President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday charged government agencies to harmonise the collection and usage of biometric data instead of replicating efforts.

The President gave the charge after being briefed by Chairman of the National Population Commission, Mr Eze Duruiheoma, in Abuja.
Government organizations that collect biometric data include the National Population Commission, National Identity Management Commission, Federal Road Safety Commission, and Independent National Electoral Commission, among others.
Buhari wondered why each agency would gather its own biometric data, when such data could easily be shared.

“It will be more cost effective if you work together. It helps even the credibility of the election process, as Nigerians of voting age can be identified easily’’, he said.
Buhari added that all the agencies should work collaboratively, instead of going in different directions, stressing that adequate data was necessary for planning and development in any country.

Duruiheoma had briefed the President on what would be required for the commission to conduct national census 2016, 10 years after the last exercise, as stipulated by the United Nations.
A national population census, the chairman said, would cost about N273 billion, while about N10 billion of the amount would be needed immediately.

He told the President that a biometric-based census was being proposed because it would eliminate multiple and ghost respondents, while making the outcome easy to audit.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/buhari-orders-inec-frsc-npc-to-harmonise-biometric-data/

Good thinking hopefully NCC and CBN will also be part of this harmonization so as to reduce the crime rate in the country and save cost also

Hopefully the wailers won't come up with a c0ck and bull story of how GEJ made this same order in 1845

Cc lalasticlala ishilove

Census, that's the way to go.

nice

Buhari is working ..... Now we have a President! Now we have a
direction!

Conservation of resources!

Dem no go gree! Politicians and ogas @ the top go use cash bury dis idea! We no our people!

even without ministers, this man get Brian no be small. God bless u sir.

Making sense.
Hope the politicians wont hijack it.

We need a central data base

jonah sef be nor even get vision for this country at all...if to say him run him tenure well, that south african girl for nor fit use me catch trips for CNN page just now

efilefun:
Good thinking hopefully NCC and CBN will also be part of this harmonization so as to reduce the crime rate in the country and save cost also

Cc lalasticlala ishilove

Not everyone wants Big Brother Buhari looking through their files

Weldone my President

hinwazaka:

Not everyone wants Big Brother Buhari looking through their files

That clearly shows your ways ain't pure... This same method is being used in developed countries and it's helping... You wonder why police just drop tickets on vehicles abroad and leave?? Cuz they have your full details in their data base and you can't escape!!!

MEDICINE AFTER DEATH
jah bless

I must say this... PMB is really intelligent

TheNonce:


Dem no go gree! Politicians and ogas @ the top go use cash bury dis idea! We no our people!

Not today again... Not in this administration

efilefun:
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday charged government agencies to harmonise the collection and usage of biometric data instead of replicating efforts.

The President gave the charge after being briefed by Chairman of the National Population Commission, Mr Eze Duruiheoma, in Abuja.
Government organizations that collect biometric data include the National Population Commission, National Identity Management Commission, Federal Road Safety Commission, and Independent National Electoral Commission, among others.
Buhari wondered why each agency would gather its own biometric data, when such data could easily be shared.

“It will be more cost effective if you work together. It helps even the credibility of the election process, as Nigerians of voting age can be identified easily’’, he said.
Buhari added that all the agencies should work collaboratively, instead of going in different directions, stressing that adequate data was necessary for planning and development in any country.

Duruiheoma had briefed the President on what would be required for the commission to conduct national census 2016, 10 years after the last exercise, as stipulated by the United Nations.
A national population census, the chairman said, would cost about N273 billion, while about N10 billion of the amount would be needed immediately.

He told the President that a biometric-based census was being proposed because it would eliminate multiple and ghost respondents, while making the outcome easy to audit.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/buhari-orders-inec-frsc-npc-to-harmonise-biometric-data/

These guys should stop fooling themselves abeg not everybody is ok swallowing shit and calling it portage.The National Identitity Management commision already had a task force whose mandate was to INTEGRATE all the biometric and other related data collected over the last decade by inec, frsc, banks, immigrations ,just about any statutory agency that has collected such data .
This is an ongoing project/more accurately process it doesn't happen overnight and the mandate was given under the previous administration why come out now and act like this is a post may 29 brainwave.
IDIOTAS that what these guys are.

Good bless my president Buhari

Wallahi, sai baba BuBu. May God continue to guide yhu, amen

Go to the banks and use the BVN..