The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) in partnership with Uganda Christian University (UCU) has recruited over 50 UCU recent graduate internees.
This was aimed at assisting NIRA during the process of digital registration of citizens so as they can be given national identity cards in the shortest time possible.
Besides registration for National Identification cards (ID), they are also offering: replacement of lost IDs, birth certificates, checking status quo of IDs pending issuance, sensitization on the services of NIRA.
NIRA offered free training to the recruited students on how to effectively use digital equipments to capture bio data from the citizens.
Bridget Mugume K. Mugasira, who serves as the Director of Student Affairs at UCU, thanked NIRA for choosing UCU students to assist the society they have been studying in.
“We thank NIRA for allowing us to be the pioneers of this project that will cut across to other universities. This project is UCU and NIRA’s corporate social responsibility because it is not only benefitting University students, but also pupils from primary and secondary schools within Mukono municipality,” she said.
Ms Mugume also thanked Gilbert Kadilo, the NIRA Manager of Public Relations and Corporate Affairs. He said that the recruited graduate interns will bridge the human resource gap which was existing due to limited resources and in exchange the students will also learn various skills.
“We decided to identify these students, train them and engage them to do the work. We do not have enough resources readily available to do all this work on our own. There are young Ugandans who have never registered for an ID. We are here to ensure that they get their cards because they need them,” he added.
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