The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani over the delay in the releasing National Identity Cards from 2012 to date.
Also summoned is the Director-General, National Identity Card Management Commission, Abisoye Coker-Odusote
The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Muhammed Shehu (PDP-Bauchi) at the plenary in Abuja on Wednesday.
The motion is titled: “Need to Investigate the National Identity Cards released from 2012 to date.”
The house said the mission was to find out the reason behind the delay in issuing national identity cards.
The house urged the committees on Population and Anti-Corruption to report their findings back to the house within four weeks, for further legislative action.
Shehu was at a loss as to why in spite of the availability of resources for rapid production and electoral transparency; Nigerians have continued to encounter difficulties in updating their information with National Identity Card Management Commission’s database.
He say that despite receiving annual budgetary allocations in 2017, 2018 and 2019 to fulfill its mandate, efforts to produce and release national identity cards had been unsuccessful.
He believes there is need for government to intervene and restructure the commission for effective service delivery, and to revitalise the commission’s operations in order for it to achieve its goal.
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