Nigeria’s push to digitise government operations is entering a critical test as federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) prepare to spend nearly N24 billion on software projects in 2026, even as regulators warn that more than half of public-sector IT projects routinely fail.
Budget details from the 2026 Appropriation Bill show that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and nine other MDAs account for the largest software allocations among 115 agencies slated for IT procurement this year. The spending spans identity ma
