New Era of efficiency begins with the launch of citizenship, business management platform
By Femi Salako
In a bold and transformative step toward deepening transparency, accelerating service delivery, and leveraging technology for national development, the Ministry of Interior—under the visionary leadership of Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has unveiled a new Online Citizenship and Business Management Platform.
The innovation is aligned with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which promises enhanced efficiency and a digital revolution in public service administration.
The platform was officially announced on 15 May 2025 by Dr Magdalene Ajani, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry. It is tailored to streamline the application and processing of citizenship-related requests, business permits, and the regulation of foreign worker activities in Nigeria.
Designed with the user in mind, the system guarantees a faster turnaround time and an improved user experience, breaking from the tradition of bureaucratic delays that once marred the process.
“This initiative,” Ajani noted, “is part of the Ministry’s broader reform strategy to promote transparency and enhance operational efficiency. It is a bold expression of our commitment to improving service delivery to the public.”
Access to the platform is seamless via the Ministry’s official website (https://interior.gov.ng) and directly through the portal at https://candb.interior.gov.ng. For inquiries or support, stakeholders can also email candb-support@interior.gov.ng.
Launching this digital platform is one of many reform-driven milestones under the watch of Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, whose tenure as Minister of Interior continues to be marked by innovation, strategic thinking, and result-oriented leadership.
With a strong belief in technology as a vehicle for progress, Tunji-Ojo’s leadership style mirrors President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda—an agenda built on inclusivity, development, and systemic transformation.
From immigration reform to civil defence restructuring, and now this digital leap in citizenship and business administration, Tunji-Ojo has consistently positioned the Ministry as a forward-thinking institution, reflective of a modern and efficient Nigeria.
The implications of this platform go far beyond service automation. It symbolises a deeper governmental effort to rebuild public trust, restore accountability, and attract investments by creating a friendlier, predictable, and reliable business environment.
Corporate entities, international partners, and Nigerian citizens-at-home and in the diaspora now have access to a simplified, responsive system that values their time and engagement.
This shift echoes the call of the Renewed Hope Agenda: to rekindle faith in public institutions by making them work better for everyone.
As Nigeria steadily moves towards a digitally empowered governance model, initiatives like the Citizenship and Business Management Platform represent the promise of a new era in which leadership is judged not by rhetoric but by outcomes.
Under Tunji-Ojo’s stewardship, the Ministry of Interior continues to set the pace for responsive, citizen-centred governance in the 21st century.
*Salako is a media practitioner
