CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
An identity document is any document which may be used to verify aspects of a person’s personality. If issued in the form of a small, mostly standard-sized card, it is usually called an identity card (IC) (Rajiv 2009). Countries which do not have formal identity documents may require informal documents. In the absence of formal identity document, driving licenses can be used in many countries as a method of proof of identity, although some countries do not accept driving licenses for identification, often because in those countries they do not expire as documents and can be old and easily forged. Most countries accept passports as a form of identification (Rajaraman 2016). Most countries have the rule that foreign citizens need to have their passport or occasionally a national identity card from their country, available at any time if they do not have residence permit in the country (Rajaraman, 2014). A National identification card can only be issued to genuine bonafide Nationals. Card holders can use the card to identify themselves as a National around the campus or outside the campus. The identity card is managed and administered by the (National Identity Card Association (NICA) of the school (Eliason, 2017). Today, it is believed that the application of computer technology in any activity would go a long way in making that activity much easier. To the research, this statement remains a theory until proven otherwise by the implementation of a computerized National ID-card processing system. It is also believed that benefits and advantage of using computers outweigh that of manual methods. This also wants to be proven beyond doubts by the researcher through the implementation of the new system (Bill & Billy, 2014).