The Attorney General, Sideeg Al-Sour, reviewed a huge number of cases and investigations during a one-and-a-half-hour press conference in Tripoli yesterday. National ID NumbersThere have been many claims in the media and in public clashes between the Central Bank of Libya over the years that the National ID Number database is flawed. False NID Numbers can be used to open bank accounts, obtain state-sector salaries, obtain passports, register on the electoral register, and obtain state allowances. 8.37 million registered as Libyan citizensThe data on the Civil Registry Authority system showed that there were 1,733,000 Libyan families and 8,370,000 Libyan citizens. 48,000 false National ID numbers issued to non-LibyansThe investigations discovered 48,000 false National ID numbers issued to non-Libyans.

Source: Libya Today August 19, 2022 01:24 UTC