abbakacici: funny none of the defender of the scheme should own a store in the most unsecured market in Nigeria where there are almost 50% chance of theft and will not just leave the shop open at night and go home because closing it will not make it 100% secured. you are all know that CIA and NIA have the capabilities to spy on us, but our government should at least try and protected

secondly how many Nigerian have passport less than 10% furthermore less 1% travel to countries that required biometrics e.h usa, canada or uk and the government does force any one to travel to theses countries

3rd less than 15% Nigeria have facebook or hi5 etc account and only about 60% of them (10%) have the right and accurate information e.g most people use pat name, nickname, wrong age wrong location etc on their profile

4th people saying the the money transaction is optional is not, yes you might decide not to used but is still part of the card. e.g is just like opening an account with bank x and living it dormant that does stop you from being a customer of bank x

5th this scheme was regret by all civilised country in the world why should Nigeria accepted it e.g Malaysia was the first country to implement a general multipurpose ID card and they regret vista help so they did it with its own resources and technology to protect its citizens

yongjay: i knw u just bragging...u r nt really educated...i knw u r brainless..so am overlooking..nt ready to go into arguement wif u

donroxy: it is just the term of aggrement . Naija allowed MasterCard to have her logo because MasterCard defrayed the fund for the project and only God and those who concerned can determine how many millionaire turned out from this National identity card on the part of Nigerians !!


To all of you wasting your time , make una simply doesn't waste your breath because this country is already sold since 18th century, GEJ and his government were just replicating, legally, who those blinded forefathers did in slave trade !


This is what we have when we put ill-educated people on mantle of leadership Money killed All African Leaders cuz of Ignorant and cluelessness

Douglasdale: All these pawpaw men complaining about identity theft. Wetin America wan use una data do? Steal your petro dollars we dey una Swiss account? Spy on you when u dey self-service for bed? Person wey no get farthing to their names. Load 10mb come here to spew thrash.
Retards!!!

NA so one mumu skunk named shymex Sey him go fit build the database and manage am. Person wey never even fit chop 3square meals.

nateevs:
You are obviously one of those who think identity theft only has only to do with money. Have you ever thought that through identity theft, you could be implicated in a crime?

It is not the fact that Mastercard has a copy of the database, it is rather the fact that the govt is not unwilling to pass national database details, without our consent, to private institutions. This means that with the right amount of money, the database is for sale. So for instance, companies that have links with terrorist organizations, but the right amount of money in the name of sponsorship can procure this database. These kind of companies have no imperative to keep your data safe. But never mind, it's a good initiative as it looks fancy on the outside.

When in 5 years, a number of people are wanted by the FBI because replicas of their electronic details were found on a registration database of terrorist organizations, then we will look back and wonder if this truly was a good initiative.

Sometimes, the implication of a project going wrong may be the reason for it not being good. Not because it isn't good itself.

Missy89: Do Not get that ID for your own good!

Sup Shymexx?

Daverytimes: Man Some Nigerians in here are Dense hell, Having the logo of a FOREIGN COMPANY in the NATIONAL ID CARD OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA is a disgrace. It is shameful, infact one can even say that it is treason of the highest order, Not just that but that foreign company is based in a country NOTORIOUS for SANCTIONING those who don't hold its views. So tomorrow if Nigeria and USA part ways and US decided to sanction Nigeria EVERY NIGERIAN will be affected because Mastercard will have to co-operate with its home country's wishes. How is this hard to understand? Damn. We have monkeys as..................................scratch that, it is an insult to monkeys to compare them with our leaders. Our leaders have no equal, they are inept, un-educated, bottom of trash human beings.

lanrefront1:

very daft. biometrics is not space science.

ProfCorruption: How could anyone not see the risks, stupidity and danger in this scheme?

Really, all you need for national identification scheme is just a NUMBER. Government collects your biometrics and then issues you a number. To be admitted or given access to any institution--banks, schools, etc, you must present that your unique number. If Government needs info on you, it employs the number to pull your data from multiple sources and build a profile. That way, it takes a certified government employee or someone who has access to the database to compromise your identity. Why can't Nigerians be able to implement such a simple idea? What do they need Mastercard for?

arresa:


This is what I still don't get. Exactly what did we get in return for handing over 170 million new customers and our National identity to a private and foreign cooperation functioning under another country's rules and regulation that we are economically vulnerable to..?

Cashless policy or not, must it be attached to your National ID system? Must you automatically sign up your people and surrender them to MasterCard without their consents?

SirShymex:

What's good?

I honestly think eugenics should be introduced to Nigeria.

The number of folks with impaired brain in that country is absolutely shocking!

Off topic:

Do you know Norman Finkelstein? This guy is one of a kind. I watched the video of his debate with Harvard Professor, Alan Dershowitz, yesterday - and this guy disgraced the Prof. How can you be the head of Harvard Law School and still be plagiarising almost word for word without actually understanding what you're stealing? He messed the guy up so bad that Dershowitz and Harvard had to team up to destroy the guy's teaching career - sad.

Noam Chomsky said it best, when he said:

"I warned him, if you follow this, you're going to get in trouble - because you're going to expose the American intellectual community as a gang of frauds, and they are not going to like it, and they're going to destroy you."

obiscolly:
Because only 30% of Nigerians operate bank accounts and the government is trying to encourage a cashless system in the economy.

ISpiksDaTroof: Maybe they should worry about providing yall with electricity, jobs, security, good health, better social services, good roads and education before bothering about a "cashless society". Besides most Nigerians are cashless anyway... aren't like 78.3% of your citizens living below the poverty level, by the way.

BluStreak:
Having said that, we as a people knowing how corrupt we have become over the years, wouldn't it serve us better having out DB managed by a foreign partner with credibility than leaving it in the hands of unscrupulous, untrustwhorthy elements (in the name of indigenous companies) that will end up selling the details to whoever makes them a good offer just to enrich themselves? Note that I am not implying that our data is with MC. Make una reason am naaaah?

nateevs:


You are obviously one of those who think identity theft only has only to do with money. Have you ever thought that through identity theft, you could be implicated in a crime?

It is not the fact that Mastercard has a copy of the database, it is rather the fact that the govt is not unwilling to pass national database details, without our consent, to private institutions. This means that with the right amount of money, the database is for sale. So for instance, companies that have links with terrorist organizations, but the right amount of money in the name of sponsorship can procure this database. These kind of companies have no imperative to keep your data safe. But never mind, it's a good initiative as it looks fancy on the outside.

When in 5 years, a number of people are wanted by the FBI because replicas of their electronic details were found on a registration database of terrorist organizations, then we will look back and wonder if this truly was a good initiative.

Sometimes, the implication of a project going wrong may be the reason for it not being good. Not because it isn't good itself.

ryom: I marvel at these comments. Its either a display of utter naivety or stupendous ignorance. Where do people think the data base of their electronic records are held anyway? Do you have a mobile phone (especially a smartphone), an email address, an ATM card and the like? Do you hold an international passport? Travelled abroad, especially to any of the so called first world country? Drive a car manufactured 2010 and beyond? Then they already have the records. This card favours you by consolidating your information in one place at your point of access; but them? They already have the information if you have done any of the bit I mentioned earlier! Looks like a lot of folks are in deep slumber!! Its too late to want to be anonymous. Like a boss of mine once said, ''its not about being raped (figuratively), its about making the experience as pleasant as possible.''

Missy89:

Lol
Finkelstein is and chomsky are hated because they usually say the truth. they have only been able to keep their careers to some extent because they are Jews so it is difficult to call them anti-semites
i do hate the guy's voice thou.

lanrefront1:

another daft postulation. the person who commended the post is even double daft.

So we need MasterCard logo on Nigeria's National Identity Card to make it sellable to the world !!!

oroagba:

The payment part of the card is prepaid and not linked to your bank account. Seek information, ask questions before drawing conclusions.

Dibiachukwu:
Sometimes I miss Boko Haram (however weird that may sound). The only thing you people lent in school is how to be slaves. None of all the so called professors in Nigeria have done anything useful for their home country. All we here is America this, london that. Sometimes you wonder why they even bothered going to school. Worst of all, they tend to become some of the worst sellouts in the history of the world. All we hear is America this and white people that. We are tired of you educated dummies.