Fast-tracking the National ID project

Nigeria should press ahead with finishing its national identity project, and fast. No modern state can govern, plan, or protect a population it cannot properly count. After nearly two decades of fits and starts, the country is finally within sight of getting this right.The numbers tell part of the story. More than 137 million Nigerians and legal residents are now enrolled in the National Identity database, up from roughly 117 million barely a year and a half ago. President Tinubu has signed a n