Gen. Christopher Musa, has pledged support for the effective implementation of the country’s new national ID legal framework saying improved data integrity and national security largely depend on it. Musa shared his views during a recent chat with the Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote. Their partnership seeks to establish formal data-sharing and identity verification channels between military institutions and the National Identity Management Commission, allowing defense agencies to securely verify identities against the country’s central civil identity registry. The approach reflects a broader trend in which governments are integrating trusted civil identity systems into security and law enforcement operations. Article Topicscounter-terrorism | national ID | National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) | National Identity Number (NIN) | national security | Nigeria