Dear Editor,
Every time the government brings out something modern, people does bawl “Big Brother watching us!” But leh we be real: if you can use face ID to unlock yuh phone, why yuh frightened to use it to unlock yuh country?
A national biometric ID is not some spy movie thing. It’s just a smart way to know who is living, working, and doing business in the place. Yuh can’t be opening bank accounts and sending money overseas without proper verification. That’s how scam and tax dodging start.
It will also help the ordinary man. Imagine no more lining up long-long for proof of address and paper after paper. One card, secure and recognised everywhere. Less stress, less corruption, less confusion.
Some people are crying “privacy invasion,” but the truth is, half of them post more personal information on Facebook than any database will ever hold. What we need is solid data-protection law, not panic.
And the migrant side of it makes sense too. People can come, work honestly, register, and live in peace. But the system must know who is here. Every country in the world is doing it.
At the end of the day, secure ID ain’t oppression– it’s organisation. Guyana growing up. We can’t manage 21st-century problems with 1970s paperwork.