Section 19: Assignment of National Identity Cards.

The identity cards assigned to a registered individual shall be compiled in a prescribed manner and shall, in addition to a serial, index and control number, consist of a reproduction, in figure codes, of the following particulars, and no other particulars, of the registered person to whom it is assigned, namely-
(a) the date of birth and gender of the registered person; and
(b) whether or not the registered person is a citizen of Nigeria.