Dar es Salaam, April 15 -- DAR ES SALAAM: THE National Identification Authority (NIDA) has announced that, from next month, it will suspend the use of National Identification Numbers (NINs) for individuals who were notified by SMS to collect their national ID cards but have not done so.

The move follows NIDAs growing concern over the slow pace of ID collection, despite extensive efforts to notify and encourage citizens to retrieve their cards.

Speaking at a press conference held at NIDAs headquarters in Dar es Salaam yesterday, NIDA Director General James Kaji recalled that the Authority launched a nationwide ID collection campaign in January, whereas by March 23, this year a total of 1,880,608 citizens— representing 157 per cent ...