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The Nigerian data protection ombudsman, National Commissioner (NC) of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) are working on a synergy to promote data protection in Nigeria particularly government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).
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Director General of (NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi while receiving the National Commissioner, NDPB, Dr. Vincent Olatunji and his team on a recent working visit to NITDA, Abuja assured the data regulatory agency that NITDA, which hitherto administer data regulations before the creation of the NDPB, remains committed to data privacy.
The NDPB team lead by Olatuni is seeking the continuous support of the NITDA in order to strengthen the drive for data protection and a ‘Digital Nigeria.’
The Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) of 2019 is the country’s principal legislation on data protection. The enforcing agent for the NDPR is the NDPB, created early this year by the government.
By law, all private and public organisations must adhere to the NDPR including carrying out annual data protection compliance audit.
According to the NDPR Performance Report for 2021, Nigeria’s nascent data protection industry is on the upswing underscored by growing awareness and regulatory assertiveness by the authorities. There is a positive and remarkable level of compliance by individuals and corporate entities as the Nigeria’s data protection industry gathers momentum. “Data privacy audit compliance has grown from zero in 2018 to 635 in 2020 and over 1,230 audit compliance in 202,” the report noted.
