rhymz: schemed out ke?
You and I know these guys were not serious jor....they had enough opportunity to clinch the deal before the option of mastercard came up...they were just too busy looking at the short term benefits........ MasterCard rolled out about 3million dollars hope you know that? Can interswitch or etranzact do that?...these guys are content with printing cards for WAEC and JAMB than play like the real big bois

Precise Biometrics announced it is supplying Match-on-Card technology to Nigerian partner Interswitch, who is a member of the One SecureCard consortium, which won 50 percent of the total ID card project.
Nigeria will start to issue ID cards to its citizens this year. For Precise Biometrics this means that its share of the order will total 50-60 million cards to be issued during a six year period – the largest value deal so far won by Precise Biometrics.

rhymz: The fool is in the habit of talking down to ppl as if he is better because he lives in one street corner in peckham ghetto.....kid that has never been to Nigeria always trying to argue with people who should be lecturing him about Nigeria. Me I will be the last person to argue with that low lifer street urchin.

arresa:


Sadly, you are already at that sad and miserable level without my contribution...

arresa: [s][/s]


Keep quiet you dumb liar...

How do you know Inter-switch can not o it? The fact that your dubious and crooked government jumped over them to Matarcard doesn't mean they don't have the capacity to do? You reason like a damn 2 year old baby..




1. First you foolishly compared Nigerian companies functioning under Nigerians laws and regulations with MastarCard, an American company functioning under American Laws and Regulations. That was dumb, ignorant and idiotic on your part

2. You then lied that Inter switch was contacted to participate, but they turned down the offer, but that was a lie on your part because as shown in the link I posted, inter switch signed an agreement to participate, but it was the government that reneged, but inter switch front in Nigeria won the biometrics contract. Again, that was dumb, ignorant and idiotic on your part..

3. You then foolishly contradicted yourself by saying local contractors couldn't do it, but now saying they are handling the second phase.

4. Nigerian companies handling the second phase has nothing to do with their capacity to do any of the phases, your own government stipulated that MasterCard go first, they put foreigners ahead of their own.. It was a stipulation PERIOD.

5. I still need you to show me any official document stating exactly what part of this program MasterCard funded and how much..


What's the meaning of $3 million dollars? You mean we sold symbol of our Nationhood for measly 3 million dollars? lmao


Inter switch can not afford $3 million, but they won biometrics contract to handle even more than what MasterCard is handling?


Dude, you are dumber than dirt...

PeckNARM: food stamps don't apply to Britain! Try applying for a job over here and see how easy it is ! The reason why people blow them tantrums is because deep down they no the person that's chatting shit can never do so, face 2 face! It creates a burning sensation as on can't do much to an online noise maker like you! You probably have step out of your state have you? How much us your salary? Just to make feel useless JSA known as jobseekerallowance is over 55k a month! That's free money! But it's a chicken change! Even at that am sure your income is not up to those who u claim are sitting on there bums doing nothing! Where did you get that idea from! You must have suffered as a child! Parental abuse maybe

MailOnline: Food stamps’ to be issued in Britain next week to tens of thousands of vulnerable people as part of benefits shake-up

Vouchers will be redeemable for food, nappies and other essentials
They will be offered to needy by councils after crisis funds devolved locally
The stamps will replace Social Fund's discretionary loans and grants

By Harriet Arkell

Published: 14:19 GMT, 27 March 2013 | Updated: 16:16 GMT, 27 March 2013

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Food stamps will be handed to the poorest and neediest when cash handouts are scrapped in favour of vouchers next week.

Many local authorities are expected to take part in the scheme under which vouchers will be issued to the most vulnerable, rather than cash grants or loans.

They will be issued to help tide people over in times of financial crisis, and recipients will be able to exchange the vouchers for food, nappies and other essentials, but not alcohol or cigarettes.
Thousands of the most vulnerable people will be given vouchers redeemable for food and essentials from April

Thousands of the most vulnerable people will be given vouchers redeemable for food and essentials from April

The voucher scheme is being introduced from 1 April under changes to benefits outlined in last year's Welfare Reform Act.

The food stamps will replace the discretionary part of the government-run Social Fund, which issued immediate, small cash grants and loans to people on low or no incomes who needed help urgently.

Now, instead of the money being handed out by central government, it is being devolved to local authorities in England and devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales.

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The current budget of £178.2m will be handed down to a local level, plus start-up costs of £72m, for councils to spend as they see fit.

A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said the move was not about cost-cutting, as there was no reduction in budget, but rather was intended to ensure the money was spent where it was most needed.

He said: 'We’re reforming the Social Fund because it is complex, over-centralised and poorly targeted, and replacing it with local provision to ensure this money goes to those most in need.
Vouchers will be issued to those most at need at a local level in England, Wales and Scotland

Vouchers will be issued to those most at need at a local level in England, Wales and Scotland (file image)

'We will transfer the current annual funding for crisis loans and community care grants to local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Wales and Scotland.

'They will receive the full programme budget of £178.2 million a year in addition to administration and start-up costs of over £72 million which represents a fair settlement.'

The vouchers will be adopted in the wake of the abolition of the Social Fund's discretionary scheme, under which the needy were given crisis loans, repayable out of their benefits, or community care grants.
Local authorities may offer vouchers redeemable at supermarkets, food banks, or those that may be exchanged for hot meals

Local authorities may offer vouchers redeemable at supermarkets, food banks, or those that may be exchanged for hot meals

The Social Fund's regulated scheme, which governs cold weather payments, Sure Start maternity grants, funeral expenses and the Winter Fuel Grant, will be unaffected, the DWP says.

It will be up to the local authorities how they spend the money, but many of those in England are said to have confirmed their plans to issue one-off, single-use vouchers to those who apply for emergency assistance.

Some authorities are planning to hand out food parcels, and will divert extra funds to local food banks to enable them to buy more supplies and take on more staff to help.

And others may issue the money as repayable loans, similar to the crisis loans available under the previous system.

Bath and North East Somerset council is one authority planning to offer vouchers, and a spokesman told MailOnline the council intends to use their allocation to offer a mixture of vouchers and discretionary payments.

Spokesman James Hinchcliffe said: 'These may be supermarket vouchers or electricity or gas vouchers, or they may be Discretionary Support payments, for example to help with housing payments or essential household items.'

A spokesman for Newcastle City Council said it was also planning to offer a mixture of clothing and fuel vouchers, food parcels, and emergency travel costs.

Critics said the scheme may stigmatise those already in trouble, but the Government insists the plans, which will enable local authorities to set their own eligibility criteria, will mean the money will go where it is needed most.

Magicdon:
pls i need to learn, wat do you mean by prepaid n how can one use it to withdtaw from atm

Douglasdale:

Naaaa!
You gat me mistaken for your father.

rhymz: Kid, don't you get it? I am done with you, I don't have time for your market woman, hair splitting argument.... go and look for dumbos like yourself to do this nonsense round-round argument with....... now get lost and let adults debate issues.

rhymz: Food stamps dont apply to Britain, oh :oreally ...lol



hahahahah....yeah, it did not apply to Britain until lazy Bums like you started bloating and fleecing the social welfare programs, forgetting that they have to work to earn a decent living. This Ed!ot na im dey come here to come talk any how to hardworking Nigerians earning a living and supporting families....what a Fvcktard!

arresa:


Exactly what's your brainless and pointless rant got to do with the issue raised here.

Are the companies you mentioned American companies? Do they have their logo on your National ID cards? Do they function under American laws and regulations? Can the US order them to stop doing business with Nigeria?

Pick up your worthless, unintelligent and can't read and comprehend brain from under the shoes you walk on sometimes...

infolekan:

I just got the hang of what you're saying all the while....you're not really bothered about identity theft or loss of data but just the singular fact that MASTERCARD CARD is owned by a US company.
There's nothing to praise in the whole initiative and no reason for a constructive criticism but to hammer on the loss of data.
As if it would be more secure with a Nigerian company to start with.

arresa:


I'm not hammering on safety and security simply because in today's high tech age, nothing is safe or beyond hacking. Even the US military, banks and institutions with gets hacked everyday. You can only try, but nothing is completely safe. Nigeria or American company, it really doesn't matter...

Attaching our National ID card system to payment systems makes it worse and more prone attacks and retrial of vital National and economic data by other Nations and dubious elements...

infolekan:
I get what you're saying......I personally don't feel Mastercard card had to put their logo on the card. And that's the extent of my concern and that's where it ends.
Data loss or data mining is not something we will escape when development comes.
I just feel the project should kick start first and we can then fine tune the rough edges.
Plus I don't get get how people arrive at Verve card being the commonest. THEN not now. Almost all the banks now issue Mastercard because the better the country gets....then we would need to do business online and I can practically count the number of companies and organizations that I have tried my old verve cards with that it never worked.

PeckNARM: How stupid are you what's the majority of black in uk? Out of that percentage how many are Nigerian? Out of that how many are entitled to said benefits? Your making a fool out of yourself! Notice you seem to more updated on the whole food stamp thing than me! And apparently am the one whose on benefits! You must be feeling real smart right now!

infolekan:

I just got the hang of what you're saying all the while....you're not really bothered about identity theft or loss of data but just the singular fact that MASTERCARD CARD is owned by a US company.
There's nothing to praise in the whole initiative and no reason for a constructive criticism but to hammer on the loss of data.
As if it would be more secure with a Nigerian company to start with.

infolekan:

I just got the hang of what you're saying all the while....you're not really bothered about identity theft or loss of data but just the singular fact that MASTERCARD CARD is owned by a US company.
There's nothing to praise in the whole initiative and no reason for a constructive criticism but to hammer on the loss of data.
As if it would be more secure with a Nigerian company to start with.

It is completely clear you have no idea what the plan is all about. You need to read-up on the project before posting another comment here. Smh...!

rhymz: Stop wasting your time on that brainless kid that can't seem to coordinate his argument, jumping from pillar to post and arguing aimlessly like the ignoramus that he is.....pikin wey still dey chop mama thank you wan dey talk adult talk...scheew

infolekan:
I get what you're saying......I personally don't feel Mastercard card had to put their logo on the card

rhymz: Negro go and sit your a$$ down, you seem confused and angry. Using multiple I.D does not change the fact that you are jobless and vent unnecessarily on NL. You seem to get your ego from talking down on people you assume you are smarter than or have a better life than. I am not the type to be phased by an angry kid who validates himself by spewing hokum in an effort to sound tough, that you live in the UK does not make you smarter or better than anyone else, if that was the case, you wont be on charity.

PeckNARM: You feel stupid now don't couldn't find a response! You seemed to have done a lot of research in relation food stamps maybe they'll give you a job you toad!For that singular claim of me using multiple id's I have nothing further to say to you! WOTLESS poverty stricken chichi man

rhymz: hahahaha...the Negro is mad cos he got served. So you are going to claim that you are not shymex or whatever the hell you call yourself these days...lol...I don't need anyone to tell me it is still the same street urchin that I am dealing with...lol..you don't have to be ashamed of your miserable life....all you have to your name is the over flogged "I Live in London" crap you always like to spew. That seem to be your only achievement

SirShymex: ^^^You honestly have time to waste on that illiterate starving scrounger that lives in a primeval village.

Have you seen his pictures? - you will actually feel sorry for him when you see what he looks like with his ostrich neck induced by extreme poverty, and lack of food. Coupled with his red-yellowish eyes which shows that he's already half-dead. Just donate 50p to him and let him go die somewhere in his village hut.

Allow it - I already made him cry yesterday!

all4naija: Sup, troublemaker? Yo didn't want to reply the dude directly 'cause he's gonna be spittin' like snake all over ya.

SirShymex:

The illiterate starving scrounger is already half-dead - I don't want blood on my hands.

I replied him a few times yesterday and was gonna continue, but I just left it and deleted my last reply before he ends up committing suicide.

I'll donate £50 to save him from extreme poverty and get him some good food, when he gets on that Tehn charity thing.

SirShymex: ^^^You honestly have time to waste on that illiterate starving scrounger that lives in a primeval village.

Have you seen his pictures? - you will actually feel sorry for him when you see what he looks like with his ostrich neck induced by extreme poverty, and lack of food. Coupled with his red-yellowish eyes which shows that he's already half-dead. Just donate 50p to him and let him go die somewhere in his village hut.

Allow it - I already made him cry yesterday!

PeckNARM: Loool, your bars come dark like coke! My man just infuriated me! I dislike online gangsters with a passion! If this was on endz! N if boys were styl boys I tell him buck me in se22 have 22 of my young thugs chase him down and nank him up! Some retard seems he ran and took d pics off must be scary the ladies.Wont be surprised he's a deportee !

SirShymex:

Oi, my man has never left his village...you need to see what he looks like. He looks like a dirty and smelly wasteman, on my mum's life. My man was tryna compete for Mr Nl looking moist , hungry, and waste stil.

Internet just gives pu.ssyholes a medium to run their mouths, and that's what irks me all the time. You know dem ones there g? I know for a fact mandem can't chat shiit to my face, they'll get face their smashed in and get chased with a stick like an athlete. I don't even need to touch these pricks, just a few youngers to get their stripes off them and leave them for dead.

Dem mans are waste. Every time I just rem the number naij mans from naij that I've saved from getting rushed on dem roads and look at the way these cu.nts run their mouths on these sides, I just shake my head in disgust. These mans are pus.sies - they all just hide behind the PC to talk tough and dat. Just a slap will put this donut to sleep.

undeniableGrace:

@aresa


Some of you lads on nairaland never stop amusing me. Is there no way you can express your self constructively without insulting others? Every one is entitled to his or her opinion and it's better you come up with facts as a good critic. Left for me, you weren't able to sell your facts to me and you are even more childish in your opinion. I congratulate the brains that brought this to bear; now we can get it right as investors are in it.