Tax Modernisation: FG Accredits Pillarcraft as System Integrator for e-Invoicing
By Patience Ikpeme
The Federal Government’s drive to digitize the nation’s tax landscape reached a milestone this week with the accreditation of Pillarcraft Cloud Solutions as an official System Integrator for Nigeria’s new e-invoicing framework.
This authorization, granted by the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) in partnership with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), positions the firm at the forefront of a major shift in fiscal administration.
Under the newly introduced NRS Merchant Buyer framework—the digital evolution of the system formerly managed by the FIRS—a System Integrator acts as a licensed technical guardian. The role is vital for ensuring that businesses can connect their existing internal operations, such as ERPs and accounting software, directly to the national e-invoicing portal for real-time validation and compliance.
“In the NRS e-invoicing framework, a System Integrator is responsible for connecting taxpayers’ business systems to the NRS platform,” the company stated in an official release from Abuja. This process ensures that every invoice generated within a company’s private system is instantly converted into the government-prescribed format, securely transmitted for validation, and returned with official identifiers that satisfy national audit and reporting standards.
To facilitate this transition for the private sector, Pillarcraft has launched UsawaConnect™, a proprietary B2B middleware designed to act as a seamless technical bridge. Much like a decoder translates signals for a television, UsawaConnect™ enables diverse accounting platforms to “speak” the language of the national tax infrastructure without requiring businesses to scrap their current software.
Bayode Agbi, the Founder of Pillarcraft, described the initiative as more than just a software update. “E-invoicing is not just a technology project; it is a tax and business transformation,” he noted.
He added that “Our accreditation as a System Integrator and the launch of UsawaConnect™ reflect years of practical experience working with Nigerian businesses, tax authorities, and enterprise systems. We built this to make compliance seamless, reliable, and scalable.”
The middleware arrives at a critical time as Nigeria moves toward more transparent, real-time transaction oversight. UsawaConnect™ functions as a secure integration layer that validates data, maintains structured logs for regulatory reviews, and allows for scalability across multiple business units. This ensures that the shift to digital invoicing remains a driver of corporate efficiency rather than a bureaucratic bottleneck.
Pillarcraft’s unique position in this rollout is supported by over two decades of professional tax practice and a decade of implementing global cloud solutions. This dual expertise in both the legislative and technical aspects of finance was a key factor in the accreditation, confirming the firm’s ability to meet the rigorous governance standards required by NITDA and the NRS.
As the 2026 tax year progresses, accredited integrators like Pillarcraft will be instrumental in helping SMEs and large enterprises alike align their internal systems with the national digital tax infrastructure.
By providing a secure, automated path to compliance, the firm aims to support Nigerian businesses in preparing for audits with confidence while contributing to the country’s broader economic transition and energy security objectives through improved revenue transparency.
