Nigerians decry duplicative biometric capture for SIM registration, ID cards, SIM-NIN linkage…

The distress of Nigerians over repeated episodes of biometric capture for different identification purposes has been highlighted by local outlet The Guardian.

The newspaper reports that many Nigerians are fed up with recurrent calls by authorities for biometric capture either for SIM card registration which started in 2011, the issuance of different IDs such as the NIN, BVN, voter’s card, and passport, and now the SIM-NIN linkage process.

In all of these, the process has not been easy for citizens …

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