NITDA Proposes New Bill To Advance Information Tech

The Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has announced a proposed amendment to its bill for the advancement of information technology development in Nigeria.
Mr Emmanuel Edet, Head of Legal Services, NITDA, stated this at a webinar organised by the Nigeria Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE) on Wednesday in Lagos.
The webinar had as  its theme: “The Proposed NITDA Amendment Bill:  Impact of Professionals”.
Edet explained that the bill that established NITDA was passed and signed to into law in 2007 for the regulating and development of  information technology in Nigeria.
He noted, however, that the legacy bill of 2007 could no longer address the new developments in information technology space, because of changes that had occurred in the IT sector ever since.
“We need to move on with the vision that works to determine what we are going to meet in the IT industry in the future.
“We are moving from digitisation to digitalisation, so as to change business module and provide revenues when we produce opportunities,” he said.
He noted collaborative regulations as the duty of all players in digital ecosystem, with NITDA at the centre of the process which informed the call for review of the mandate of NITDA.