The International Organisation for Migrants (IOM), Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), and other West African stakeholders, including ECOWAS, have outlined the benefits of the newly launched ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card (ENBIC). According to them, ENBIC will enhance free and safe movement and trade for ECOWAS citizens, as well as grant the legal right to live freely in any member state. The card, which costs N35,000, will help realize the objectives of the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, and national efforts to strengthen migration governance and regional cooperation. At a media sensitisation workshop in Lagos, stakeholders called for increased awareness of how ENBIC will build public trust and ensure Nigerians understand the travel document.
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