FG Plans National Data Exchange System

The federal authorities has introduced plans to determine a nationwide information alternate system to allow ministries, departments and companies (MDAs) to share info securely and scale back repeated documentation for residents and companies.

The Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar Kana, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja whereas representing the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, on the fourth version of the Nigeria GovTech Conference and Awards.

The convention has as its theme: “Advancing Digital Government: Scaling Digital Public Infrastructure for Effective Governance and Service Delivery.”

Kana stated the proposed system would construct on the federal government’s digital public infrastructure framework, launched by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy in March 2025.

He stated the framework was constructed round three main elements: digital id, digital funds and safe information alternate.

According to him, greater than 136 million Nigerians had been enrolled within the National Identification Number system as of 2026, whereas the nation’s instantaneous cost platforms course of thousands and thousands of transactions day by day.

He stated the federal government supposed to consolidate these beneficial properties by making a system that will enable authorised authorities companies to alternate information securely and enhance entry to public providers.

Kana cited Nigeria’s passport and visa providers as examples of the nation’s rising digital adoption, noting that candidates may entry the related portal and acquire visas inside 24 to 48 hours if that they had the required paperwork.

He stated the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation would proceed to work with related companies to advance digital adoption and repair supply in help of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

The everlasting secretary known as on stakeholders to deal with digital public infrastructure as vital nationwide infrastructure, alongside roads, energy and telecommunications.

He stated the aim of digital authorities must be to enhance residents’ lives by eradicating obstacles, strengthening public establishments and guaranteeing safe and environment friendly service supply.

Earlier, the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr Dasuki Arabi, stated the bureau had launched three digital instruments to enhance the monitoring, coordination and documentation of presidency reform initiatives.

Arabi stated the instruments included a reform tracker designed to allow the president, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the SGF and different central authorities companies to observe reform efficiency and initiatives.

He stated the bureau had additionally developed a digital reform repository to offer a central file of reform initiatives throughout authorities establishments.

Arabi urged ministries, departments and companies to add the historical past, information and information of their reform programmes to the repository to help institutional accountability and protect info for future reference.

He stated the bureau was additionally working with the Office of the Technical Adviser to the President on Economic and Financial Inclusion to strengthen collaboration amongst authorities establishments, the monetary sector and personal organisations.

In a goodwill message, the Technical Adviser to the President on Economic and Financial Inclusion, Dr Nurudeen Abubakar Zauro, represented by the Director of Strategy, Yusuf Farid, stated public service reforms ought to translate into measurable enhancements within the lives of Nigerians.

Zauro stated efficient public establishments have been elementary to Nigeria’s pursuit of sustainable financial progress and nationwide improvement.

He stated reforms ought to transcend administrative processes to increase financial alternatives, enhance entry to important providers and guarantee authorities interventions reached those that wanted them most.

According to him, significant financial inclusion requires efficient establishments, coordinated insurance policies, revolutionary options and powerful partnerships between authorities, the personal sector and improvement companions.

He defined that monetary inclusion was not restricted to entry to monetary providers but additionally concerned enabling people, households and companies to take part productively within the financial system, create jobs and contribute to nationwide prosperity.

Zauro counseled the Bureau of Public Service Reforms for its efforts to construct a extra environment friendly, clear, found and responsive public service.

He stated the success of public service reforms must be measured by the tangible distinction they make within the lives of residents.

Also talking, the Head of the Green and Digital Economy Department on the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Yolanda San Jose, stated digital authorities was finally about constructing belief between residents and public establishments.

She stated the European Union was supporting Nigeria’s digital transformation by investments in connectivity, digital abilities, public providers and cybersecurity.

San Jose disclosed that the EU-Nigeria Digital Economy Package, launched in 2022, was value greater than €820 million.

She stated the European Union was additionally working with Estonia and Finland on the institution of an information alternate layer in collaboration with the National Identity Management Commission.

According to her, safe information alternate, cybersecurity and trusted digital id programs are important for delivering public providers that residents can entry confidently.

She known as for stronger collaboration to make sure that digital authorities reforms translate into related companies, safe information programs and providers designed round residents’ wants.