Nigeria, June 24 -- The Lagos State Government has started a new digital house-numbering project to help improve property identification and public services.

The project, called the Lagos Identity Project, was launched on Tuesday in Alausa.

The initiative was introduced by Dr Olajide Babajide, the Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Enterprise Geographic Information System.

He said the project will help in tackling challenges like untraceable addresses and tax evasion across the state.

With this new system, buildings will get special plates that include QR codes and colour marks that show the local government area.

These digital plates are expected to make emergency services, postal delivery, and city planning easier an...