Today at the State House, President Muhammadu Buhari received Submission of Citizen Data Management and Harmonization Report from Minister of interior Rauf Aregbesola.
The Citizen Data Management and Harmonization Database was aimed at harmonising all data collected by various government ministries and parastatals. It also seen as a way of solving the security challenges in the country.
The Ministries, Parastatals and financial institutions responsible for the collection of data in Nigeria are; Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Police Affairs, the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Intelligence Agency, National Identity Management Commission, National Population Commission, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).