Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- "From registering people at birth, giving them legal identity, and linking that information to national planning and budgeting, technology can help us stitch everything together," said Kashifu Inuwa, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), during a recent national meeting on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) reform. His words reflect a growing urgency within Nigeria's tech and governance circles: without harmonised digital identity systems, the country cannot plan, govern, or secure itself effectively. As Nigeria pushes forward on digital transformation, the fragmented state of its data infrastructure is no longer just a technical challenge. From ghost pensioners ...