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FG launches automation-driven public service system
•Minister says digitalisation will drive efficiency, accountability
The Federal Government has launched the 1Government Enterprise Content Management System (ECMS).
Minister of Labour and Employment, Mohammed Dingyadi, who unveiled the platform in Abuja, Dingyadi said the ministry’s transition to the 1Gov Cloud was a decisive leap toward a fully digital, automation-driven and data-centric public service.
Dingyadi said the adoption of the 1Gov ECMS introduces a seamless, end-to-end workflow architecture designed to eliminate manual bottlenecks, shorten approval cycles, and strengthen service delivery across all units of the ministry.
According to him, the system ensures secure document lifecycle management—from creation and storage to retrieval and long-term archiving, while delivering auditability and full compliance with federal data governance regulations.
Dingyadi noted that digital transformation was not merely a technical upgrade but a re-engineering of institutional culture.
He underscored the need for continuous capacity building to empower officers at all levels to navigate the platform confidently and fully harness its capabilities.
Dingyadi commended the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the Permanent Secretary, Directors, the implementation team, and Galaxy Backbone Limited for sustaining the national momentum toward a digital public service.
Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi-Esther Walson-Jack, described the Ministry’s onboarding onto the 1Gov Cloud as a clear demonstration of readiness for a modern, interoperable and transparent civil service.
She noted that the ministry has effectively met a key federal benchmark ahead of the December 31, 2025 deadline for full digital adoption across all ministries and extra-ministerial departments.
Walson-Jack directed stakeholders to engage exclusively through the ministry’s digital registry channels.
She praised Galaxy Backbone for hosting the infrastructure locally, calling it a strategic commitment to national data sovereignty and cybersecurity resilience.
Executive Director of Customer Centricity & Marketing, Galaxy Backbone Limited, Olusegun Olulade, said the 1Gov Cloud provides a unified, secure and scalable digital backbone for government operations.
Olulade, who represented the Managing Director of the company, explained that the platform integrates collaboration tools, document automation, workflow orchestration and secure access systems enabling ministries to work with greater clarity, consistency and security.
He said that the Ministry of Labour and Employment possesses the institutional capacity to fully maximise the 1Gov Cloud ecosystem and pledged Galaxy Backbone’s continued support as more MDAs migrate to the platform.
Also speaking, Programme Director of the 1Government Cloud, Mr. Wumi Oghoetuoma, delivered an overview of the solution architecture, drawing distinctions between digitisation (conversion of physical records), digitalisation (automation of processes), and what he described as sovereign digitalisation, the deliberate management of national data assets within the country’s jurisdiction.
He disclosed that nine departments within the Ministry have now transitioned fully to digital operations, with 110 workflows automated and 500 user accounts activated.
He projected that the Ministry is on course to achieve near-zero paper dependency, with an anticipated 90% reduction in paper-related expenditure.
The launch marks another major step in the Federal Government’s drive to build a modern, intelligent and interconnected public service in alignment with the Renewed Hope Agenda.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment now joins the rapidly expanding community of MDAs operating on the 1Gov Cloud, Nigeria’s unified digital government backbone.
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