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Nigeria government, under the leadership of
President Border and met Tenable, has approved

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plans to issue a new multipurposed National
Identity Cards to citizens and lawful residents in

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the country with the intention to use
the card as a means of identification for

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food transportation subsidies and other government interventions. This was made known by the country

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National Identity Management Commission NIMC on Saturday. NIMC also said the new ID cards

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will also help on banked Nigerians have
access to bank and they will be able

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to also use the card to carry
out bunk transactions of life. NIMC,

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in a press release day and Friday
five April twenty twenty four, signed and

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made available by Kyode adebok Held Corporate
Communications of the Commission indicated that the new

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card be requested online and made available
by banks and other regulated bodies. The

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Federal Government of Nigeria, through the
National Identity Management Comvision NIMC, in collaboration

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with the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN
and the Nigeria into a Bank Settlement System

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NIVSS, has launched an innovative identity
solution with payments functionality for all types of

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social end financial services to be powered
by a FRIGO a national domestic card scheme.

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The National ID Card, layered with
verifiabole national identity features, is backed

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by the NIMC ART Number twenty three
of two thousand and seven, which mandates

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NIMC to a rule and issue a
General Multiple Post Card GMPC to Nigerians and

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legal residents. This card will address
the demand for physical identification, enabling cardholders

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prove their identity access government and private
social services, facilitate financial inclusion for the

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franchise Nigerians, empower citizens, as
well as encourage increased participation in nation building.

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Only registered citizens and legal residents with
the National Identification Number nim will be

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eligible to request the card. The
card, which will be produced according to

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IKAL standards, is positioned as the
country’s default national identity card. In addition

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to those functionality cundholders will also be
able to use the cards as debit or

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prepaid cards by linking SEM to bank
accounts of that choice. The cards shall

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enable eligible persons, especially in those
financially excluded from social and financial services,

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have access to multiple government intervention programs
in line with data protection regulation and public

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interests. NIMC remains committed to protecting
caundholders personal data and will ensure compliance with

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international standards on data security protocols as
security features that protect the confidentiality and safety

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of users information. Key features will
include machine readable Zone mr Z in conformation

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with ICO for ePassport information, n
identity card each date and document number in

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line with the ICO standard. Additional
features include travel, health insurance information,

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micro loans, agriculture, food stamps, transport and energy subsidies, etc.

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Nigeria’s Quick Response Code n o R
containing the National Identification number, biometric authentication

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such as fingerprints and pictures as the
primary medium for identity verification through the data

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on the card. Chair offline capability
that allows transactions in areas would re retain

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network coverage or zero infrastructure collectivity functionality. As a debit and prepared cart cater

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into both banker and unbanked individuals.
Requests for cards by registered citizens and legal

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residents will be made available online at
any commercial bank, various agencies or agents

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participating in multiple programs, and or
any NIMC offices nationwide. NIMC statement rates

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in court read grab the needs in
a more digital way