DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 28 -- THE government has approved a special one-year permit allowing Tanzanians to correct their National Identification Authority (NIDA) information, starting October 25, targeting 18,300 individuals whose records were affected by inaccurate or fraudulent documents.

Speaking to the media in Dar es Salaam yesterday, NIDAs Director General James Kaji said the permit was introduced to support individuals who previously faced challenges due to forged certificates, borrowed names or misinformation submitted to various institutions.

He explained that NIDA issues three categories of identification cards, citizenship IDs, resident (foreigner) IDs, and refugee IDs and the correction window is open to all categories provided ...