for this bullshit.

Shut up there.

You no longer want to support your government?
SW almajiris and northern almajiris gave us this government. Enjoy it. Don't blame Igbos or IPOB or the Niger Deltans for the mess you people have made of Nigeria.

You lot were warned against giving a totally incompetent, tribalistic and jihadist illiterate, the presidency, but your hatred for a SS president blinded you all.

Coming here screaming about another incompetent move, when you all played a part in dragging Nigeria back, by electing such a person.

Enjoy your fuel price hike, electricity tariff hike and bank re-registration crap

By the time hungry people stand in the sun for hours to fill forms at banks that is where the real attack will start.

This is really serious I must tell you. The government should please see into the plight of the people!

Simplyleo:
Honestly i don't understand what that means again. So what exactly is the use of BVN?

One idiot will just sit in his air-conditioned office and feel like stressing everybody. Pretty sure this latest crap will bring about unnecessary crowds in banking halls very soon. And some people's accounts will be having problems.

There are remote villages without banks and some old men and women will start traveling to cities for this nonsense in this era of general insecurity, high prices of fuel and bad roads.

And, trust these people, anything that doesn't involve them spending, they will make it very serious.

I just hope customers wouldn't be made to pay some cash for this bullshit.

Are you actually wailing ? Enjoy your change dude !