Tag: NITDA
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How MSMEs can increase Nigeria’s GDP by $50bn – NITDA
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says that digitalisation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) could increase Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 50 billion US dollars.
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Fact-Check: Is President Tinubu doling out N50,000 Cash Grant to Nigerians?
The National Information Technology Development Agency – Computer Emergency readiness and Response Team (NITDA-CERRT) have issued an advisory to the public against clicking on unknown links and sharing personal information on such websites to avoid falling victim to cyber criminals. This warning was in response to a viral grant scheme called “President Tinubu N50,000 Cash…
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So, what happens to regulation now? – By Okoh Aihe
For the first time since I started writing my column, Simply Tech, in 2020, my pen failed me. My fingers were too numb to command the computer keys and the brain simply just refused to function coherently, having been so shocked out of rhythm by the apotheosis of one of the greatest souls that ever…
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FG urged to withdraw NITDA bill from NASS
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has appealed to the Federal Government to withdraw the controversial National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) bill, before the National Assembly.
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Reprieve for NCC as NITDA Bill flounders – By Okoh Aihe
It was the final sandbagging of the Nigerian Communications Communication (NCC). An ignoble fait accompli intricately woven by very devious hearts and presented to an acquiescing group of lawmakers with superficial understanding of how some politicians could deploy terrible politricks to ruin the independence of even one of the most stable regulatory agencies in the…
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Telecoms, a humble review of a minister’s Scorecard – By Okoh Aihe
It would have been some whiff of good news last week for the telecommunications industry if evidence on ground did not advertise the contrary, overwhelmingly. It was the turn of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, to make his presentation at the 19th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Scorecard from…
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Privacy Week: Nigeria’s data protection market value hits N5.5bn — Pantami
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami said that the market value of Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) in Nigeria has hit N5.5 billion.
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No plans to strip NCC of its powers – Pantami
The Federal Government has no plans to strip the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of its powers, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has said.
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FG set to create 5 million jobs through smart Agriculture
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in conjunction with the Federal Government of Nigeria has assured Nigerians that it will create 5 million naira jobs through small agriculture. The government has also distributed smart agriculture materials to beneficiaries of the National Adopted Village for Smart Agriculture (NAVSA) in Katsina.
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With NITDA Bill, NASS prepares hemlock for telecoms industry – By Okoh Aihe
Writing on the NITDA Bill on September 1, this year, this writer concluded aphoristically: This particular Bill is outrageous and annoyingly duplicitous, a grotesque mirror image of the original already in existence. The National Assembly should be wary of all contraptions that come in the name of Bill, including this ostentatious manifestation of ignorance, arrogance…