Friday, 13 September 2013

YOUR I .D CARD, YOUR PASS




I was at the police station during the week as an escort to bail someone out. First of all, the person to be bailed was at fault, he purchased goods and there was no form of identification with him when the police men intercepted him and did a search of him and his goods.. The police men interrogated him for a very long time and we had to plead for his lack of knowledge concerning the matter .


 I did not know that not having your I.D card with you could be grievous, but after that experience at the police station, I know better. I decided to write and give reasons why you should always be with your identity card.

I.D card means" Identity/Identification Card".

It is a form of identification card that has the basic and necessary information about you such as your name, home/organisation address, your personal picture,etc. This can be issued from a company, religious organisation, NGOs and others. The national and international passport can also be used as a form of identification.

Some types of Identity cards:
1. Company I.D card: When employees have an I.D. card,   It signifies that the employees are an integrated part of the organization and that they have the authority to access the building and certain areas within it. This provides security for the employees and the company as a whole.
 
2.     National Identification card: It is a portable document, typically a plasticized card with digitally-embedded information, that someone is required or encouraged to carry as a means of confirming their identity. It helps in developing a national database of basic personal information. 

3.     School Identification Card:  The main reason is for safety reasons. There are instances when someone will walk into a school and kidnap children from the school. A system had to be implemented that would work to keep people out of the schools that did not belong there. This is where school identification cards came in. This has helped in a couple ways. One, if each student has an identification card then they can prove right away that they belong in that school.

It is very important for you to have your identity card or a form of identification with you because of:

-         Impersonation

-        Security reasons ( It is helpful in identity authentication) 

-        Emergency situations such as accidents

-        Mistaken identity, when there is theft

-        Carriage or Purchase of restricted goods such as drugs.

Have a great weekend.

Oluwatosin Fatungase (Pharm)
Teen/Family Motivational Speaker






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