President Bola Tinubu on Thursday unveiled NINAuth, a digital identity and consent-management platform that allows Nigerians to control who accesses their personal data across government, banking, telecoms, and education services.
The app, developed by the National Identity Management Commission, was unveiled at the State House, Abuja, during a ceremony attended by top government officials, including the Ministers of Interior, Finance, and the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service.
Speaking to State House correspondents shortly after the launch, the Director-General of NIMC, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, described NINAuth as “a platform that restores data autonomy to Nigerians.”
She explained, “It’s a platform that allows user consent management, meaning Nigerians now have control over their own data.
“With this app, users can decide what information they want to share and who they want to share it with, whether it’s for banking, SIM registration, education, or health insurance.”
The DG noted that NINAuth allows individuals to revoke access to their data at any time, adding that the system was designed to promote transparency and digital privacy.
“After giving someone access to your data, you can later decide to revoke that access. It gives citizens autonomy and full control. It’s also seamless, for example, if law enforcement stops you, you can open the app and show your digital ID right away,” she said.
According to her, the application consolidates multiple identification credentials — such as driver’s licence, student loan ID, health insurance card, and bank verification- into a single digital wallet.
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