Nigeria inaugurates committee to spearhead inclusive digital ID drive

A steering committee to man efforts within the framework of Nigeria’s Digital Identification for Development (Nigeria ID4D) project has been commissioned.

The committee was put in place in a ceremony chaired on March 19 by a representative of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, according to a press statement from his office.

The SGF is the Chairman of the committee while the Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye …

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