Crime Control Using National Social Security Numbering System

Crime Control Using National Social Security Numbering System Adejoro Cornelius Onimisi University of Nigeria, Nsukka & Ogbuagu-Ujah Bridget Nigeria Defense College Abuja

INTRODUCTION • This study focuses on developing a databasedriven Social Security Numbering scheme for the Federal Republic of Nigeria whose intent and purpose are to randomly generate and assign Social Security numbers to individual to ensure orderly administration and crime control.

RESEARCH • The Social Security number (SSN) was created in 1936 for the sole purpose of tracking the earnings histories of U. S. workers, for use in determining Social Security benefit entitlement and computing benefit levels. Carolyn (2009). • A Social Security Number encompasses Personal Identifiable Information (PII) of a citizen and demands strict security measures to be put in place for avoidance of identity theft. Erika, Tim and Karen (2010). • • The nine digits of the Social Security Number are grouped as follows: The first three digits represent the Area Number. The next two digits represent the Group Number. The four digits at the end are called the Serial Number, David (2009) agrees with Erma and Felix (1982)

• On the possibility of predicting an SSN, the authors, Alessandro and Ralph (2009) seems to put Greek’s style of SNN otherwise known as AMKA as stated by Eleni, Alexandros, Sotiris, (2009) under serious vulnerability. The authors, Alessandro and Ralph (2009), Maintained that Information about an individual’s place and date of birth can be exploited to predict his or her Social Security number (SSN).

WHAT IS AN NSSN? An SSN as it is called in the some countries is a 9 -digit number consisting of a 4 -digit serial number, a 2 digit year of birth indicator, and a 3 -digit number indicating the geographic area of registration. Alessandro and Ralph (2009).

PROBLEMS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM • Some of the problems inherent in the existing system are: • Lack of any central database of NSSNs for reference purposes; • Some of the activities regarding identification of citizens and/or immigrants are paperbased, and therefore, done manually.

PROPOSED SYSTEM • The model shows how the NSSN how is generated. • NSSNL = XLi+ XLj+SNcode • NSSNN = XNi+ XNj + SNcode • NSSNL Stands for NSSN generated in state with large population while NSSNN stands for those generated in state with normal population. SNcode means serial number in each NSSN.

STATEMENT OF RESULT • We have successfully designed and developed a software system that can generate and assign a national social security number for Nigerians and legal immigrants. • We have been able to create a platform by means of this piece of software application that is capable of holding hundreds of millions of records for each Nigerian citizen and legal immigrant within a centralized database.

SUGGESTED AREA FOR FUTURE RESEARCH A neural network with powerful Back Propagation Algorithm can be trained to learn biometric parameters such as finger print images, colour of retina, voice imprints, and facial scan of citizens and legal migrants resident in Nigeria using this National Social Security Numbering software system.

CONCLUSION • Nigerian governments need to assign a unique and National Social Security Number (NSSN) to each citizen of the country, and legal migrant by putting his or her Personally Identifiable Information (PII) on a central database as an efficient method of identification for several purposes such as: security intelligence services, orderly nation administration, to mention but a few.

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