Kaduna Begins Identity Card Registration For Residents

The Kaduna State Residents Identity Management Agency has embarked on a sensitization and advocacy tour to mobilize residents for the ongoing residents’ registration and identity card enrollment exercise in the state.

The Executive Secretary of KADRIMA, Dr. John Danfulani, led the tour to several Chiefdoms and emirates in Southern Kaduna, where he addressed royal fathers and community stakeholders on the importance of the initiative.

Addressing residents of Kachia on Thursday, Danfulani explained that the exercise aims to build a comprehensive database of all residents in Kaduna State, which would aid effective planning, security, social interventions, and financial inclusion.

“We are appealing to everyone living in Kaduna, including non-indigenes, to update their residential information. As long as you reside in Kaduna, this identity card is for you,” he said.

According to him, the identity card, which also doubles as a debit or credit card, will serve as a tool for accessing key government services and opportunities.

Danfulani also revealed that residents would be able to access social welfare programs, scholarships, free education, subsidized healthcare, and health insurance using the identity card.

He, however, dispelled speculations that the initiative was a revenue-generating move or politically motivated.

“It is not about generating revenue or any political inclination,” he said.

Saying that the success of the exercise depends on the participation of residents, including indigenes and non-indigenes, Danfulani urged everyone living in the state to take advantage of the opportunity to register and obtain the identity card.

Danfulani expressed optimism that with the support of traditional rulers and residents, the exercise will achieve its objectives and benefit the good people of the state.

“This is strictly for the benefit of our people,” he added.

The sensitization tour covered several local government areas, including Kachia, Kaura, Jema’a, Sanga, and Zangon Kataf, in Southern Kaduna where the Danfulani’s team engaged with monarchs and community stakeholders, explaining the importance and benefits of the residents’ registration and identity card enrollment exercise.

Our correspondent reported that the traditional rulers in the visited chiefdoms and emirates lauded the government for bringing the exercise closer to the grassroots. They pledged to continue sensitizing their people to ensure wider participation in the registration exercise.

Kaduna Begins Identity Card Registration For Residents is first published on The Whistler Newspaper