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MasterCard Tests Orwellian National ID Card On Nigeria
by: J. D. Heyes
(NaturalNews) The march toward enslaving the world’s population by a handful of globalist statists and corporations continues, with the latest chapter unfolding, of all places, in Nigeria, compliments of MasterCard.
According to the website GovtSlaves.info, the credit card giant is rolling out a card in Africa’s most populous country that has the ability to retain all personal, health insurance, tax payment and financial records as well as serve as a driver’s license.
Oh, and by 2019, Nigerians will need to have the card in order to cast ballots during election time as well.
It’s all part of a large-scale pilot program introduced by MasterCard and approved, apparently, by the Nigerian government. Annually, some 13 million Nigerians will be participating in the program; however, all Nigerians above the age of 16 — that’s more than 160 million people — will be expected to carry the cards by the 2019 target date.
As GovtSlaves.info further reported:
At an official launch in the Nigerian capital of Abuja last week, President Goodluck Jonathan was the first to receive one of the biometric cards, which stores a scan of its owners irises and all ten fingerprints. “The card is not only a means of certifying your identity, but also a personal database repository and payment card, all in your pocket,” Jonathan said.
Nigerians will need their ID cards to do just about anything
The Nigerian leader also laid out what he said were the economic benefits of such a card, which comes at no cost to citizens and will provide access to electronic banking services for Nigerians who otherwise likely would have faced difficulties in qualifying for personal loans because they lacked identification.
Granted, Nigeria is not the first nation to launch a biometric identification card that is tied to banking, healthcare and other services. However, the Nigerian experiment is the first time that a major financial institution has been tapped to specifically endorse such an undertaking.
