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Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by ayuskenke(op): 9:09pm On Nov 13, 2025
Lagos launches digital indigeneship certificate


The Lagos State government through the Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations on Thursday launched the Lagos State Indigeneship Automated Certificate.

The unveiling organised by the Ministry was done at the Alausa Secretariat, with the theme ‘Lagos State Indigeneship Certificate Automation: A Step Towards Modernisation.’

Speaking at the launch, Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Olugbenga Oyerinde represented Dr. Funmilayo Sokunbi said the automated indigeneship certificate will make it easier for indigenous Lagosians to access services in the state.

He added that it will bring lasting benefits for generations of Lagosians to come as well as attract investors to the state.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Sesan Ogundeko, represented by Olawale Abdullah said issuing indigeneship certificates is one of the responsibilities of the ministry and one of the key elements of planning for development.

He said the new automated indigeneship certificate will also help to identify indigenous students of the state in various higher institutions across the country.

“Even in secondary schools , there's a need to have an indigeneship certificate. We decided to streamline and automated it to make it easier for any candidate to register and obtain the certificate. The process starts today and it will continue, “ he said.

The Chairman House Committee on Special Duties, Hon Olawale Ade-Sulaiman said most indigenes of Lagos do not know their ancestral home adding that the automated certificate will help the state government to identify those who are real Lagosians.

Qista Technologies the partners behind the technology said the initiative is a digital platform to verify authentic indigenes of the state adding that the certificate comes with bar code verifications and other security features.

“Most centralized education systems are not automated. Fake certificates and documents are rampant. There will be a bar code at the back of each certificate which makes it unique. The system can be operated on mobile phones. It will enhance transparency and easy identification.”
https://independent.ng/lagos-govt-launches-digital-indigeneship-certificate/

Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Slytiger: 9:16pm On Nov 13, 2025
Awesome news. Kudos to everyone involved.
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by LagosOrigin: 9:22pm On Nov 13, 2025
Bad market for all those Ogun, Oyo and Osun people claiming Lagos 😂

We said it that time will come that the true indigines of Lagos will be separated from chaffs from other south west states claiming Yoruba is one .

Who told you that Yoruba is one?

If you're not an indigine of Lagos, you don't have the right to claim you're from Lagos. Infact, you're no different from the Chinedu from Enugu and Ahmed from Kano living in Lagos.
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Greenback: 9:26pm On Nov 13, 2025
Slytiger:
Awesome news. Kudos to everyone involved.
Begin gather ya Kaya...start packing... Ogbomosho is calling
Time to allow Lagos breathe
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by LagosOrigin: 9:27pm On Nov 13, 2025
Greenback:
Begin gather ya Kaya...start packing... Ogbomosho is calling
Time to allow Lagos breathe
i swear this news go pain dem wella 😂


Nlfpmod please come and move this thread to the front page
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Greenback: 9:30pm On Nov 13, 2025
LagosOrigin:
i swear this news go pain dem wella 😂


Nlfpmod please come and move this thread to the front page
Expect war from them 😁

Expect "Lagos was carved out of the south west" fairy tale gbas gbos!!!!
😁😁😁😁😁
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Borrow2222: 9:44pm On Nov 13, 2025
All those clowns from neighbouring states claiming Lagos causing problems and always saying 'go back to your region' will be muted from now on.

Nigeria, sha, is a very anyhow country; anything that will cause division and problems is what they always pioneer and focus on.

They will never do any meaningful project or enact laws that will benefit the common man.
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by PigTormentor: 10:17pm On Nov 13, 2025
It's about time. We'll done. Time to get mine.
Omo Epe Alaro.
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Akwamkpuruamu: 10:17pm On Nov 13, 2025
Yorubas that don't have love and respect for indigenous lagosians. That's why they don't want the indigenous people to rule their home state, Lagos.

This is wickedness against the indigenous people of Lagos
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Kewtt: 10:17pm On Nov 13, 2025
interesting shinedu hallo,
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Factcheck0001: 10:18pm On Nov 13, 2025
Y is it that only one region is pained about this?

At least Lagos is in south west n part of south west, y are d economic scavengers pained?
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by malali:
This is illegal and unconstitutional on a federal level.

The Lagos State Indigeneship Automated Certificate is a sleekly disguised form of digital discrimination.


By institutionalizing “indigene status,” the government effectively divides residents into first-class citizens and others, contradicting the 1999 Constitution’s guarantee of equality and freedom from discrimination (Section 42).

In a cosmopolitan state built by migrants, codifying ancestry into a digital gatekeeper for access to schools, jobs, or benefits is regressive. It risks excluding millions of Lagos-born Nigerians whose families migrated generations ago.

Automation doesn’t sanitize bias, it only makes discrimination more efficient.


The Attorney General of the Federation Lateef Fagbemi should step in and uphold the constitution.

Lagos hosts the most federal assets that belong to all Nigerians, resources paid for with federal allocations, not state funds. Just as Delta has oil wells, Niger State has hydroelectric power serving the entire country, and Kano’s groundnuts once fed all Nigerians in the 1970s, Lagos too benefited from contributions from across the nation.

Did anyone think the Third Mainland Bridge was built solely with Lagos State funds?

For this reason, any discrimination by Lagos against a Hausa, Yoruba,Igbo or any Nigerian citizen is completely unconstitutional.
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Informantng: 10:21pm On Nov 13, 2025
Borrow2222:
All those clowns from neighbouring states claiming Lagos causing problems and always saying 'go back to your region' will be muted from now on.

Nigeria, sha, is a very anyhow country; anything that will cause division and problems is what they always pioneer and focus on.

They will never do any meaningful project or enact laws that will benefit the common man.
The southwesterners still have more chance than the rest. Forget it
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by timilehin007(m): 10:22pm On Nov 13, 2025
LagosOrigin:
Bad market for all those Ogun, Oyo and Osun people claiming Lagos 😂

We said it that time will come that the true indigines of Lagos will be separated from chaffs from other south west states claiming Yoruba is one .

Who told you that Yoruba is one?

If you're not an indigine of Lagos, you don't have the right to claim you're from Lagos. Infact, you're no different from the Chinedu from Enugu and Ahmed from Kano living in Lagos.
You are totally wrong. The case was never really about Lagosians, it's always been about YORUBA and others. Lagos is a united legacy.
As for me, I'm a Lagosian to the core, feel me? My birth certificate, my lassra, primary and secondary school certs etc...makes me a complete indigo
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by chigator2: 10:23pm On Nov 13, 2025
Lol. Just watch how Ogun Oyo and Osun indigenes will takeover Lagos with this phony certificate.
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by PDPdestroyer(m): 10:26pm On Nov 13, 2025
Good one. Now let’s see how any name starting with “Chi…” will become an indigene of Lagos. This is like a death sentence to the aspirations of the man-eaters from the East
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Wickedtruths: 10:26pm On Nov 13, 2025
In 5 years, you will require tribal mark before being allowed to carry g.al.a carton on your head in Lagos.
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by AndroBlaze: 10:27pm On Nov 13, 2025
LagosOrigin:
Bad market for all those Ogun, Oyo and Osun people claiming Lagos 😂

We said it that time will come that the true indigines of Lagos will be separated from chaffs from other south west states claiming Yoruba is one .

Who told you that Yoruba is one?

If you're not an indigine of Lagos, you don't have the right to claim you're from Lagos. Infact, you're no different from the Chinedu from Enugu and Ahmed from Kano living in Lagos.
Lol, una funny, the way this Lagos matter is scratching you, it's more visible than the best of tribal marks sef cheesy

Yorubas can never be worried by this development, as we can read between the lines to know who this is targeting.
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by PDPdestroyer(m): 10:28pm On Nov 13, 2025
chigator2:
Lol. Just watch how Ogun Oyo and Osun indigenes will takeover Lagos with this phony certificate.
At least they share a common ancestor in Oduduwa, what’s the business of an economic immigrant from Alaigbo with how brothers choose to relate?
Of all tribes in Nigeria, you’re the only ones who develop high blood pressure on Lagos matters
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by chatinent: 10:31pm On Nov 13, 2025
As an indigene of Lagos, this news concerns me.
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by PigTormentor: 10:32pm On Nov 13, 2025
LagosOrigin:
Bad market for all those Ogun, Oyo and Osun people claiming Lagos 😂

We said it that time will come that the true indigines of Lagos will be separated from chaffs from other south west states claiming Yoruba is one .

Who told you that Yoruba is one?

If you're not an indigine of Lagos, you don't have the right to claim you're from Lagos. Infact, you're no different from the Chinedu from Enugu and Ahmed from Kano living in Lagos.
Wrong. Any Yoruba can claim Lagos, we don't mind. Coming from a true son of Lagos state.
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Imindmybusiness: 10:32pm On Nov 13, 2025
"Go back to your region" is now officially in the mud. Hehehe
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Belurved1(m): 10:33pm On Nov 13, 2025
They're coming for you 2027. Get ready now
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Mrexcell(m): 10:33pm On Nov 13, 2025
With influence some non lagosians will definitely get it no be for this naija.
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by WesleyPepper: 10:34pm On Nov 13, 2025
This is a great development.
Kudos to the LASG
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Informantng: 10:34pm On Nov 13, 2025
ayuskenke:
https://independent.ng/lagos-govt-launches-digital-indigeneship-certificate/
Those that said Lagosisanomanland, how market? Time to separate the Wheat from the chaffs. With a family or relative house address+ Yoruba name, you can easily have the certificate. Earliest lagosians also settled here from somewhere in Yorubaland...
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by Imindmybusiness: 10:34pm On Nov 13, 2025
PigTormentor:
Wrong. Any Yoruba can claim Lagos, we don't mind. Coming from a true son of Lagos state.
Who is we? Oga if you don't provide your certificate, get ready to go back to Iragbiji
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by sreamsense: 10:35pm On Nov 13, 2025
LagosOrigin:
Bad market for all those Ogun, Oyo and Osun people claiming Lagos 😂

We said it that time will come that the true indigines of Lagos will be separated from chaffs from other south west states claiming Yoruba is one .

Who told you that Yoruba is one?

If you're not an indigine of Lagos, you don't have the right to claim you're from Lagos. Infact, you're no different from the Chinedu from Enugu and Ahmed from Kano living in Lagos.
You will soon be crying now that they are targeting Igbos so you have to rush forward to cover with propagandas. I think you know when the first population census was done in 18century, Yorubas states you mentioned were part of owners of Lagos and don't forget SanwoOlu also mentioned Lagos as united State of South West. I won't be surprised if Ngosi is becoming Damilola to access benefit in Lagos if at she is not screened out
Re: Lagos Launches Digital Indigeneship Certificate by WesleyPepper: 10:35pm On Nov 13, 2025
LagosOrigin:
Bad market for all those Ogun, Oyo and Osun people claiming Lagos 😂

We said it that time will come that the true indigines of Lagos will be separated from chaffs from other south west states claiming Yoruba is one .

Who told you that Yoruba is one?

If you're not an indigine of Lagos, you don't have the right to claim you're from Lagos. Infact, you're no different from the Chinedu from Enugu and Ahmed from Kano living in Lagos.
Nwosu, cope well 😂😂😂
Osun, Oyo or Ogun aren’t complaining. They are very happy with this development 🥂🥂
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