Nigeria prepares digital plan to connect its government agencies
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ThisDay
Nigeria is set to adopt a digital governance master plan covering 2026-2030, aimed at linking the databases and operations of its government agencies. Handed over on Thursday by South Korea’s KOICA agency to the federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, it is meant to allow citizens to make fewer trips between offices, according to This Day.
According to ThisDay, the Nigerian federal government is set to adopt a new digital governance master plan, the e-Government Master Plan 2.0 (e-GMP 2.0), covering the period 2026–2030. Handed over on Thursday in Abuja by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to the federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, the document is to serve as a framework for transforming how institutions operate and how services are delivered.
The plan aims to move the country from siloed digital platforms to an integrated, citizen-centred system. It starts from the observation that putting services online is not enough if the databases and operations of different institutions are not interconnected. For citizens, the project could reduce trips between offices and repetitive procedures; for the state, it is meant to strengthen institutional coordination and accountability.
The handover closes a five-year KOICA project, ‘Building Foundations Towards Digital Governance in Nigeria’ (2022–2026), which supported infrastructure, institutional frameworks and technical capacity within the administration. Its country director, Kim Eunsup, sees it as a long-term investment in Nigeria’s institutional capacity and makes digital governance a growing pillar of cooperation between Seoul and Abuja.
