Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the proposed national identification system (NIDS) will help identify the nation’s elderly population who should benefit from the social pension programme. NIDS, which is still before Parliament, will help with the Government’s push for a digital society. Only seniors who are not receiving benefits from programmes such as poor relief or the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), do not reside in a government care facility, and are not currently in receipt of pension and disability benefits, will qualify for the programme.
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