by Rache Ogbu

Ondo residents are ready to obtain their social security cards following their participation in the registration exercise in 2010.

About 600,000 residents this week will collect the State Residency Card known in local dialect as Kaadi Igbeayo which has basic information about the holder and according to co-ordinator of the scheme, Tunde Yadeka, it would allow holders access to social and welfare services and allow government to monitor the distribution of such services in every part of the state.

In a statement released in Akure on Sunday, said the card would serve as an interface in all transactions between the government and residents.

“The State Residency Card project is primarily for service delivery management and not for identification.

“The card will make it possible for the collation of information necessary for planning and executing all kinds of people oriented and welfare projects”

The Punch reports:

He explained that the state government in line with global standards and best practice benchmarks, related with several international agencies in the planning stages of the project.

The Coordinator also noted that the first phase of the project was completed with the target population.

He said, “It commenced with the execution of Prototype Data Gathering at Ifedore Local Government Area in October 2009 and was concluded with data gathering exercises undertaken in 16 other local government areas in December 2010.

“The data gathering exercises undertaken in Odigbo Local Government Area in January 2012.”

Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s government had at inception in 2009 promised a reliable and up-to-date data of all residents in the state as precursor to effective planning and allocation of resources.