First step to a new Nigeria is integration of comprehensive data system.

We need to have a database of all the houses, streets in Nigeria, by town, local government and state.

Every house in the country will have street number (HN, House Number), state wide identity (HID, House ID), and nationwide ID (NHID, National House ID).

All streets within a village/town will be registered with latitude and longitude numbers, full names, details, State ID number of the street etc.

All villages/town within a local government will be registered with trackable location information, unique IDs and many other details.

All local government within a state will also be registered in full details, map location, unique IDs.

All States, including FCT will also be registered with unique ID, map, location information, etc

When all the houses, streets, local governments and states are captured in the data system, we will proceed to capture data of citizens.
(The current BVN, NIN etc do not have solid bedrock since there is no data structure for the address system).

When all citizens data are captured in the system, and data mining station setup for each citizen, for continuous update of the personal data then we can see the importance of living in a data drive society.

Why is Citizen Identification and Data System (CIDS) important?

Government:
Government will have accurate data of her citizens and will be able to make informed decisions.
e.g If government know that in the year, 2022, five thousand (5000) new Doctors will be graduating from medical school. Government can look at the demands for doctors and see if there is need to advertise and encourage more citizens to study medicine. This applies to other fields of study.

Banking:
Security of customers is very important and having accurate data of the customers will solve most of the security issues in the banking sector.
Banks will require less information from customers in other to open and operate any kind of account. All they will require is your national ID (NID) number. No more nepa bill, NYSC certificate, 2 referrers etc.
This will save cost and enable full automation of the banking system.

Education:
Apart from helping students make informed decision regarding their course of study, it will also create learning enthusiasm. The literacy level will increase because a lot of pressure will be on the illiterates and they will want to learn. It will also create awareness on the importance of information technology.

Ecommerce:
Growth In ecommerce will skyrocket. It will be very easy to identify buyers and the fear of fake or fraudulent purchase will be almost none existent. Many logistics company will be born and their services will be very precise. Job opportunities in ecommerce and logistics companies will be in several thousand, if not => millions.

Insurance Companies:
Many digital insurance companies will spring up, allowing you to get access to services in emergency situations. E.g you travelled to another state, but do to certain circumstance, you are not with your ATM card or other means of payment. You can still make purchases and other services without cash because your digital insurance company already know your risk ratio.

Personal life:
The opportunities will be endless. Improved security and standard of living across the board.


The positive impact of this system will change the value system in Nigeria. It will positively impact our relationship with other countries and multinational companies.
The importance is too numerous to mention…

Not even in the next century.