Nigeria: NIMC, UNHCR to enroll 100,000 displaced persons in e-identity card

Published: 13/Dec/2017
Source: Guardian (Abuja) / NAN

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday says it has commenced national e-identity cards registration of 100,000 displaced persons in Borno.

Its Country Representative, Antonio Kayangola, made the disclosure at the inauguration of the pilot phase of the National Identification Number (NIN) and national e-identification registration in Maiduguri.

Kayangola said that the exercise was in collaboration with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and Nigeria Bar Association, NBA.

Read further: https://guardian.ng/news/nimc-unhcr-to-enroll-100000-displaced-persons-in-e-identity-card/

Themes: ID Documents and Passports, Statelessness
Regions: Nigeria
Year: 2017