By Martha Simchimba

Lilongwe, April 29, Mana. People of Lilongwe Rural have expressed excitement over National Registration Bureau (NRB) decision to extend number of days for the National Identity Card outreach and community death registration exercise in Phase 7.

In a press release signed by Principal Secretary for NRB, Mak Sambo, the Bureau has decided to increase the number of days after noting an increase in number of registrants in the final days of the exercise.

"We believe that additional number of days will allow our staff to register the remaining citizens in the Centre’s.

“I also want to inform the general public that registration of citizens in all NRB offices is a continuous process, meaning if the registration outreach has moved to another district, citizens can still access the services at NRB from district offices or at post offices," he said.

He added that registration of national identity document and the application forms are for free.

Sambo said soon there shall be a mop up exercise in all the 28 districts targeting citizens that may have failed to register during the Outreach Registration Exercise.

In a separate interview, Suzen Banda, from Msundwe commended government for adding some days saying this will enable more people to register and have the national identity card.

“This is good news; I was worried when I heard that NRB is closing the exercise,” she said.

She called on people to make use of the added days so that they register and have their IDs.

NRB is conducting the national identity card outreach and community death registration exercise in Phase 7 in Lilongwe Rural, Rumphi and Blantyre.

The exercise started on April 15 and will end on May 6, 2024.