The Federal Government has directed all
agencies capturing the biometrics of Nigerians to urgently
Director General of the National Identity
Management Commission, Alhaji Aliyu Aziz, disclosed this to State House
Correspondents after a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.
He said that the vice president gave the
presidential marching order at the meeting.
According to Aziz, all the agencies that
are in charge of capturing biometrics are expected to aggregate all the data
bases and subsequently give every Nigerian and legally resident persons a
unique identification.
The director general said such unique
identification number would allow every person to have a single identity and
can be easily traced.
“The number will also make it easy for
government to reach the citizen with certain benefits that would soon be
provided.
“Through the identification number,
everyone will get his/her own share’’, Aziz added. (NAN)
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