By Politico Staff Writer
President Julius Maada Bio has praised the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) for its work in trying to develop a digital registry for Sierra Leone.
President Bio singled out the NCRA for praise during his speech at the States Opening of Parliament last week. Whiles recognizing what the institution has done, Bio also urged cooperation from the public for NCRA’s work to go smoothly.
"My Government has commenced the nationwide exercise of confirming Personal Details of citizens, resident non-citizens, and the unregistered population of Sierra Leone. The development and maintenance of a Permanent Civil Register will serve as foundation and primary source of information on the population of Sierra Leone. On this note, I will strongly urge every Sierra Leonean citizen and non-citizen to cooperate with the National Civil Registration Authority,” he said.
President Bio had made a commitment at the UN General Assembly in 2019 that the country will work on developing “a serially numbered identification instrument that can be used for governance, development planning, financial inclusion and also human rights imperatives."
The man in charge at the NCRA, Mohamed Mubashir Massaquoi, has in the past expressed his commitment to do the job and do it right.
“It is a job that the DG and his staff relish with passion,” a statement from the NCRA Information and Education Department, which was sent to Politico, states.
“NCRA will continue to render quality service delivery to all its clients and serve the nation diligently, professionally and transparently at all times,” it adds.
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