Almost 20 years after it was conceptualized, the Federal Government has revived Nigeria’s digital postcode project.
It has also begun integrating it with the National Identification Number (NIN), as part of efforts to strengthen digital identity.
The initiative follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Identity Management Commission and the Nigerian Postal Service in Abuja on Friday.
The agreement, signed by the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of NIMC, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, and the Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer of NIPOST, Tola Odeyemi, formalises NIPOST’s integration into NIMC’s digital identity ecosystem.
The partnership is expected to expand access to identity services, strengthen identity verification and support the Federal Government’s digital transformation agenda through a secure, inclusive and interoperable digital identity system.
Speaking during the signing ceremony, Coker-Odusote said both agencies had already begun integrating postcode retrieval into the NIN platform, enabling Nigerians to verify their addresses and retrieve their digital postcodes from a single trusted platform.
She said, “Our teams have collaborated to integrate postcode retrieval into the NIN platform, so that Nigerians will soon be able to confirm their address and retrieve their postcode through one trusted platform. This is designed to make access faster and more convenient for all Nigerians.”
