THE Lagos State government, on Tuesday, began distribution
of the Lagos State resident cards, a proof of residency in the state, which the
government said would aid planning, budgeting and determination of the number
of persons to be provided for.
With the commencement of the distribution of the permanent
cards, residents who had been registered and issued temporary cards can pick up
their cards from the nearest registration point to them.
This is as Governor Babatunde Fashola hinted of a possible
closure of the registration exercise some time in June 2015, saying it was
costing the state government a lot of money paying staff engaged for the
project.
The exercise which began last year had not recorded
impressive response from residents, because less than three million of the
estimated 20 million population had so far registered.
Fashola, who described the exercise as the future with lots
of benefits, including creation of reliable database, urged all residents yet
to register to do so in their interest.
“We have taken a big step into the future. This is not about
today, but about tomorrow.
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