Liberia’s President directs NIR to expand biometric database, renew more IDs

Officials of Liberia’s National Identification Registry (NIR) say they are dispatching teams to the field to make sure that employees in all government ministries, departments and agencies are enrolled into the National Biometric Identification System (NBIS) database.

As part of the new ID enrollment drive, the NIR teams will also ensure that all expired ID cards throughout the country are replaced, according to New Republic Liberia.

This move by the NIR follows a recent policy statement delivered by Liberian President …

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