20 October 2020
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has emerged winner in the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) Ranking of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies’ (MDAs) websites for the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The 2019/2020 Federal Government Scorecard was used to evaluate and rank websites belonging to 169 MDAs by an Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) that comprised representatives from government institutions as well as private and Civil Society organizations. Results were collated by a jury and validated by the IMTT.
Membership of the IMTT:
- Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation
- Office of the Civil Service of the Federation
- Federal Ministry of Communications & Digital Economy
- Federal Ministry of Justice
- National Information Technology Development Agency
- SERVICOM
- Nigeria Internet Registration Association
- Galaxy Backbone Ltd
- Right to Know (R2K) Nigeria
- Bureau of Public Service Reforms (Secretary)
Membership of the 2019/2020 Jury:
- Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation
- Office of the Civil Service of the Federation
- Office of the Auditor General of the Federation
- Office of the Accountant General of the Federation
- Federal Civil Service Commission
- Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy
- Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget & National Planning
- National Information Technology Development Agency
- Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council
- Joint Admission and Matriculation Board
- Federal Mortgage Bank
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- Nigerian Television Authority
- Nigeria Internet Registration Association
- Right to Know (R2K) Nigeria
- International Centre For Investigative Reporting
- SERVICOM
- Galaxy Backbone Ltd
- Computer Warehouse Group
- Nigeria Computer Society
- Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria
The team worked with a set of 14 criteria ranging from aesthetics to security and content in their evaluations and rankings.
Out of the 169 MDAs as mentioned earlier, the NIMC website was ranked first, a feat the NIMC DG, Engr. Aliyu Aziz, attributed to years of work on the website keeping it up-to-date with information and aiming for high ranking amongst users.
The DG received the award for 1st position ranking on behalf of all staff of the Commission.
Download the Scorecard Ranking for MDAs websites results from BPSR (PDF) >>