Identification for Development : Nigeria

Identification for Development : Nigeria

The Nigerian federal government recognized the need to create a national identity program, incorporating lessons from past attempts of Department of National Civic Registration, and following leading practices of national identity programs in other...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
IDENTITY
SECURITY
PRIVACY
CIVIL REGISTRATION
IDENTITY REGISTRY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/136541489666581589/Nigeria-Country-assessment-Identification-for-Development-ID4D-identification-systems-analysis
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spelling okr-10986-264372021-06-14T10:18:19Z Identification for Development : Nigeria World Bank IDENTITY SECURITY PRIVACY CIVIL REGISTRATION IDENTITY REGISTRY The Nigerian federal government recognized the need to create a national identity program, incorporating lessons from past attempts of Department of National Civic Registration, and following leading practices of national identity programs in other countries. With an aim to create a comprehensive identity system, Nigeria constituted "The Committee on the Harmonisation of National Identity Cards" to create a national policy and institutional framework for an identity management system in Nigeria. As per the recommendation of the Committee, and subsequent enactment of a law, the government established NIMC as the agency responsible for developing a National Identity Management System (NIMS). several government agencies issue an identity credential to residents for specific uses, but NIMC leads the identity agenda of Nigeria, and offers a "foundational identity" or an "official identity." 2017-04-24T20:27:44Z 2017-04-24T20:27:44Z 2015-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/136541489666581589/Nigeria-Country-assessment-Identification-for-Development-ID4D-identification-systems-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26437 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Public Sector Study Economic & Sector Work
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topic IDENTITY
SECURITY
PRIVACY
CIVIL REGISTRATION
IDENTITY REGISTRY
spellingShingle IDENTITY
SECURITY
PRIVACY
CIVIL REGISTRATION
IDENTITY REGISTRY
World Bank
Identification for Development : Nigeria
description The Nigerian federal government recognized the need to create a national identity program, incorporating lessons from past attempts of Department of National Civic Registration, and following leading practices of national identity programs in other countries. With an aim to create a comprehensive identity system, Nigeria constituted "The Committee on the Harmonisation of National Identity Cards" to create a national policy and institutional framework for an identity management system in Nigeria. As per the recommendation of the Committee, and subsequent enactment of a law, the government established NIMC as the agency responsible for developing a National Identity Management System (NIMS). several government agencies issue an identity credential to residents for specific uses, but NIMC leads the identity agenda of Nigeria, and offers a "foundational identity" or an "official identity."
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title Identification for Development : Nigeria
title_short Identification for Development : Nigeria
title_full Identification for Development : Nigeria
title_fullStr Identification for Development : Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Identification for Development : Nigeria
title_sort identification for development : nigeria
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/136541489666581589/Nigeria-Country-assessment-Identification-for-Development-ID4D-identification-systems-analysis
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