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In two months, Nigerians will begin utilising the services of the proposed three-in-one identity card, the National Identity Management Commission has confirmed.

It said the single multipurpose card combining multiple functions of identity, financial and social services will be made available to citizens across the country by August this year.

A high-ranking member of the implementation team, who asked not to be named, disclosed the new information during an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday.

The official stated that the commission had been working tirelessly to meet its goals, adding that the plan remains on track and would be launched in the months.

He also disclosed that the commission has begun the testing and deployment stage.

The official said, “We actually plan for July although there have been a few delays but we are still hopeful that it would come in July. So we are hoping to get it done between July and August. We are still on plan and if there is any shift, the public will know.”

The official added, “When you are deploying a new technology, there is a lot of work to be done, you need to configure the card, enable the outlet, and enable the wallet to work. We also have to do tests and that is what is ongoing.

“The deployment is ongoing, the portal that people need to access the service has to be deployed, and we have to make sure that it is scaleable and those are the ongoing works.

“There are integrations that all the banks need to do to enable the card and all of those little details are ongoing. We have that target and we are working extra hard to make sure that we achieve that.”

On Friday, April 5, 2024, the NIMC announced that it had launched a new card layered with payment capabilities and social service features in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System.

It explained that the identity solution was equipped with payment capability for all types of social and financial services.

According to a statement issued, the initiative represents a collaborative effort to offer increased options for domestic consumers while fostering the delivery of services in a more innovative, cost-effective, and competitive manner.

The identity cards will include a bank-enabled National ID card, a social intervention card, and an optional ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card.

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Rubbish ,.

National Hunger ID card is already everywhere

3 problem in 1

They should ride on

Is that our problem now ?

Nice idea actually.

misplaced priority

Get ready for another long queueing sessions and sorting wicked corrupt official.

Lol!

Funny beings.

National checked.
3-in-1 ID about to checked too.

The government are working assidously trying to better the lot of the common man, we've been warned to be gracious with them and bide our time too.

Another upgrade for yahoo boys to fleece Nigerians of their hard earned money.


APC really have nothing to offer nigerians

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Make the DMBs keep handling my financial transactions biko.

Na thunder go fire anybody wey approach me with any useless 3 in 1 nonsense card.

I just hope this will not lead to exploitation again

Hope it's free

So we are about to witness another episode of long queues across the local government secretariats Again ?

Very useless ID.

IPDGP:
I just hope this will not lead to exploitation again

It will

una don run out of ideas,... Shaa we no say una no go gree

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Hope it's free

That's what they will say but when you go to collect it, you will know the real deal

tiswell:
Another upgrade for yahoo boys to fleece Nigerians of their hard earned money.


APC really have nothing to offer nigerians

Same thing, that came to my mind.

The other boys are already thinking and making plans on how they will breakthrough.
The good and the bad side of every decision

Most ideas in Nigeria sound wonderful on paper, but implementation makes nonsense of them.

Well maybe just maybe if the government should attend to the hunger in the land first then people like most guys that commented above will begin to see good in some moves made by the government, for now the bitterness is just too much.

Another means of "Tinubulatiing" and siphoning public fund.

If one’s card gets into wrong hands?

Omooooo…

Lol.
Family men with 4.kids ,how do you survive ..

Rice paint 8k
Garri 4k..

Abii wunna dey chop sand?

Great idea

I wonder how many versions of national identity cards these people want to issue...every 4 years they come up with a new one

Another suffering, una papa

These people are funny. To even get the old plastic ID card is a problem.

I no do.

Bmaster:
So we are about to witness another episode of long queues across the local government secretariats Again ?

no be me again