EMPOST to deliver ID card

The Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Emirates Corporation for Commercial Postal Services (Empost) based on which the latter will deliver by courier service identity cards to persons registered in the UAE population register programme. EIDA Director General, Darwish Al Zaraouni, signed the agreement for his outfit, while Empost CEO, Sultan Al Midfa, also signed for his side during a ceremony attended by a number of officials from both sides.Based on the agreement, EIDA would, from next month (July), start providing express courier service for the delivery of the new ID cards to registered persons in the population register programme inside the UAE. The EIDA has earlier signed an agreement with another company, "Smart Systems", which would take the responsibility of parceling the ID cards with the names and address of the owner, while Empost takes the responsibility of delivering the parcel to its rightful owner. Al Zaraouni said the step was within the framework of the EIDA's policy aiming to improve its performance and services to its clients by saving them time and efforts, adding that it also aims at avoiding congestion at the registration centres to provide the unique environment for the successful execution of the programme in accordance with the federal government strategy of improving public services delivery. Al Midfa, for his part, said the new service adds to the long list of excellent courier services being provided by the Empost in collaboration with various government agencies in the UAE with the aim of facilitating government procedures, adding that the population register programme needs the support and cooperation of all government and private institutions in view of the programme's promising strategic objectives, which would place the UAE among the advanced countries of the world.Regarding the role of "Smart Systems" in the execution of this new service, the company's general manager, M'otaz Zaidan, said this service would contribute immensely in uplifting the standard of government services throughout the country. "This stems from our deep desire to contribute in the improvement of services being provided by government departments and institutions," he said. Source