Insecurity: Edo Takes Strong Move Ahead of Other States
- The Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said the state is concluding the plan to start issuing identity cards to its residents
- This was disclosed by Obaseki's special adviser on media projects, Crusoe Osagie after the government had a stakeholder meeting in Auchi
- The governor also revealed that the identity card will be liked by the residents' biometric verification number (BVN)
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Auchi, Edo - Godwin Obaseki, the governor of Edo state, has said his government will soon commence the issuance of identification cards to residents of the state as part of measures to fight insecurity.
The Punch reports that Obaseki’s special adviser on media projects, Crusoe Osagie, said the governor revealed the plan at security stakeholders meeting held in Auchi, Etsako west local government area of the state.
Source: UGC
Edo residents' ID cards to be linked with BVN
The governor added that the identity card is expected to be linked with residents’ Biometric Verification Number (BVN) to know who is who.
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The governor, in his words, said,
“With this, if anything happens, we can follow up. We are not saying that we will not accept visitors."
Edo government to clamp down on unregistered markets
The government is also planning to register markets, stating that the law specifies how the market can be set up.
He explained that because most markets are not registered, the government has been unable to put in place all necessary facilities around the area.
He lamented that most of the unregistered markets don’t close, stating that markets are expected to close.
According to the governor, an investigation by security personnel has revealed that all sorts of things happen in these markets when they suppose to have closed.
Edo Politics: PDP woos APC youngest presidential aspirant with top juicy slot
Legit.ng earlier reported that the youngest presidential aspirant in the APC primaries, Nicholas Felix, had been wooed by the PDP with a governorship ticket.
Felix confirmed that he had been receiving such an offer from some chieftain of the PDP, but he did not have that in his plan for now.
This development came barely a month after Felix raised an alarm of being sidelined from the presidential campaign of the APC's flag bearer, Bola Tinubu.
Source: Legit.ng
