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. The 2007 NITDA Act is currently awaiting passage, following its amendment at the National Assembly. President of the NCS, Prof. Adesina Sodiya, at a news conference in Abuja on Saturday said the bill lacked …

The Director General of Gavel Institute of Parliamentary Studies (GIPS), Comrade Fatai Jimoh has expressed delight at the objective manner with which the Senate Committee on ICT and Cyber Security conducted its rescheduled public hearing on a Bill for an Act to repeal and re-enact National Information Technology Development Agency (NITD) Act, 2007. Jimoh  said that “the public hearing actually …

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has disclosed that the agency does not seek to regulate telecoms business, but regulate Information Technology for development. The agency’s spokesperson, Mrs Hadiza Umar explained that as a result, telecommunications operators would be excluded from the NITDA Bill currently being debated at the National Assembly. Umar better clarified this position in an interview …