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 upcoming 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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