Omo, make I gist una some beta news wey just drop for Naija tech world. Softline Technologies and Services from Sweden don land Nigeria to gist with NIMC for Abuja. This one dey happen as Nigeria dey try waka go digital economy level. E no be small thing o!
Dem visit na to meet with the Director-General of NIMC, Engr. Bisoye Coker-Odusote, wey don dey push level for national identity management since she don dey hold that position. The delegation come praise am well, talk say the way she dey revamp the identity system don dey sweet everybody mouth, both local and international. Na real transformation dem talk say she dey run!
Engr. Coker-Odusote no fall hand as she assure dem say NIMC dey ready to join hands with proper tech firms. She yan say, “We dey open for collaborations wey go help us strengthen our operations and boost innovation.” Omo, this wetin dem dey plan go really benefit Nigeria, wey plenty people go fit get proper digital identity.
My people, make I put una in the waka wey NIN don follow since 2020. Dem say NIN don rise from 40 million to over 127 million within five years. But make we shine our eye, because plenty Nigerians still dey face wahala get this NIN as dem dey talk say rural areas no get registration centers, and broadband access dey poor like na dry season.
No be only that o, people still dey complain plenty about extortion from private vendors dem wey collect cash when dem suppose to register for free. E don reach as e be say some pipo dey pay as high as N6,500 just to collect NIN. This one no gree make sense! Many people don jettison registration just out of frustration, because if dem no get NIN, dem no fit enjoy digital services. Na wah!
Enter the matter of security, wey dem say NIN suppose help tackle insecurity for Naija, but na so so wahala we dey see. Dem talk say NIN-SIM integration suppose help police catch criminals, but sometimes e dey look like say dem no dey use am well. E sure say even former minister Pantami, wey bring this idea, don dey vex say the people wey dey meant to use this technology no dey utilize am well. This one dey make everybody fear how far security go dey.
We still get more gist. Naijans dey face serious digital fraud wahala. Just this year alone, one guy talk say him lose N620,000 for mobile wallet because hackers enter him account. And dem talk say financial institutions don lose a whopping N3.3 billion to fraud this year. This level of fraud no suppose happen after all di NIN wahala wey dem dey yarn about.
But NIMC dey yan say NIN dey help, as dem get serial number wey fit track criminal activity through mobile communications. Dem dey try project positive side wey go improve things for the people. Na so the director talk say with new devices dem don buy and better centres dem don set up, the registration process go soon turn beta.
Una see am? The road to full digital economy no go easy, but with moves like this one from Softline and NIMC, we fit hope say Naija go enter better side for identity management and digital services. Make we dey follow am well and see how e go unfold. E go clear soon!
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