An investigation into counterfeiting claims of national identity numbers was launched by the Libyan Civil Registry Authority.
Sadiq al-Kabir, Libya’s governor of the Central Bank in Tripoli, claimed Sunday that there are “many fake national identity numbers.”
He ordered delaying the 2019 family dollar grant, citing “huge numbers” of fake IDs in Libya benefiting therefrom.
However, the Libyan Civil Registry Authority issued a Sunday statement dismissing the claims, and saying the allegations aim to “increase tension and division.”
It demanded that those with evidence of fraud present it to the competent authorities.
The authority claimed it tried to contact the governor to hold joint meetings on the case, but he neglected its calls and continued “attacking the authority’s reputation.”
In June 2018, the Presidential Council and the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) agreed on economic reforms that would end “deformed prices of fuel and “foreign currency rates” in the market.
During the eighth meeting of the Libyan Economic Dialogue in Tunisia, it was concluded that selling dollars to the families at bank rates will be increased and the family and children’s grants (100 Libyan dinars per child) will be reactivated.
“We call on the CBL and the Audit Bureau to hold urgent meetings so they allow people to cash out the family dollar grant quickly,” the authority added.
