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Nigeria- According to the Director of Technical Services of the National Identity Management Commission Mr. Emmanuel Ogunbe, Nigerians can use the new national identity card as an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card anywhere there is MasterCard logo in the world, adding that an agreement had already been signed with MasterCard.
“Two, it’s also a travel card. What that means is that very soon, especially within the West African sub-region, you can travel passport-free as long as you have this card with you.
“So this card has multi-purpose use and that is why we are calling it a general-multi-purpose card, it’s not just an ID card.”
Ogungbe said that the new card was error-proof and would enhance the security of the country.
“We have a system called automated biometrics identification system in our data centre that checks information of newly registered people coming into the database against what we already have in the database.
He also said that the card would reduce incidences of bank frauds as fraudsters would be easily detected and apprehended.
He said that government had asked the commission to “register every single Nigerian and legal residents” but warned the aliens against any attempt to use the card to commit crimes.
“Two, it’s also a travel card. What that means is that very soon, especially within the West African sub-region, you can travel passport-free as long as you have this card with you.
“So this card has multi-purpose use and that is why we are calling it a general-multi-purpose card, it’s not just an ID card.”
Ogungbe said that the new card was error-proof and would enhance the security of the country.
“We have a system called automated biometrics identification system in our data centre that checks information of newly registered people coming into the database against what we already have in the database.
He also said that the card would reduce incidences of bank frauds as fraudsters would be easily detected and apprehended.
He said that government had asked the commission to “register every single Nigerian and legal residents” but warned the aliens against any attempt to use the card to commit crimes.