Nigeria has made significant strides in building its digital identity infrastructure, marked by the rollout of the NINAuth app and upcoming standards for digital public infrastructure. While these efforts address critical privacy and consent concerns, the system’s long-term success depends on widespread, daily integration across sectors like healthcare and education. Although mandatory linkage to SIM cards and bank accounts has increased enrollment to 127 million and reduced payment fraud by 51 percent, millions of Nigerians remain unregistered. To unlock the full economic potential of the digital ID, the government must prioritize universal sectoral adoption, establish robust redress mechanisms for consent, and ensure regional interoperability.