The Federal Government has announced its decision to stop
what it called proliferation and duplication of biometric-based identity
systems in the country.
Acting Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mrs
Habiba Lawal, stated this in Abuja while inaugurating a former governor
of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, alongside eight others as
chairman and members, respectively of the Governing Board of the
National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC).
Lawal noted that the Federal Government established the
NIMC as the primary institution charged with the responsibility of
providing and regulating identity management in Nigeria, the issuance of
the National Identification Number (NIN) and ID card to all registrable
persons as well as the harmonisation and integration of existing
identification databases in government agencies and integrating them
into the National Identity Database (NIDB).
Represented on the board are the military, Nigeria
Immigration Service, Federal Road Safety Corps, Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, other government agencies and the private sector.
Among the first task the ex-governor and his team have been
saddled with is the harmonisation of databases of Nigerians believed to
have been unnecessarily duplicated.
Data expected to be harmonized included the Subscriber
Identification Module (SIM) card registration being handled by the
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC); Bank Verification Number (BVN);
Drivers Licence from the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC); and
voters card number among others.
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