The Lagos State Government has revealed plans to launch a digital addressing system across the state from July 1, 2025.
According to Lagos, this is to ensure ease of business, create more access to critical services and improve revenue for the state.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on e-GIS and Urban Development, Dr Babatunde Olajide, said the digital addressing system, also known as the Lagos identifier programme.
He noted that the system would help in different sectors, including housing, transportation, e-cab hailing service, security, emergency response, taxation and planning.
Olajide said the technology had not only made Lagos a smart state, but it would have a real-life impact on the people and the government’s ability to respond to residents’ needs.
He stated that the system would begin in Ikeja Local Council which has 23,000 properties.
While the production of the digital house number and the installation would be carried out by agencies of the state in conjunction with the technical partner.
Olajide added that the project could not come at a better time than this, noting that if the Lagos State government gets it right, other states will use it as a case study to adopt.
He stressed that with Ikeja Council as the kick-off point of the project, the state government would move into other councils within the state gradually after completing the project in Ikeja.
“We are advising all property owners who have been subdivided to come forward for reidentification,” he said.
According to the Guardian, a technical partner, Yinka Adesiyan, explained that every street and house would have its name and number embedded in bar codes, with various information accessible to residents by scanning the codes.
