Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti
Ekiti State’s long-standing status as Nigeria’s centre of instructional excellence has earned it the chance to grow to be one of many pioneer states to implement the federal authorities’s National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode Project, Governor Biodun Oyebanji has mentioned.
The governor mentioned the Nigerian Postal Service’s determination to pick Ekiti for the pilot section of the nationwide digital addressing programme recognised the state’s mental power, digital readiness, and dedication to innovation-driven governance.
Speaking on the stakeholder engagement and inception workshop on the macro ground-truthing of the National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode and Enterprise Addressing Management System in Ado-Ekiti, Oyebanji, who was represented by the programme’s focal particular person, Olusanmi Akintobi, described the initiative as one other milestone in Ekiti’s transformation right into a knowledge-based digital financial system.
He mentioned the undertaking would modernise public administration, enhance service supply and create a dependable digital addressing infrastructure able to supporting training, analysis, innovation, funding and financial progress. According to him, the prevailing postcode system has grow to be insufficient as a result of it grouped hundreds of properties beneath a single code, making it tough for emergency responders, companies, authorities companies and residents to establish exact areas.
“The Digital Postcode is the foundation upon which modern digital services thrive. Every digital service begins with a verifiable address. This project will unlock innovation and further position Ekiti as a leading digital economy,” he mentioned.
The governor recommended NIPOST for selecting Ekiti as a pioneer state and praised the Ekiti State Data Centre for offering the technical assist that made the partnership attainable. He reaffirmed his administration’s dedication to the initiative via sustained political assist, funding in digital infrastructure and institutional reforms designed to strengthen land administration and digital governance.
Oyebanji listed the anticipated features as quicker emergency response, improved city planning, environment friendly tax administration, social safety, poverty mapping, electoral logistics, geo-marketing, and expanded digital financial alternatives.
Earlier, the Postmaster-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of NIPOST, Tola Odeyemi, represented by Abdulwakil Jamiu, mentioned Ekiti was intentionally chosen as a pioneer state due to its broadly acknowledged report in instructional development, mental growth and progressive governance.
She described the Digital Alphanumeric Postcode Project as a transformative nationwide infrastructure that might redefine how Nigerians entry authorities providers, conduct enterprise and take part in the digital financial system. According to her, the nationwide rollout started on October 1, 2026, following Federal Executive Council approval, with Ekiti among the many first states to implement it due to its readiness and confirmed institutional capability.
She urged governments, conventional rulers, neighborhood leaders, know-how innovators and personal sector operators to assist the validation of deal with information to make sure that each constructing and resident is captured in the brand new nationwide addressing database.
In his welcome deal with, the Executive Secretary of the Ekiti State Bureau of Lands, Kayode Ojo, mentioned the state’s collaboration with NIPOST started in December 2025, when the Ekiti State Data Centre initiated discussions on the undertaking.
He mentioned the partnership culminated in Ekiti’s choice as a pilot state in April 2026 after a profitable engagement with NIPOST headquarters and the Federal Executive Council’s approval of the undertaking.
He added that the two-day workshop would validate implementation methods, outline stakeholders’ tasks, deal with points regarding road naming and information entry, and produce a draft Memorandum of Understanding, implementation timetable, finances and operational framework forward of area deployment.
