New Nat ID card to replace voters’ card from 2015

New Nat ID card to replace voters’ card
from 2015
on november 29, 2013 at 11:05 am in news
Abuja – The new national identity card will replace
the current voters card after the 2015 general
elections, the National Identity Management
Commission (NIMC), has said.
The Director of Technical Services at the
commission, Mr Emma Ogungbe told Journalists on
Thursday in Abuja that the identity card would
enhance the integrity of the electoral process.
He explained that with the new identity card, NIMC
could give the details of every eligible voter from a
particular Local Government Area, Senatorial
District or State in Nigeria.
“During election, you go to a polling booth, you get
in there, what you do is carry your ID card with
you, they check your name against what NIMC is
giving them, tick it and you vote.”
Ogungbe assured Nigerians that the new national ID
card would put a permanent end to cases of election
rigging including double or multiple registrations or
voting.
He said the “new card is error-proof’’.
“In fact, one of the ministers not long ago even
came out to say after the 2015, the NIMC National
ID card will become the voters’ card.
“So, that just tells us that very soon, the National ID
card will also become the voters card and there
would be no need for ad hoc registration by INEC
again.
“That money can now be used by government for
other purposes to better serve Nigerians.
“We (NIMC) are able to identify you to be you. A
time will come if government says NIMC, give me
details of everyone in Lagos State, ages 18 and
above, we will give it to them; it will be a seamless
operation.
“Give me the list of people in so-so local
government or the whole of Anambra state ages 18
and above, we will give it to them because they’ve
already been in our database and it’s been
sanitised, we know they are who they say they
are.’’ (NAN)