FG orders issuance of single identification
numbers for citizens



The Federal Government has directed all
agencies capturing the biometrics of Nigerians
to urgently aggregate their records so as to
provide a unique identity for each citizen.
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)