48-hour ID card production system goes operational February 17.

Martin Mbarga Nguele addressing police corps Friday

The Delegate General for National Security, Martin Mbarga Nguele, has announced that the new biometric system for the production of the National Identity Card will go operational on February 17, 2025.

He made the announcement in Yaounde on Friday, January 31. This was during a ceremony for him to receive New Year wishes from his collaborators. 

Mbarga Nguele said the system will operate similarly like that for the production of passports. He explained that citizens will have to do a pre-registration to take an appointment for a date; during which their vitals will be taken. The document, he said, will be produced within 48 hours.

“I would like to reassure the population that the new security identification system will be launched in the next few days, according to a progressive timetable. On February 17, 2025, the launch of online pre-registration operations, following the example of the Biometric Passport Issuance System,” the police boss stated.

He nonetheless indicated that ID cards for holders of receipts from the old system are being produced in line with instructions from the Head of State.

Mbarga Nguele stated that in line with his release of January 10, 2025, complaints for those with double identities are currently being reviewed. The work, he said, is being done by an inter-ministerial committee set up for the purpose.

The police boss indicated that “those concerned will be invited in the next few days to enrol in the new system in order to obtain their National Identity Card, NIC in the new format, based on their consolidated information”.

DGSN scribe, Commissioner Baya Dominic, presenting New Year wishes to Mbarga Nguele

 

 

 

Hails police exploits in 2024

The Delegate General saluted the work of the police corps in 2024, reminding staff of the stakes of 2025 given upcoming elections. 

Inferring from the activity report presented by the Secretary General of the General Delegation of National Security, Commissioner Baya Dominic, the police boss said “2024 was a year in which the staff of the National police force worked tirelessly, day in, day out, to accomplish their mission”.

He said they made giant strides in maintaining the socio-political and economic stability of the nation. 

Mbarga Nguele remarked that: “With self-sacrifice and professionalism, they made a significant contribution to maintaining public order and preserving social peace”.

 

 

Batch of 2,500 officers to boost force

The police boss said instructions from the Head of State, President Paul Biya, calls for additional investment to strengthen the maintenance of law and order. 

In this light, he said by June this year, a batch of 2,500 police officers will complete training and join the force. The batch, he said, will be in addition to 2,567 others that joined the police corps in 2024 from both the National Advanced Police School in Yaounde and the Mutengene Police Training and Application Centre.

Mbarga Nguele also assured officers that more investments will be made in 2025 to improve on the infrastructure of the police. He also said more vehicles will be purchased to ease the work of officers among others.

 

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3358 of Monday February 03, 2025

 

 

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