Nigeria Digital Identification for Development Project

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The objective of the Digital Identification for Development Project for Nigeria is to increase the number of persons with a national ID number, issued by a robust and inclusive foundational Identification (ID) system, that facilitates their access to services. The Project has four components. 1. Strengthening the legal and institutional framework component will finance the reform of the ID legal, regulatory, and institutional framework. 2. Establishing a robust and inclusive foundational ID system component will support the harmonization of existing functional ID systems and the establishment of a digital foundational ID platform that issues free of charge a unique national ID number (NIN) as an identity credential to all persons in Nigeria as well as Nigerians living abroad. Component 2 comprises the following subcomponents and activities: (i) Subcomponent 2.1: Reinforcing the National Identity Management System (NIMS). This subcomponent will reinforce deduplication capacity at NIMC, back-end systems, telecommunications links, and human resources, as well as the development of specifications for key systems. (ii) Subcomponent 2.2: Reinforcing the foundational ID ecosystem. This subcomponent will support the foundational ID system’s capacity to deliver NINs at birth as part of the birth registration process through links with a digitized Civil Registration (CR). (iii) Subcomponent 2.3: Development of the enrollment system. (iv) Subcomponent 2.4: Reinforcing information security and privacy. (v) Subcomponent 2.5: Registration of the population. (vi) Subcomponent 2.6: Training of ecosystem partners and their enrollment staff. 3. Enabling Access to Services through IDs component will support integration between public and private sector services and the foundational ID system to facilitate access to services. Component 3 will comprise the following subcomponents: (i) Subcomponent 3.1: Developing authentication services at NIMC. (ii) Subcomponent 3.2: Developing authentication services within the ecosystem. (iii) Subcomponent 3.3: Facilitating service delivery using foundational ID. 4. Project management and stakeholder engagement component will have the following subcomponents: Subcomponent 4.1 will correspond to project management and stakeholder engagement in the Ecosystem Coordination Strategic Unit (ECSU). Subcomponent 4.2 will correspond to project management and stakeholder engagement in the Project Implementation Unit (PIU).