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Managing the biodata or a biometric database for 200million people is no ordinary feat. I am 34years old now, and I remember I was 17years at Bowen University in Iwo, Osun State when the National ID card was initially in the works during the tenure of President Olusegun Obasanjo around 2002/2003. I was not qualified to enroll for a National ID then because the age requirement was 18years and above. Although heads rolled for the mismanagement of that program, its execution remains shrouded in mystery. There had been a few successfully established biometric databases that the country can leverage on – if harmonized and possibly improved. Two of those that readily come to mind are the INEC’s voters’ register and the CBN’s Bank Verification Number (BVN) database. A robust Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) could be curated from both agencies by the Federal Government if their biometric databases can be harmonized. The Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBS

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