{"id":133180,"date":"2024-10-05T10:09:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T09:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/biafra-identity-registration-better-than-nigeria-system-ekpa-claims"},"modified":"2024-10-05T11:12:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T10:12:14","slug":"biafra-identity-registration-better-than-nigeria-system-ekpa-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-identity-registration-better-than-nigeria-system-ekpa-claims","title":{"rendered":"Biafra identity registration better than Nigeria system \u2013 Ekpa claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa has again wooed Nigerians to embrace Biafra amid economic hardship in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Ekpa, known as the Prime Minister of Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, disclosed this in a viral video where Igbos were seen undertaking registration to obtain Biafran National Identity Cards.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Ekpa mocked the Nigerian Government, noting that obtaining a Biafra ID card was easier and more reliable than that of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiafrans all over the world are happy and identifying with the Biafra government because that is the only hope for a better future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompare this with Nigeria and see the difference. No \u2018mago mago\u2019, we are setting the standard\u201d, he posted.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Nigerians grapple with challenges while trying to obtain their National Identity Number.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the NIMC disclosed that only 109 million from an estimated population of 250 million had obtained the number.<\/p>\n<p>BRGIE recently declared a commitment to the Biafra Declaration on 2nd December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra was re-arrested by the Nigerian Government and has been under detention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa has again wooed Nigerians to embrace Biafra amid economic hardship in the country. Ekpa, known as the Prime Minister of Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, disclosed this in a viral video where Igbos were seen undertaking registration to obtain Biafran National Identity Cards. Reacting, Ekpa mocked the Nigerian Government, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":133178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[550,5000,254],"class_list":["post-133180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-biafra","tag-ekpa","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biafra identity registration better than Nigeria system \u2013 Ekpa claims - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa has again wooed Nigerians to embrace Biafra amid economic hardship in the country. 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