In what is aimed at giving every identifiable building in the country a unique digital address, the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) on Monday, 15 June, 2026 announced plan to roll out a National Digital Postcode System, reports thegazellenews.com.
The proposed system, it was gathered, is expected to introduce a structured, technology-driven model that assigns a unique identifier to every addressable structure nationwide.
The Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Postal Service, Tola Odeyemi, made this disclosure on Monday, 15 June, 2026 at the unveiling of the Post Code Delineation Model Validation 2026 in Abuja, the nation seat of power.
According to Odeyemi, the project would create a machine-readable, standardised addressing system nationwide, just as she also added that the initiative is designed to modernise how locations are identified across Nigeria and improve accuracy in service delivery.
“Postcode is basically a framework used to have a machine-readable standard location address for every addressable building in Nigeria,” Odeyemi said.
According to her, the system would place Nigeria among African countries moving towards highly granular postcode mapping, where individual buildings can be distinctly identified through digital codes.
She added that the benefits would cut across logistics, emergency response, governance, and planning, all of which, according to her, would depend heavily on reliable location data.
She also stressed that Nigeria’s varied geography requires flexible mapping approaches rather than a single uniform model.
“Nigeria is a large country. We have all the way from the top of Nigeria, which is almost like the Sahel, to the Savannah, to the Middle Belt, to the tropical South and even to the riverine areas.
“The logic that will work for Jigawa is not the same logic that will work for Bayelsa because they have completely different geographical expressions, density of buildings, population distribution, and topography,” she said.
On the structure of the system, she noted that postcode boundaries must respect existing administrative limits.
“Delineation has to make sure the postcode does not pass administrative boundaries, and it must not go across two local government areas,” Odeyemi stated.
She added that the validation stage involves comparing aerial mapping data with real settlement patterns across the country.
“To test the polygons we have drawn aerially, we must ensure they accurately reflect realities on the ground. For example, the density of buildings in Lagos, particularly in Mushin, is very different from the density of buildings in Abuja. We are making sure that density maps and topographical features are properly captured for each state in Nigeria,” she said.
The CEO of the service also described the exercise as a key step in building a fully digital addressing framework for the country.
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