National ID: We’ll start with IDPs –Pantami

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Benjamin Babine, Abuja

Minister of Communications and Digital Economic, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami has said that following the Federal Government’s approval to transfer the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to his ministry, he would order the  immediate commencement of  the digital identity journey with the  capturing of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

The minister stated this  in a statement, yesterday,  by his spokesperson, Mrs Uwa Suleiman, to mark the Federal Government’s approval of September 16 as Nigeria’s National Identity Day.

This year’s National Identity Day would have as  theme: “Identity for Health, Sustainable Development and Growth.”

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