The Peoples Democratic Party has totally rejected the “repressive decision” of the President Buhari-led All Progressives Congress Federal Government to further squeeze Nigerians by imposing a N5,000 fee for national identity cards.
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The National Identity Management Commission says the renewal of National Identity Card will cost N5,000, payable through Remita.
Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, has urged registered voters to collect their Permanent Voter Cards in preparation for 2019 general elections.
The commission would also collaborate with local
government chairmen, councillors, traditional rulers and other
stakeholders to ensure smooth distribution of the cards to their
genuine owners.
It stated that the service also recovered 57 Temporary Voter Cards, 367 old national identity cards and 11 old TVC slips from the foreigners
Aliyu also said that the Identity card programme will afford the country to know the quality of its population and plan what to do with whatever deficit may have been discovered