The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Cooperative Federation of Nigeria (CFN) and Seamfix Limited for the deployment of a national digital identity and governance infrastructure for cooperative societies.
The government also announced the immediate commencement of a six-month National Revalidation and Re-certification Exercise for all existing cooperative societies across the country.
The MoU was signed on Wednesday by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Marcus Olaniyi Ogunbiyi, on behalf of the ministry, during the second day of the National Technical Workshop on Cooperative Sector Digitalisation in Abuja.
Speaking at the event, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security and Supervising Minister of Cooperative Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, described the agreement as a major step towards improving visibility, accountability and digital governance in Nigeria’s cooperative sector.
Abdullahi said the initiative marked “the beginning of a new era of visibility, trust, accountability and digital governance” and represented a shift “from demonstration to implementation” under the Renewed Hope Cooperative Reform & Revamp Programme (RH-CRRP 2030).
