The Federal Government has said that plans to digitalise all operations and discharge of mandates in the public service are in top gear, as part of the measures to connect with global opportunities and ensure effective and excellent service delivery.
The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, said this in Abuja on Sunday, at a Global Privacy Day, organised by the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC).
He also said that the NDPC has been empowered to enforce compliance, to prevent violation of people’s data rights.
“President Bola Tinubu has given us the mandate to transform public service with technology, it means that a whole lot of things we do will be digitalised, and a lot of the services citizens consume over the next coming months and years will also be digitalized.
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“And as agencies collect and share data it will be needed for us as a government to be able to protect data, and NDPC will be ensuring compliance,” Tijani said.
Speaking earlier, the National Commissioner/CEO of NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, said that the commission’s efforts at ensuring efficient security in the data protection ecosystem have earned it recognition globally.
According to him, Nigeria has been admitted into the Global Privacy Assembly, where it shares knowledge and experience with other 130 countries that are members.
“It is also worthy of note that Nigeria has now been admitted to the Global Privacy Assembly made up of about 130 countries. This is in addition to being an active member of the Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA).
“Membership of the organisations is a credence to our international recognition and the modest traction we have garnered in the data protection ecosystem in Nigeria,” Olatunji said.
