Jamaica expands digital ID registration program, issues RFP for enrolment centers

Jamaican officials say the country is on track to launch its National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) and National Identification and Registration Inspectorate (NIRI) in 2023.

A government release quotes Dr. Dana Morris Dixon, a senator and minister in the office of the prime minister, who told the Senate on July 14 that the government “intends to put in place the resources to govern and operationalize Jamaica’s first national identification and registration authority, as prescribed by law, this calendar year.” …

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