Emmanuel Addeh in AbujaLeading educationists, including former vice chancellors, have praised the federal government on its giant strides with the digitisation programme at the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD). This is coming as the October 6 deadline for the enforcement of the regulations for the Nigeria NERD programme, which have been described as transformational, approaches. “Hence, deploying the NERD’s computerised digital submissions and credential verification system as an academic progression watchdog is timely and commendable. “ It should have happened a long time ago, but now that we are in it, there should be no delay again. The NERD programme is a special federation intervention programme that was approved by the Tinubu-led Federal Executive Council (FEC) in February 2025.