The African country is linking an estimated 370,000 registered cooperative societies to the National Identification Number, replacing the old manual process that is burdened by duplication, fraud, and inefficient service delivery. Digital identity provider Seamfix was selected as the technical partner to develop the country’s digital ID system. Seamfix signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the Cooperative Federation of Nigeria to deploy and improve the National Cooperative Smart Registry (NCSR). In the new digitalized system, the registry will assign Cooperative Verification Numbers (CVNs) and Cooperative Member Identification Numbers (CoopIDs), both linked to the NIN. The NIN is Nigeria’s identity system with sector-specific programs built on top of it.