Case Study: Edo State Government achieves 60% faster core business processes and 90% faster reporting with Oracle E-Business Suite

Nigeria’s Edo State Accelerates Core Business Processes by 60% and Reporting by 90%

Edo State Government, a Nigerian state of nearly 4 million people with 40,000 public employees, faced an outdated, paper-driven bureaucracy that caused errors, slow delivery of social services and administrative functions, weak tax collection and budgeting, and poor tracking of public initiatives. With a limited public budget and many employees lacking IT experience, the state needed a user-friendly, robust ERP to standardize and automate core processes and improve transparency and efficiency.

Edo implemented Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and related Oracle solutions (Financials, HR, Payroll, Database, Discoverer, Hyperion Planning) with partner SoftAlliance and added a biometric employee-registration system. The rollout created a single trustworthy data source, accelerated core business processes by more than 60% and reporting by 90%, streamlined HR and financial management, improved planning and forecasting, increased security, and enabled rapid onboarding of young, nontechnical staff—all delivered within budget.

Edo State Government

Olayemi Keri

Former Managing Director Information and Communication Technology Agency