The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has handed over Nigeria’s eGovernment Master Plan 2.0 to the Federal Government, providing a strategic framework for accelerating the country’s digital governance transformation between 2026 and 2030.
The handover took place on Thursday in Abuja during the closing ceremony of the KOICA-supported project, Building Foundations Towards Digital Governance in Nigeria (2022–2026).
The master plan, developed through consultations with relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), is designed to strengthen digital infrastructure, improve public service delivery and promote greater efficiency across government institutions.
Speaking at the ceremony, KOICA Country Director, Mr Kim Eunsub, commended the Federal Ministry for its leadership throughout the five-year partnership and acknowledged the contributions of participating government agencies.
Kim described digital governance as an increasingly important component of Korea-Nigeria cooperation, explaining that the intervention was designed to strengthen institutional capacity and human resources rather than deliver isolated technology projects.
He said the handover marked the beginning of the national implementation process, stressing that its success would depend on Nigerian ownership, sustained investment and effective coordination among government institutions.
“The close of a project is not the close of a partnership. The systems, frameworks and skills developed under this project now belong to Nigeria, and KOICA stands ready to remain a trusted partner as Nigeria takes this work forward,” he said.
Presenting the master plan, Project Manager from Sangmyung University, South Korea, Prof. Hung Kook Park, outlined its development process, major achievements, critical success factors and implementation roadmap.
He explained that the plan consolidated 25 initiatives contained in Nigeria’s first eGovernment Master Plan into 10 strategic initiatives across five pillars.
The pillars include Integrated Digital Infrastructure; Sustainable Digital Government; Citizen-Centric Digital Service Transformation; Digital Governance and Institutional Reform; and Innovation, Partnerships and Digital Capacity.
Beyond the master plan, the four-year intervention delivered several initiatives aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s digital governance architecture.
These included Enterprise Architecture deliverables for the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Immigration Service and National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
An Enterprise Architecture Portal was also handed over to NITDA in March 2026, while Nigeria’s first single-window Government Service Portal was soft-launched in July 2026 to provide citizens with a central access point for digital public services.
The project further donated 572 National Identification Number (NIN) mobile registration devices to NIMC and the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to strengthen the country’s digital identity system.
In addition, 630 state government officials across six states received capacity-building support to develop their respective eGovernment Master Plans, while 69 instructors were trained for the eGovernment Training Centre.
More than 1,646 public-sector information technology professionals also benefited from four KOICA-supported DevsinGov training sessions.
The intervention built on an earlier phase of KOICA’s support, which facilitated the development of Nigeria’s first eGovernment Master Plan, established the Nigerian eGovernment Training Centre and trained more than 2,000 government officials in Nigeria and South Korea.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government acknowledged that Nigeria had yet to achieve a fully integrated digital government system capable of delivering faster, more transparent and responsive public services.
In her opening remarks, the Acting Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE), Mrs Koriotaa Boyton Okobiah, called for stronger implementation mechanisms, institutional structures and sustained investments to ensure the success of the digital transformation agenda.
She identified implementation gaps, limited institutional capacity and the need to expand integrated digital public infrastructure as major challenges slowing the country’s progress.
Okobiah stressed that achieving Nigeria’s digital governance objectives would require stronger institutions, effective coordination and sustained collaboration among relevant stakeholders.
She said completing development projects was not enough, noting that the real challenge was ensuring that their recommendations and outcomes were implemented and sustained.
The permanent secretary urged stakeholders to work together to translate the master plan into practical outcomes that would improve public service delivery and make government services more accessible to Nigerians, regardless of their location.
