“You cannot have a digital economy without a reliable digital identity and digital identity starts with harmonizing our database to ensure that one individual is recognized across all the systems,” Salisu Shuiab,chairman of the Senate Committee on ICT and Cyber Crimes

The campaign towards a harmonized digital identity system is a global one which is aimed at giving individuals a portable identity system which they can use across anywhere at ease.

Nigeria has joined this race for a harmonized identity system. According to information from DailyTrust, Senators are in talks with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) , the Ministry of Communication Digital Economy, the Ministry of Industry, and other government bodies on the harmonization of the National Identity Number (NIN), Bank Verification Number (BVN) and other digital ID systems in the country.

Salisu Shuiab said that the harmonization of the various Nigeria identity systems will help improve security , fight cybercrime and promote the possibility of one individual recognized across all the identity system.

In his words;

“We have engaged the relevant ministries – the Ministry of Communication Digital Economy, the Ministry of Industry and even the CEO of the National Identity Management Commission to ensure that a Nigerian who has registered with NIMC and has a national identity number is recognized across all platforms, whether for passport purposes, driver’s license, even for the purpose of the various interventions that the federal government is doing.”

If this goal is achieved, there will be a single government identity system.