Nigeria as a global player and a developing nation must work towards leveraging digital identity as a reliable tool for uniquely identifying its citizenry and residents and accelerating socio economic development. I am aware that different sectors in Nigeria in response to their peculiar needs, have developed a means to identify individuals in order to perform their specific statutory functions.
This has resulted in duplication of efforts, wastage of resources, uncoordinated identity approach as well as unreliable identity information due to lack of interoperability and disconnected databases. We must therefore ensure absolute integrity and security of this information. It is important that as a nation, we have an interoperable and connected system to verify that each person or beneficiary is who he claims.
Our strategic plans, as a government, in the area of identification scheme must therefore converge to make harmonisation and integration of the existing and new databases a reality.
Our policies must be articulated and refined in such a way that government agencies must work together; collaborate with each other, share infrastructure and government investment to serve their customers who are potentially the same citizens and residents. The fiscal cost of implementing disparate and unconnected biometric-linked identity databases is increasingly becoming a huge burden and needs to be streamlined going forward as government cannot continue to fund the unnecessary duplication of efforts and overlapping identity functions that further deplete its scarce resources.
Clearly, there are potentially larger benefits from the integration of the ID programs of our government institutions and we must take advantage of the opportunity that has been presented for us to get it right. The President has already taken the initiative in recognising the importance of identity and a harmonized identity management system.
That is why there was a directive from my office in December for all stakeholders who have built independent identity management system to consolidate, aggregate and integrate existing databases as a way to accelerate and scale up the national identity database so as to offer every person a unique identifier. I am aware that a lot of work has been done in this regard by all the stakeholders represented here. The development of identity program in Nigeria will greatly help the nation leverage on its potential to improve security of lives and properties, advance service delivery, and fight poverty and corruption.
Achieving full scale national identity management would boost our efforts at better tracking the movement of people, while minimizing issues with external border controls and terrorism. We have an opportunity to change and transform our country and l believe everyone here has a role to play in the growth and development of our nation through digital identity.
I want to commend the World Bank for its concern and interest in the development of the identity ecosystem of Nigeria, including harmonisation and integration of many disparate of government identity management databases; and for sponsoring this roundtable meeting.
Furthermore, I want to also commend other Donor agencies who have expressed willingness and readiness to support the Nigerian Government in the effort to build a robust identification eco system. He demands that you all take up the challenge of giving Nigeria a world class identity management infrastructure, which will be pivotal to the security and socio-economic transformation of the country. His Excellency, the President appreciates your sponsorship, willingness and readiness to support Nigeria.
With the caliber of people here, I am sure that there will be in depth policy discussions on strengthening the identity eco system of Nigeria and robust action plans to shape the implementation of the Presidential directive for the alignment of all biometric identity databases in the country. As I conclude, I wish to stress the fact that this meeting is not for us to analyze why the policy cannot work or why more time is needed. This policy meeting is for us to reach a common understanding on what our nation needs right now, what business model and approach should be adopted in ensuring that everyone in Nigeria has a unique identity an identifier that serves the public and private sectors alike and consider options and strategies for streamlining activities of MDAs and optimizing the use of scarce government resources in achieving a common goal on identification as an enabler.
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, it is my singular honor and pleasure to declare this meeting open. Deployment of the special Centre, in collaboration with the planning Committee of Technology Times Outlook , is to avail more Nigerians the opportunity to be enrolled into the National Identity Database NIDB and be issued the NIN, which is a non-intelligent set of numbers assigned to an individual upon successful enrollment. The NIN enrolment Centre will be adequately equipped, to ensure that all participants at the event are enrolled.
The deployment of this enrolment Centre will facilitate, as well as fast-track the enrolment of Nigerians as the Commission is committed to populating the NIDB. The Summit is organised by Technology Times, provider of news, information and events, to create a technology thought leadership platform for the Nigerian information and communication technology ICT.
It is also at this stage that the National e-ID Card will be processed and subsequently issued to the individual as an adult. Other speakers at the event include Mr. The award will recognise and honour that individual that has made enduring contribution to the Nigerian ICT industry. Before now, the Commission only issued the NIN to citizens and legal residents aged 16 years and above.
With the commencement of the nationwide pilot programme, children can be enrolled and issued the National Identification Number NIN even from birth, upon successful enrolment into the National Identity Database.
It is at this stage that the National e-ID Card will be processed and subsequently issued to such individual. This policy will ensure that the NIN of the minor is linked with that of the parent or guardian, until their biometric features become fully developed. It will help to retain the comprehensive family database and at the same time make it easy for government to trace every citizen to a family unit.
The enrollment process consists of the recording of an individual demographic data and capture of the 10 fingerprints and head-to shoulder facial picture which are all used to cross check existing data in the national identity database to confirm that there is no previous entry of the same data or double enrollment before the NIN is issued. The enrolment of minors can be done at any of the NIMC enrolment offices Nationwide and it is free of charge.
However, the 4, stolen old ID cards have been recovered, and four suspected thieves who were found in possession of the cards, were arrested by the Police in Cross River state at Eyo-Edem Street, Calabar. The suspects have also been charged to court by the police in line with the theft.
Spokesperson of the Commission, Mr. The new National e-ID Card, which was launched in late is of higher technology, making it extremely difficult to be faked or used by anyone who is not the registered owner.
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