NID Ordinance to be promulgated before Dec 1

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The National Registration and Database Ordinance 2007 would be promulgated before the start of voter listing work in Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) areas on December 1, reports UNB.
"The use of national identity (NID) cards for availing 22 designated facilities and services would become mandatory with the promulgation of the ordinance," Election Commissioner M Sakhawat Hussain told the reporters at his office Wednesday.
"One would not be able to be a voter if s/he does not want to enroll his or her name in the voter list, and would not get NID card," he said when asked what would be done if eligible voters continue to avoid enumerators.
The voter listing work in the DCC areas would be a major challenge to the whole project, he said, adding that they have already apprehended some difficulties in completing the job.
Advancing school final examinations to November from December is necessary for smooth completion of the DCC voter listing, since most of the voter registration centres would be set up in the city schools.