FG abandons national identity card, reveals new means of identification
Rauf Aregbesola, the minister of interior on Thursday, August 13, made the disclosure to the press after the committee on citizen data management and harmonisation held a meeting with the president, Daily Trust reported. FG abandons national identity card, reveals new means of identification© Provided by Legit FG abandons national identity card, reveals new means of identification The minister, who also chairs the committee, said that the card is no more the focus, adding that the important thing is the National Identity Number (NIN). He said the digital process will be to be domiciled in the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Similarly, the minister of communications and digital economy, Ali Pantami who was at the present at the press briefing, stated that the world had gone digital and stopped focusing on the production of cards. “What the chairman is saying now is that we are no more talking about cards, the world has gone digital. So, that card is no more,"
