The Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. (Dr.) Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has been awarded the Excellence Leadership Award in Capacity Building and Staff Welfare by the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN).
The honour, bestowed by the National Executive Council of the union, recognizes her outstanding commitment to staff development, institutional reforms and welfare-driven leadership. It comes shortly after she received the Innovation Service Delivery Award from the Association of Corporate Online Editors (ACOE) for notable improvements recorded under her tenure.
Since assuming office, Coker-Odusote has pursued an inclusive 5-Point Agenda with staff welfare and capacity development as top priorities. Among key achievements are the promotion of more than 3,000 staff, implementation of a 25-30 percent salary increase approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the rollout of comprehensive training programmes for staff at all levels, including executive retreats and management workshops.
In further alignment with the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda, she has overseen the distribution of over 2,500 systems to boost NIN enrolment and upgraded workstations across departments to meet global operational standards. Additional welfare initiatives include free staff bus services, a new car park, and facilitated access to national food palliatives to cushion economic pressures measures that have improved staff morale and productivity.
Her open-door leadership style and active engagement with labour unions have also been widely commended for promoting mutual respect and strengthening workplace harmony. The ASCSN described the award as a recognition of her “rare sincerity and sensitivity to the yearnings of workers,” noting that her policies have enhanced productivity and improved working conditions.
The award underscores the Commission’s renewed commitment to sustaining excellence and advancing public service delivery under her stewardship.