Former
President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday
registered for the National Identity Card (NIC) and kept the information about his
next of kin away from the prying eyes of the reporters who were bent on
capturing his personal data.
Speaking
with newsmen the former president said this would prevent undue “publicity on
the matter.”
Meanwhile
Obasanjo, who arrived the National
Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, at 1:35pm
and received by the NIMC’s officials led by the Director of Identity Card
Database, Abuja office, Engr. Aliu Azeez, quickly had his height measured and
finger prints taken.
But
when it got to the column requiring information about his next of kin, the
former president who had been responding orally to the NIMC officials’
questions, picked a piece of paper, covered it with his palm, wrote the name of
his next of kin and handed it over to the commission’s personnel.
Turning
to the curious reporters and surging television cameramen, he said: “I have
decided to keep my next of kin secret and away from you. If you know it, you
will give it undue publicity.”
He
later expressed confidence that the project if sustained, would help tackle the
country security challenges.
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