The Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, says its new artificial intelligence-driven corporate registry will eliminate unauthorised access to company records, strengthen data security and permanently track actions taken by staff on the platform.
The Registrar-General of the commission, Hussaina Ishaq Magaji, disclosed this at the 2026 CAC annual retreat, where he said the new system would also introduce an API gateway to control and monitor external requests for access to the commission’s data.
He said the development was part of the commission’s broader digital transformation programme aimed at building an “advancing an intelligent corporate registry” capable of delivering faster, more secure and trusted services.
According to him, data leaving the commission’s system would be encrypted and traceable to the entity that directly consumes it.
“That has legally gone. Now data will not be stored in our internal traces. Every data element that leaves the commission is encrypted.
“Therefore, it can be traced to whoever consumes it directly from the commission’s data. This will give us the opportunity to identify the culprit among any of our partners,” he said.
The registrar-general said the new platform would also prevent third parties from having unrestricted direct access to CAC data.
He said an API gateway was being introduced, with a “tollgate” mounted for every request coming into the commission through the API.
“The era of having direct access to our data is gone,” he said.
The new system, he added, would also introduce a high-level audit trail that would permanently record activities carried out by CAC employees.
He said every action involving the editing, approval or deletion of information would be captured, including details of who carried out the action, what was changed and when the action occurred.
According to him, the audit trail would neither be deleted nor altered by any individual.
“Every action of our staff is recorded permanently. Any person who edits, approves, or deletes anything will have that action captured in a high-level audit trail: who did it, what was touched, and when.
“The trail cannot be deleted or altered by anyone,” he said.
The registrar-general also declared that the commission was moving to end unauthorised tampering with corporate records, saying no individual would be able to alter a company’s records without the knowledge or consent of the company or association concerned.
“Last, the era of unauthorised tampering with company records is gone, like petroleum subsidy in Nigeria,” he said.
He said the new system had been designed with strong security features in line with international best practices.
According to him, cybersecurity and data protection were among the areas where the commission had made significant progress in developing the new platform.
The CAC boss, however, stressed that the deployment of artificial intelligence was not intended to replace employees but to empower them.
“AI is not being introduced to replace our staff. AI is being introduced to empower our staff,” he said.
