Senate President Senator David Mark has charged the National Identity Management Commission(NIMC) to fast track the issuance of the biometrics national identity card to Nigerians as the needed tool to curd crimes in the country.
Senator Mark expressed optimism that the improved National identity card would guide government in accurate planning, check insecurity and the influx of illegal immigrants.
Senator Mark said when he received his new National identity card from the Director General NIMC Mr. Chris Onyemenam in Abuja that the card is an essential document that must be given to all Nigerians as a matter of urgency.
“Most of the challenges we are facing today especially insecurity would have been minimized if we had a good national identity card. I hope that this new improved national identity card would curb the ills of the past and give Nigerians a sense of national pride.”
Senator hoped that the current effort to truly identify Nigerians would be successful but pleaded with Nigerians not to abuse or subvert the project
The new multi purpose National Identity card, he hoped would address so many imbalances especially the issue of population figure of Nigerians.
Earlier, the Director General of NIMC Chris Onyemenam explained that the new National identity Card is secured, personalized and could also be used as credit card.
He said the new national identity card is not transferable and cannot be obtained by proxy, promising that with the current 434 outlets nation wide, all Nigerians would soon obtain the document.
