Buhari Affirms Nigeria Dedication Towards Data Privacy
TECHDIGEST- According to President Muhammadu Buhari, his administration is still dedicated to raising the Nigerian data privacy score on the worldwide scale.
He addressed at the National Shared Service Center for the Galaxy Backbone’s recent opening in Abuja.
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The facility is designed to give government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) and businesses in the private sector reliable connectivity infrastructures. Additionally, it will aid in addressing new cyber threats to national digital assets and infrastructure.
“Our administration’s commitment to promoting data promotion and privacy is receiving praise across the world and we have increased our digital identity enrolments from 39 million in October 2020 to about 92 million today,” the president said. “The massive increase of about 63 million in about two years is a global success story and has led to several requests for partnership from countries within and outside Africa.
“I also approved the establishment of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau NDPB] on the 4th of February, 2022 to provide an institutional framework for data protection in Nigeria, in line with global best practices.”
The National Assembly is now debating the NDPB bill, which would establish institutional and legal foundations for the country’s budding data protection industry.
