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Doctors in Nigeria have criticized a mass national identification registration policy, involving tens of millions of citizens, as Covid-19 cases and deaths rise in the country.
As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos
Doctors in Nigeria have criticized a mass national identification registration policy, involving tens of millions of citizens, as Covid-19 cases and deaths rise in the country.
Nigeria which has Africa’s largest population has recorded about
half of its more than 140,000 cases in the last 10 weeks, according to data from John Hopkins University.
“The number of cases has continued to rise, and it is putting undue pressure on our health facilities,” Mukhtar Muhammad, the national incident manager of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19, told CNN. “If we are not able to control the number of cases or provide more facilities, I am afraid certainly it is only a matter of time before the system becomes overwhelmed.”
Emma Okonji
In order to support the federal government’s drive towards the National Identification Number (NIN) registration, MTN has introduced new initiatives that will increase capacity to provide enrolment services across its customer interaction touch points, which include rural locations.
MTN said the initiatives would support a reliable and sustainable national identity management system for the country, which is a critical enabler that will deliver multiple benefits to the telecoms industry and the country as a whole, while supporting national economic planning and enhance security, governance and service delivery at all levels.
At locations where enrolment services have been introduced, alongside its standard COVID-19 safety protocols, MTN has deployed a dynamic onsite appointment booking system designed to limit indoor crowding at its service centres and plans to launch an online version shortly.
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By Tonnie Iredia
When the Covid 19 pandemic broke a little over a year ago, many had feared the spread would be hard to contain especially in developing societies such as Nigeria with weak public enlightenment arrangements. Activities which followed the outbreak confirmed such fears as many citizens behaved as though they neither heard nor understood various admonitions for people to avoid the risk of being infected.
There are still many households and individuals in Nigeria today who have remained cynical of the declarations of scientists and relevant organizations about the pandemic. The posture of disbelief in Nigeria and perhaps elsewhere in Africa was greatly increased by the fact that infections and deaths in the continent were relatively low compared to the devastating effects the pandemic has had on Europe and America. Perhaps it was indeed, a white-man’s disease, some analysts imagined.