EFCC, ALGON Collaborate on Proof of Address Initiative

Abuja, February 19, 2026

The (EFCC) and the (ALGON) have resolved to collaborate on a new Proof of Address (PoA) initiative aimed at creating a comprehensive database of verifiable addresses of Nigerians to enhance national security and economic planning.

The resolution was reached on Wednesday, February 19, 2026, when members of ALGON, led by Lead Technical Partner, Prince Segun Obayendo, and the Deputy Director Political, (OSGF), Abdulmajeed Abubakar, paid a courtesy visit to the EFCC headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.
Secretary to the Commission, Muhammed Hammajoda, who received the delegation on behalf of EFCC’s Executive Chairman, assured the visitors of the Commission’s readiness to support and drive the initiative.
“We will key into it and we will drive the process and whatever collaboration you need from now on, we are going to work with you,” he said.
Hammajoda emphasized the strategic importance of the PoA initiative to the EFCC’s mandate, particularly in investigating and prosecuting financial crimes. According to him, proof of address has often posed challenges in establishing property ownership in cases involving suspected proceeds of crime.

“Proof of Address is always an issue. We have a property and we want to prove its ownership, so address plays a vital role to proof of ownership, whether the individual is there as a tenant or as the owner of the house or even the particular third party, we want when we go to court it will not be contested,” he said.

In his remarks, Abubakar disclosed that the OSGF is collaborating with ALGON in the rollout of the PoA scheme, describing it as a federal government initiative to be implemented across all the 774 local government areas of the country.
According to him, the system is designed to provide every resident with a verifiable and secure address to strengthen governance, service delivery, national security, and economic planning.

“It aims at providing every resident with a verifiable and secure address that can be used for good governance, service delivery, boost national security, economic planning and enforce a database of verifiable addresses of Nigerians towards enabling security agencies to track and mitigate criminal activities within the country,” he said.

Abubakar noted that ALGON, representing all 774 local government areas, is uniquely positioned to drive the initiative at the grassroots level. He added that the OSGF would coordinate policy implementation, stakeholder engagement, and ensure that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) adopt the PoA system as the standard for official addresses.

On his part, Obayendo explained that the PoA concept focuses on establishing citizens’ accurate locations and demographic data. He revealed that the initiative would require the use of a National Identification Number (NIN) to generate and authenticate an individual’s Proof of Address.
The collaboration between the EFCC, ALGON, and the OSGF marks a significant step toward strengthening Nigeria’s address verification framework, with expected benefits spanning security enforcement, judicial processes, and socio-economic planning nationwide.