Identification for Development : Nigeria
The Nigerian federal government recognized the need to create a national identity program, incorporating lessons from past attempts of Department of National Civic Registration, and following leading practices of national identity programs in other...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/136541489666581589/Nigeria-Country-assessment-Identification-for-Development-ID4D-identification-systems-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26437 |
| Summary: | The Nigerian federal government
recognized the need to create a national identity program,
incorporating lessons from past attempts of Department of
National Civic Registration, and following leading practices
of national identity programs in other countries. With an
aim to create a comprehensive identity system, Nigeria
constituted "The Committee on the Harmonisation of
National Identity Cards" to create a national policy
and institutional framework for an identity management
system in Nigeria. As per the recommendation of the
Committee, and subsequent enactment of a law, the government
established NIMC as the agency responsible for developing a
National Identity Management System (NIMS). several
government agencies issue an identity credential to
residents for specific uses, but NIMC leads the identity
agenda of Nigeria, and offers a "foundational
identity" or an "official identity." |
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