The National Assembly Joint Committee on ICT and Cyber Security recently put on hold a public hearing on the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Bill 2021, when it couldn’t form a quorum. Several industry stakeholders and critical onlookers have described the development as an attempt to frustrate the bill. The postponement was followed by […]
The National Assembly Joint Committee on ICT and Cyber Security recently put on hold a public hearing on the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Bill 2021, when it couldn’t form a quorum. Several industry stakeholders and critical onlookers have described the development as an attempt to frustrate the bill.
The authority of NCC is derived from the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 signed into law on July 8, 2003 by President Olusegun Obasanjo after passage by the National Assembly. The NCA 2003 applies to the provision and use of all telecommunications services and networks in the country. In a nutshell, one can understand that the key function of NCC is to regulate and oversee the telecom industry in Nigeria.
In addition, NITDA is empowered to support local production of IT components to generate foreign earnings, create jobs, serve as a clearing house for IT procurement and services in the public sector, and empower Nigerians to participate in software and IT system development. The National Policy on Information Technology was approved in 2001 with the vision of making Nigeria an IT-capable country by 2005. But we have gone past that. The NDEPS has a new vision of making Nigeria a leading global digital economy. Therefore, NITDA needs a new mandate to refocus for competitiveness in the global $12trillion digital economy.
NDEPS plans to develop the digital economy through eight pillars: Developmental regulation, Digital literacy and skills, Solid infrastructure, Service infrastructure, Digital service development and promotion, Soft Infrastructure, Digital society and emerging technologies, Indigenous content development and adoption.
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