what is CMR for??

The Police have the powers to search the databases of any federal or state agency in the course of carrying out criminal investigations or incident investigations. Without doubt, the biometric data that the Police aim to capture already exists and is under the control of some government agency and is quite accessible to the police agency.

It is obvious and unfortunate that duplication of biometric data bases will not enhance crime detection in Nigeria, but place more financial burden on citizens and also compromise or jeopardize personal information. At present, the telecoms companies collect biometric data that is not adequately protected. The recent Population census had biometric capture. The voter registration by INEC is biometric based. The Nigerian passport is based on biometric capture. The motor vehicle registration by state agencies and driver licensing of FRSC are also based on biometrics. The biometric capture in the country is quite extensive and excessive, but its use in crime detection. Biometrics are personal and constitute an invasion of privacy

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