Why 36 State Governments, FCT, should issue ID Cards vanguardnews
The current National ID scheme may not be the best for Nigerians and residents, instead, the country’s 36 states and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, should be granted statutory provisions and privileges in the Constitution to issue their own independent state Identity Cards to residents within their States through their states managed motor vehicle departments in each State capital city and local government headquarters.
The possession of a state-issued Id card will be an acceptable alternative for people that have no national passport to present as a primary identification when requested by banks, airlines, hotels, hospitals, courts, law enforcement agencies, schools, potential employers, and other related businesses.
For instance, these countries were able to disburse these payments because of the availability of adequate citizen’s profile record-keeping system. The government at the centre including the National Assembly should begin as a matter of urgency to collaborate and ensure that issuance of Identity Cards is decentralized to the state and local government levels, which has been done in the issuance of Identification Letter by the Local Government Councils and State Liaison Offices in Lagos and Abuja.
It is now imperative to have this issuance done at the local and state government levels because it will add value to the image of Nigeria in the comity of nations as she will be seen as a serious country that has authentic and reliable data of her citizens, hence will attract investors and development partners to our country.
It will be a springboard for national development, mutual co-existence, and peace in the polity across the country if there is an amendment of the NIMC Act and also an Act for National Welfare Card that would be domiciled at the state level if the Government will take this serious and start the process for the actualization and implementation of these new pillars of development a lot of gains will follow and flow into the country in a short time.
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