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Tinubu (sitting)Director-General / CEO, National Identity Management Commission· 10 October 2023 — sitting

Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote

First female substantive DG. Oversaw passage of the NIMC (Amendment) Act, 2026.

The record

Coker-Odusote was previously DG of the Lagos State Lands Bureau. Her NIMC tenure has covered the database harmonisation push (NIN as the federal identity foundation) and the 2026 Amendment Act expanding NIMC's mandate over linked databases.

Sources

  • Presidential Press Release, 10 October 2023
  • NIMC (Amendment) Act, 2026
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.