Nigeria unveils NITDA digital centre

Nigeria’s Minister for Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has unveiled the new National Information Technology Development Agency digital centre.

Speaking during the Phase III Virtual Commissioning of Digital Economy Projects for a Digital Nigeria, the minister noted that the project is in line with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria.

While reviewing the logo, vision, and mission statements, Pantami assured that the new projects would help to upgrade Nigeria’s cyber security.

“The reason behind changing the agency’s logo is that the world’s IT has changed to digital economy. It is no longer about IT policy, but digital economy policy for a digital Nigeria, because the IT policy has become obsolete,” Pantami explained.

He noted that before the Coronavirus Disease outbreak, the World Economic Forum had predicted that before 2022, 60 per cent of the world economy would be digitalised.

“This has motivated us to double our efforts, so that some of the targets we initially set for 2023 have already been achieved now. In telecoms, for instance, issues like that of the Right of Way for critical digital infrastructure has been lingering for years, but we have been able to resolve this in our first year,” he stated.

The digital centre contained a computer emergency response and readiness centre, as well as digital media studio.

The computer emergency response and readiness centre is targeted at upgrading Nigeria’s cyber security in line with the administration’s policy.

“Today, there are many challenges with regard to security based on what is happening online. So, with the Computer Emergency Response And Readiness team, we will be the watchdog of the Federal Government of Nigeria, monitor potential cyber attacks on our country, and come up with policies and strategies to prevent such attacks or at least reduce it,” Pantami said.

He added that such impending attacks would be communicated to the affected institutions on an advisory level, in line with the digital security pillar of the national digital economy policy.

The digital media studio, he said, would aid virtual conferencing, e-learning, and e-governance, and help the administration promote economic development and better security.

After a test-run of the studio, Pantami commended the NITDA DG for completing the project initiated a year ago.

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