Nigeria's new national ID card which will function both as a national ID and as a bank card.
Nigerian government has announced a proposed Mastercard-branded National Identity smart cards with electronic payment capability, the Guardian reported.
The issuance will start within the next three months under the auspices of the National Identity Management Commission and will cover citizens aged 16 and above.
Pensioners will
be the first group to pilot the new scheme. The plan will create the
largest rollout of an electronic payment solution of its kind at once,
to an unbanked population.
Only 30 per cent of an estimated 160m
Nigerians have access to financial services and with these cards, the
other 70 per cent will be brought into formal financial system.
The country has focused on improving access, the usage and quality of financial services in the program. Personal data, including biometric data will remain with the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Kenya,
under the Jubilee Manifesto, has proposed to establish a universal
single registration system activated at birth which will streamline
birth registration, National ID registration, voter registration, NHIF,
NSSF, and any other tax or commercial related registration. Whereas not
conceptualized to including payments, it seems likely to be able to
include the service
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