The Government Says It's on Target to Deliver 30 Million National IDs in 2022

The government can meet President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s delivery target of 30 million national ID cards by year-end, Socioeconomic Planning Sec. Arsenio Balisacan said Wednesday as the country aims to rapidly adopt digitalization.

The printing of national ID cards has increased to 103,000 a day, Balisacan said noting that another 19.9 million digital or printable ID cards could also be delivered by the end of 2022.

“PSA (Philippine Statistics Agency) is making considerable progress to hit the end-year target of 30.1 million physical Phil ID cards, which is 58 percent of the overall target,” Balisacan said.

As of Aug. 23, Malacañang said some 17.6 million physical national ID cards are up for delivery to applicants.

Marcos Jr. called for the faster delivery of national ID cards in his first State of the Nation Address in July, saying it would play an important role in public transactions given the "exponential adoption of technology."

"The National ID will play an important part in this digital transformation. For citizens to be able to seamlessly transact with government, their identity must be easily verifiable," Marcos Jr. said.

By mid-2023, Marcos Jr. said the government aims to issue 92 million national IDs.

Through the National ID, Filipinos are given a valid proof of identity that contains both basic information and added security functions such as biometrics.

Also known as the PhilID, the card will serve as sufficient proof of identity and age for all government and private transactions as ordered by former President Rodrigo Duterte.

From: Reportr World