Proposal made to PM for National Identity Card

A proposal for the implementation of a compulsory National Identity Card was made to the Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama.

According to the Information Ministry the proposal was put forward during a briefing at the Airports Fiji Limited board room, where Senior Defense Ministry official Joji Washington told Commodore Bainimarama that the card would contain critical personal information of an individual and could be used for identification requirements.

Washington said the ID card would strengthen the work of law enforcement, immigration, customs, bio security, border police, AFL security, airline and port security and outsourced security personnel.

He went on to say that the prototype national ID will contain a micro chip containing personal bio data, picture, fingerprint, passport system, ID number UID number machine, barcodes for TIN and LTA list verification.

Washington however told the Prime Minister that the ID card will not replace passports that are used for an entirely different purpose of gaining entry into other countries.


Story by: Ana Naisoro