FG to launch new National Identity Card with payment/ social service features

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The Nation Newspaper FG to launch new National Identity Card with payment/ social service features

The New National Identity card would be delivered in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System .

The statement reads:”The National ID card, layered with verifiable National Identity features, is backed by the NIMC Act No. 23 of 2007, which mandates NIMC to enrol and issue a General Multipurpose card to Nigerians and legal residents. “The card, which will be produced according to ICAO standards, is positioned as the country’s default national identity card.

 

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