ABUJA, June 17 – The Federal Government says Nigeria’s new Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System, set to roll out this year, is expected to reshape how addresses are managed across the country while improving commerce, security and delivery services.
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, made this known at a workshop on the system in Abuja. He described the project as a key national infrastructure designed to fix long-standing problems linked to poor and inconsistent addressing across the country.
According to him, the system will assign every building in Nigeria a unique digital code. This, he said, will make it easier to identify exact locations, improve service delivery and support wider efforts to modernise the economy.
He added that the impact goes beyond convenience, noting that a proper addressing system also plays a role in security response, emergency services and overall national planning.
Speaking at the same event, the Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), Tola Odeyemi, said the current system of inaccurate and unclear addresses is already causing major financial losses in logistics and delivery services.
She revealed that Nigeria loses between N50 billion and N80 billion annually due to failed or misdirected deliveries, as service providers often struggle to locate correct destinations.
With the new digital postcode system, she explained, routing will become more accurate, delivery costs are expected to drop, and logistics planning will improve significantly through better location data.
Odeyemi also assured that the system has been designed with strong data protection measures. She noted that access to address information will be tightly controlled to protect users’ privacy.
Once fully implemented, the digital postcode system is expected to support Nigeria’s broader digital economy push while improving efficiency across public and private sector services that depend on accurate location data.
