James Emejo in Abuja

The House of Representatives thursday passed a motion mandating the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to coordinate the harmonisation of biometric data of Nigerians and urged the federal government to collate the number of births and death in local government areas of the country.

It further directed its Committees on Population and Governmental Affairs to ensure implementation and report back in six weeks for further legislative action…

The call for harmonisation of biometric data of Nigerian citizens was sponsored by Hon. Ochiglegor Idagbo, who argued the harmonisation of biometric databases of the agencies of government and private entities will help in saving about N40 billion in operational costs while citizens will not be required to have their biometrics taken over and over again by different agencies working for the same government.

According to him, several countries including United States, Canada, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, among others have achieved great outcomes in economic development and crime detection, prevention and fighting as a result of the harmonisation of the biometric data of their citizens…

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