FG To Roll Out Digital Postcode System In October – Bosun Tijani

June 16, () — The Federal Government has announced plans to launch Nigeria’s GIS-enabled alphanumeric digital postcode system in October 2026 as part of efforts to modernise the country’s addressing framework and strengthen service delivery.

The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, disclosed this at the National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System Workshop held in collaboration with the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST).

According to the minister, the new system will assign every building in Nigeria a unique digital code, including properties located in rural communities.

“The first set of locations, areas, and states will be released in October this year, and I am pushing them hard to ensure that we cover a significant number of states before the end of the year”, Tijani said.

He described the digital postcode as a foundational layer of Nigeria’s digital public infrastructure and said the government was committed to integrating the system across ministries, agencies, and institutions.

The minister added that the initiative would improve emergency response, public safety, logistics, e-commerce, national planning, and government service delivery by creating a single, trusted location system for the country.

Also speaking at the workshop, the Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer of NIPOST, Tola Odeyemi, said Nigeria’s existing addressing system has long limited emergency response, investigations, intelligence gathering, and efficient service delivery.

She explained that the digital postcode would provide a common language for location intelligence by assigning every location a unique, GIS-enabled code that can be identified and verified across institutions.

The initiative follows the Federal Executive Council’s approval of the project earlier this year. Nigeria currently operates a six-digit postal code system, but many locations still lack clear addresses or cannot be accurately identified on maps.

The new digital postcode system is expected to improve location accuracy, support the growing digital economy, and make it easier for businesses, government agencies, and emergency responders to locate people and places across the country.