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Association Charges MDAs On Internet Domain
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), has advised Federal Government establishments to register as Nigeria’s internet domain.
The President of the association Mrs Mary Uduma, gave the advice in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.
The Tide source reports that the association is an independent non-profit making organisation that manages the country’s code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) in Nigeria and the global internet communities.
It is the registry for Internet Domain Names and maintains the database of names registered in the country code Top Level Domain.
She noted that some government establishments had yet to register in the domain in spite of Federal Government’s directives to do so.
Uduma advised the affected MDAs to comply with the government’s directive and urged them to register their domain names with the Galaxy Backbone.
“They should go and register their domain name with Galaxy Backbone. That is the registrar that handles accreditation for the MDAs.
“In a short while, we are going to hold a workshop in collaboration with the office of the Head of Service, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Galaxy Backbone and NiRA on this.
“We have been holding meetings with them, we hope to hold a stakeholders’ workshop that will focus on it.
“The e-governance cannot go on in isolation, the government to citizens, citizens to government, government to government, as well as government to business communications will run on that platform and is easier.
“Again is our identity on the cyberspace, so why a Federal Government establishment or worker should carry a card that cannot carry .ng. gov? I don’t think such a person projects Nigeria well.’’
Uduma also encouraged Nigerians to be registered on the .ng domain, adding that individuals could have not .gov.ng.
She said that there were many benefits associated with .ng internet domain.
“First, you are identifying with your country. Secondly, if there is any problem, it is easy to solve, because the managers are here, but on .com, if anybody steals your name it involves long process.
“Again, when you are on .com, you are sending our money away, while on .ng our money resides here and we use it to develop our country.
“So, individual companies, government establishments, everybody is encouraged to be on .ng.’’