CAC RECORDS 10,000 DAILY BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS FOLLOWING AI DEPLOYMENT

CAC RECORDS 10,000 DAILY BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS FOLLOWING AI DEPLOYMENT


The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has disclosed that it now processes an average of 10,000 business registration requests daily, following the deployment of artificial intelligence across its service delivery platforms.

The Registrar-General of the CAC, Hussaini Magaji, made this known on Monday in Abuja during an anniversary lecture to mark the commission’s 35th anniversary.

Magaji said the integration of artificial intelligence has significantly improved the commission’s ability to handle the growing volume of business registrations and customer inquiries nationwide, noting that the scale of current demand would be impossible to manage through manual processes.

According to him, the sharp rise in registration volumes is being driven by ongoing tax reforms, government policies encouraging the formalisation of informal businesses, and the rapid growth of digital and social media-based enterprises.

“Today, the CAC receives close to 10,000 business registration requests daily, compared to only a few hundreds in previous years. In addition, our systems now handle an average of 5,000 customer inquiries every day through emails and call centres,” Magaji said.

He explained that the commission has evolved from a single, manual office established in Abuja in 1991 into a fully digital, end-to-end corporate registry that provides round-the-clock services to users within and outside Nigeria.

While acknowledging initial challenges encountered during the transition to an AI-driven portal in 2025, the registrar-general said the reforms are already delivering measurable improvements in speed, accuracy and efficiency.

Magaji expressed appreciation to stakeholders and users for their patience during the transition period, assuring that the commission remains committed to delivering world-class services that support Nigeria’s ease of doing business agenda.

He also announced a strategic collaboration between the CAC and Google, aimed at strengthening the commission’s technology framework, improving portal performance, enhancing system reliability, and reducing service turnaround time.

As part of its digital reforms, Magaji disclosed that the CAC has introduced new AI-powered tools on its redesigned website, including an AI legal assistant to address regulatory inquiries and a business name generator to simplify the name reservation process.

He said the initiatives reflect the commission’s broader commitment to transparency, efficiency, and national economic development.

Also speaking at the event, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Commerce, Ahmed Munir, pledged legislative support to further strengthen the commission’s digital infrastructure and innovation drive.

Munir noted that the CAC’s digital transformation has simplified business registration processes and empowered millions of entrepreneurs to transition from the informal sector into the formal economy.

Similarly, the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, reaffirmed the agency’s technical support for the CAC’s artificial intelligence-driven reforms.

Abdullahi said sustained innovation remains critical to public sector efficiency, stressing that the adoption of ethical and responsible artificial intelligence is essential for institutional transformation in the modern era.

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