Kwara State Residents Registration Agency (KWASRRA) has employed about 300 youths and registered 270,000 residents in its registration exercise.
The acting general manager, Mr.Tajudeen Jimoh, made this known at the inter-ministerial press briefing organised by the state Ministry of Communications.
Jimoh disclosed that the agency was targeting three million Kwarans for registration based on projections from the last population census which put the population of thAe state at 2.3m as at 2006.
He highlighted the successes of the agency to include the registration of all civil servants and allocation of registration centres across the 16 local government areas of the state, the launch of KWASRRA website in order to make the registration seamless, delivery and distribution of SSID cards to their owners, and the ongoing registration of pensioners and students in the state. He disclosed plans by the agency to open up the registration exercise to all residents soon.
“The agency shall open up the registration exercise to all residents of Kwara State as soon as relevant approval is got. This move is aimed at ensuring that no resident is left out, and to meet the target of the exercise of registering three million Kwarans.
“Among the successes already recorded by the agency is the registration of 270,000 residents of Kwara State within five months of the commencement of the registration exercise.
This figure is expected to rise sharply as more residents embrace the online registration option and as soon as the registration is opened to all residents,” he added.
