Agric Ministry adopts NIMC identity system to verify genuine farmers

By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has announced plans to deploy the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)’s digital identity infrastructure to verify genuine farmers and improve the targeting of government agricultural intervention programmes.

According to a statement by the ministry’s Head of Information, Ezeaja Ikemefuna, the collaboration is aimed at leveraging the National Identification Number (NIN) and NIMC’s identity verification platform to build a credible, centralised database of farmers and support the country’s drive towards food security and food sovereignty.

Coker-Odusote added that closer collaboration between NIMC and the Ministry of Agriculture would also advance the Federal Government’s digital transformation agenda by improving public service delivery through trusted identity systems.