No less than Two hundred partners from the nation over are to meet in Abuja one week from now to examine the requirement for an important Data Protection Law in Nigeria.
The two-day occasion, booked to hang on 26th and 27th of July, 2022 at Rockview Hotel Royale, Abuja, will unite agents of important public foundations, the confidential area and common society associations to consider on the way forward towards reinforcing the legitimate system for information security in the country.
The Policy Dialog is assembled by the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, with help from the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project.
Public Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, Dr. Vincent Olatunji affirmed this during a gathering with the Nigeria ID4D group in his office in Abuja.
As indicated by him, "the Policy Dialog tries to unite basic partners to consider on the way forward, towards the sanctioning of a central Data Protection regulation for Nigeria."
Portraying Data Protection Act as an essential regulation for Nigeria, that's what olatunji contended "it isn't just in congruity with worldwide prescribed procedures, however expected to ensure the security and wellbeing of residents' information."
Adding his voice, Project Coordinator, Nigeria Digital Identification for Development project, Mr. Musa Odole Solomon swore the help of the ID4D venture to endeavors towards establishing an information security regulation for Nigeria.
As per him, "passing the information insurance bill is one of ID4D's orders. Numerous different nations of the world have information security regulations set up and it is our craving to guarantee that it is passed at the earliest opportunity. A ton of work is being finished in such manner. We are by and by counseling generally to guarantee that no stone is left unturned."
In the mean time, as a preface to the arranged Policy Dialog, around forty partners accumulated for a Focus Group Discussion at Rockview Hotel Royale, Abuja, keep going Tuesday, to ponder on the proposed regulation.
The Focus Group Discussion was likewise assembled by the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, with help from the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development project.
In participation were delegates of public establishments, the confidential area, proficient gatherings and common society associations.
Talking at the occasion, Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, Coordinator, Nigeria Digital Identification for Development project, Musa Odole Solomon and Legal Desk Officer of the task, Adetunrayo Alao said the Focus Group Discussion was one of the exercises arranged to guarantee satisfactory partners' commitment towards birthing a comprehensive Data Protection Law for Nigeria.
Features of the Focus Group Discussion were commitments from different partners on relevant inquiries pertinent to an information security regulation, experience sharing, peer survey, among others.
The Nigeria Digital Identification for Development project is a Nigerian undertaking, mutually subsidized by the World Bank, European Investment Bank and French Development Agency to help the ID biological system in the country, more than a five-year time frame.
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