The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has handed over Nigeria’s eGovernment Master Plan 2.0 to the Federal Government for formal adoption, as the government acknowledged that the country is yet to fully realise its digital governance ambition.
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 eGovernment Master Plan 2.0 (e-GMP 2.0), developed through consultations with relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), provides a strategic and implementation framework for Nigeria’s digital government transformation between 2026 and 2030.
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 pillar of Korea-Nigeria cooperation, noting that KOICA’s intervention was designed to strengthen Nigeria’s institutional capacity and human resources rather than deliver isolated projects.
He, however, stressed that the handover of the master plan marked the beginning of its national implementation, adding that its success would depend on Nigerian ownership, sustained investment and effective coordination across 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, key achievements, critical success factors and roadmap for implementation.
The master plan consolidates the 25 initiatives from 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 project delivered additional interventions to strengthen Nigeria’s digital governance architecture.
These include Enterprise Architecture deliverables for the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigeria Immigration Service and the 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, providing 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 builds 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 has acknowledged that, despite progress in digital governance, Nigeria has yet to achieve an integrated digital government system capable of delivering faster, more transparent and more responsive public services.
In her opening remarks, the Acting Permanent Secretary of FMCIDE, Mrs Koriotaa Boyton Okobiah, called for stronger implementation mechanisms, operational structures and sustained investments to ensure that development plans deliver lasting results.
She identified implementation gaps, limited institutional capacity and the need to expand integrated digital public infrastructure as major challenges that are slowing the country’s digital transformation efforts.
She stressed that achieving the country’s digital government objectives would require stronger institutions, effective implementation and improved coordination to ensure that public services respond more efficiently to citizens’ needs, regardless of their location.
She emphasised the need to strengthen the implementation of development master plans and deepen collaboration with relevant stakeholders to translate policy recommendations into practical outcomes.
She stressed that completing a development project was not enough; the real challenge was ensuring that its outcomes were effectively implemented and sustained.
Okobiah urged relevant stakeholders to work together to ensure that recommendations from government interventions were adopted and translated into tangible outcomes.
She noted that effective planning and coordination remained critical to strengthening governance structures, promoting sustainable development and moving the country away from fragmented approaches to national development.