See What Buhari Was Caught Doing

President Buhari Registers For
National Identity Card

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday,
August 25,  in Abuja, got registered by the officials of
the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC),
to enable him to obtain his national identity card.
President Muhammadu Buhari is being captured for the
national identity management commission’s identity
card, at the presidential villa in Abuja on Tuesday,
August 25. With him is the director general of NIMC, Chris
Onye.
Answering the questions from the State House
correspondents after his registration inside the
presidential villa, Buhari said the exercise would confirm
the country’s population, especially of those aged 18
years and above.
The president said: “I think this exercise is very
important as it will confirm our population and those,
who are entitled to vote – that is those, who are 18 years
and above. It will complement the exercise of the
Permanent Voters Card.
President Buhari gets photographed for an ID card
“So, for those who want their votes to count from
whichever party or constituency, they should ensure that
they and their families are properly captured, like I
have been captured.”

The director general of the NIMC, Chris Onyemenam, in
his remarks, said the exercise is a continuous one. He
said that additional enrollment centres would be
established in all the local government areas of the
federation. The director further said that the
commission is also planning to open such centres in
hospitals, primary schools, and universities.
Buhari briefs the journalists after the registration on
August 25, 2015.
Onyemenam said: “So, every enrollment centre that we
have established remains open forever; they are like
branches of banks. We are taking deliberate steps to
ensure that enrollment centres are opened in each local
government.
“In collaboration with MDAs, we are now extending it to
universities. It will also be extended to primary schools
and hospitals. With the cooperation we expect from INEC
– we are meeting INEC today – it will be extended even
further.“
Onyemenam said that so far, the commission had
captured the data of nearly seven million Nigerians.

With regards to his recent directive that biometric data
bases in government agencies be expeditiously
harmonised, the DG commended President Buhari.
Meanwhile, the ruling All Progressives Congress has set up
a system to enable it properly monitor and assess the
execution of the party’s manifesto , as well as other
promises made by President Muhammadu Buhari during
the campaigns.
Technocrats form the core of the assessment team which
will also serve as an advisory committee to the national
chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.