The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have forged a strategic partnership to strengthen Nigeria’s digital identity infrastructure, digital payments and trusted data exchange as part of efforts to accelerate the country’s digital transformation.
The collaboration was announced during a high-level meeting between the management of both agencies in Abuja on Friday.
Speaking at the meeting, Chairman/CEO of NiDCOM, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, commended the Director-General of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, for what she described as her resourcefulness, reform-driven leadership and administrative ingenuity in expanding Nigeria’s digital infrastructure for national development.
Dabiri-Erewa said the partnership would create a seamless digital ecosystem, particularly for Nigerians in the Diaspora, through improved data mapping and identity management. She noted that NIMC remained Africa’s largest identity database and described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s assent to the NIMC Act 2026 as a major milestone that would further advance the nation’s digital transformation agenda.
Responding, the Director-General of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, welcomed the NiDCOM delegation and described the commission as the “home of identity for Nigeria and Africa.”
She said the enactment of the NIMC Act 2026 had paved the way for the commission to begin onboarding strategic Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) into its reform programme to ensure the successful implementation of the new digital identity framework and achieve its expected outcomes.
According to her, NIMC is working to provide faster access to the country’s Public Digital Infrastructure and plans to integrate NiDCOM into the NIMC Reform Portal to enable seamless sharing of information, links and services.
Coker-Odusote also applauded NiDCOM for establishing a registration data portal for Nigerians living abroad and pledged the commission’s full cooperation to strengthen the initiative.
Officials of both agencies described the collaboration as a significant step towards building a robust national digital governance structure anchored on secure digital identity, efficient digital payments, trusted data exchange and enhanced digital trust for national development.
