CBN announces Methods Nigerians in Diaspora can get their BVN done without Hassle

The Central bank of Nigeria in a circular has advised that Nigerian banks' customers in diaspora could present themselves for enrollment for the BVN, without travelling to Nigeria, through the following ways:

1.    USE OF FOREIGN BASED NIGERIAN BANKS

The first option is for the customers of Nigerian Banks to present themselves to the offshore branches/subsidiaries of any Nigerian Deposit Money Bank (where such facilities have been made available) for the enrolment for the BVN. The deployment of scanners and other devices to these locations have started in earnest.

Nigerian banks abroad are expected to capture necessary data, generate a BVN and communicate same to the customers. Thereafter, the Customers are expected to forward the assigned BVN to their banks, for linkage with their accounts. A web portal to achieve this linkage to bank accounts has been developed and deployed, while the process of such linkage will be made available by NIBSS to all those enrolled abroad.

2.    USE OF A CONSULTANT-ONLINE INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS (OIS)

The above mentioned company has been engaged to establish stations for data capture and generation of BVN at a fee of GBP30 (thirty pounds or its equivalent) per transaction, payable by the customer. The company is expected to capture necessary data for online transmission to NIBSS, who would thereafter generate the BVN and communicate same to the customer. 

The customer may approach OIS for the BVN, where the communication from NIBSS is not received within 48 hours after the enrolment. Thereafter, Nigerian Banks’ Customers in diaspora are expected to forward their BVN to their banks for linkage with their accounts, as in option 1 above

The plan is to rollout this operation in twelve (12) locations in the first phase. Details of these locations are in the attached circular

For updates on the go-live dates, please visit the following websites: www.nibss-plc.com.ng or www.bvn.com.ng. Please note that information on other enrollment centres not listed above will be communicated soon.

All customers intending to register through online Integrated Solutions (OIS) must first book and confirm an appointment at www.oisservices.com in order for them to be attended to at the OIS offices