“The new national ID card is ATM card, international passport, etc….”

The new national identity card produced by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is not just an ID card. It is also an ATM card and can be used for several other purposes according to NIMC’s Director of Technical Services, Mr Emmanuel Ogungbe.

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It can be used as Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card anywhere there is MasterCard logo in the world, “So if you put money on the card, you can withdraw this money anywhere in the world that MasterCard right now is accepted”.

It is also a travel card. Very soon, especially within the West African sub-region, you can travel passport-free as long as you have this card with you. A holder of the card just needs to present it at the point of entry of any country where it will be swiped.

Ogungbe said that the new card was error-proof and would enhance the security of the country.

According to him, if there is a crime and the police are able to lift finger prints from the crime scene and send to NIMC, the commission will be able to give the full details of the criminals.

The card would reduce incidences of bank frauds as fraudsters would be easily detected and apprehended.