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Oluwafemi Awodele
2 weeks ago
Overview
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFR) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have introduced digital identity cards with multiple wallets for farmers and other Nigerians to boost food security and increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country.
According to government authorities, the development was in tandem with the National Identity Number (NIN) enabled farmer registry and the Government to People (G2P) card initiative.
“This project is designed to address the Federal Ministry’s immediate challenges of identity and authentication, required to deliver government services efficiently and accurately,” the government said on Thursday in a statement.
The statement was jointly signed by the Director of Information at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Joel Oruche, and the Head of Corporate Communications for NIMC, Dr Kayode Adegoke.
They said the initiatives aligned “with the government’s commitment to improving transparency, efficiency and ensuring inclusivity under the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda, of which food security is a primary objective”.
