According to the Ministry of Immigration and Population, the first and second phases of the pilot project have issued registration cards, a legal requirement for everyone, totalling 4,828,202 people.
The Ministry of Immigration and Population, in collaboration with the Department of National Registration and Citizenship, has urged those living without a household list or citizenship scrutiny card to register before the end of December.
The first phase, targeting a population of 3.4 million since 2021, has achieved over 99 per cent completion. Similarly, the second phase, initiated in August 2022 with a target of 1.7 million, has completed 78 per cent. Temporary migrants discovered during field censuses, lacking a genuine household population list or any type of citizenship card, will be processed promptly by a five-member committee comprising departmental staff.
Field census statistics from September to 26 November 2023 indicate the collection of information from more than 12 million families in the household list and over 2.8 million households gathered on blank forms, totalling more than 14.9 million households.
The collection is 100 per cent complete in nine regions and states, while the remaining six regions are still in progress, with 89.053 per cent of these processes finished.
The National Registration and Citizenship Department, in collaboration with pilot project phases I and II, is actively working to enable all eligible individuals aged 18 and above to vote in the next election under the law. — TWA/TKO
