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Identification for Development : Nigeria.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Bank.
- Series:
- Other Public Sector Study
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- E-Finance and E-Security.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Identity.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Privacy.
- Local Subjects:
- E-Finance and E-Security.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Identity.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Privacy.
- Other Title:
- Identification for Development
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2015.
- System Details:
- data file
- 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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