Section 3: Functions of the Department

The Department shall be charged with the duty of-(a) registering all citizens of Nigeria who at the commencement of this Act have attained or who thereafter attain the age of eighteen years;
(b)
issuing to every person registered under paragraph (a) of this section, a national identity card, as specified in Form ID 1 of the Second Schedule to this Act;
(Second Schedule.)
(c) collating all information returned by the registrars in pursuance of their duties under this Act and reproducing such information as may be required, from time to time, under the provisions of this Act; and
(d) advising the Minister on all matters relating to the Minister's functions under this Act.