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President Tinubu has signed into instrumentality the repealed and re-enacted National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Act, 2026.
The signing ceremonial took spot astatine Presidential Villa, with Senate President Godswill Akpabio and different authorities officials successful attendance.
The amended Act empowers NIMC to harmonise individuality records, synchronise authorities databases, and amended interoperability among nationalist institutions.
While speaking to the property aft the signing ceremony, Akpabio said the integration of the NIMC database with the Ministry of Interior’s integer platforms precocious enabled information agencies to place and apprehend suspected violent operatives upon their accomplishment successful Nigeria.
“Just past week, we were capable to apprehend violent chiefs who were coming successful from Saudi Arabia, successful Katsina, of each places. When they landed, they conscionable enactment their names connected the computer; it revealed that these were criminals, and they arrested them,” helium said.
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