NIMC joins secure Identity Alliance
The National Identity Management Commission has joined the Secure Identity Alliance , as an Advisory Observer.
According to a statement obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, the organisation also named the Director General of NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, as the chair of the Advisory Committee of the Open Standards Identity API initiative. While expressing his delight that the era of vendor lock-in is fast coming to an end, Mr Aziz said many agencies and governments across Africa remain unaware of the potential opportunities that OSIA unlocks–including a reduction in the total cost of ownership of their Identity systems.
It also said OSIA being supported by the world’s largest identity providers, would expectedly enable governments and it agencies like the NIMC to eliminate today’s identity silos and extend coverage to provide universal legal identity for all its citizens and residents. In his remarks,the Chairman of the Board, Secure Identity Alliance, Frédéric Trojani, said that the program represents an industry-wide commitment to breaking down the technical barriers that, until now, have stood in the way of achieving the United Nations goal of establishing legal identity for every citizen by 2030.
He also explained that the OSIA initiative represents a new era of openness and collaboration between the world’s largest identity providers to resolve the interoperability and data sharing challenges that previously left governments with limited options, should they need to evolve their ID ecosystems.
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