Tanzania suspends expiration dates for national identification cards

A collection of national IDs

National identification cards in Tanzania will now last indefinitely after the government suspended their expiration dates. PHOTO | THE CITIZEN

Tanzania’s Minister of Home Affairs Hamad Masauni on Tuesday said that the country’s national identification cards (IDs) will now last indefinitely after the government suspended their expiration dates.

Masauni said the aim of this directive was to do away with the unnecessary inconveniences arising from the renewal of the national IDs.