Nigeria: Committee Proposes 3 Years To Issue 180m National ID Cards
Published: 2/Août/2017
Source: Leadership (Abuja)
The National Database Harmonisation Committee has proposed three years for the capture of 180 million Nigerians and other residents in the National Identification card scheme.
The issuance of the National Identity Cards which started several years ago had been slowed down due to multiplicity of data collection points but the harmonisation committee had tried to achieve a one-stop centre.
The senior special assistant to the President on ICT, Mr Lanre Osibona, told state House correspondents after the committee’s meeting yesterday that the national identification registration had moved from five million in 2015 to about 20 million in 2017.
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