Zambia: Nyimba District Commissioner Paul Daka has expressed his concern regarding the slow pace of National Registration. The exercise has been ongoing in several parts of the country and the people living in the remote areas are urged to come forward and participate in the exercise in large numbers.
The administration of the Nyimba District has been urging people to make the National Registration Exercise a success. However, in a recent interview, he has claimed that he is disappointed with the speed of the work. The officials have shared that the National Registration exercise will help in making sure that the people get access to government initiative.
The national registration service will also give the people in the remote areas identification and bring them to the forefront. The mobile National Registration exercise is currently being implemented in several districts and provinces.
Some provinces, as per statistics, have shown a promising turnout and the registration process is going at a good pace. However, in some other districts, people need more information and awareness regarding the importance of the exercise.
Nyimba District Commissioner Paul Daka received a courtesy call by the supervisor for the mobile NRC exercise, Hope Chenda. The exercise is currently ongoing for Nyimba and Petauke districts in the province.
Daka discussed the low turnout and slow registration for the exercise to insufficient publicity in the district.
“Our target for Nyimba is about 25,000 people captured and issued with NRCs, currently we are not doing very fine in the sense that the publicity is not up to date but we are putting things in place now in order to make sure that we disseminate information to a lot of people,” he said.
Hope Chenda has shared that the staff is undertaking the exercise however, they cannot achieve the required target on their own. The members of the staff needed everyone’s support to ensure that they are reaching the people in all sections of the country.
Chenda said that they need more efforts to reach their targets and take the registration process to the more underrepresented population.