Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Pantami, has said that protection of citizens data in Nigeria is not just a secondary legislation but a constitutional requirement.
The minister’s spokesperson, Uwa Suleiman, made this known in a statement in Abuja, adding that Pantami said this while addressing world forum of ministers in London.
This year’s ministers’ Future Tech Forum is titled: “The Future of Trust in Data as a Force for Good.’’
He explained that the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation NDPR 2019 was in full effect to build trust between the government and the governed, with non-compliance attracting stiff penalties.
Pantami noted that prior to the NDPR of 2019, the Cyber crimes Act of 2015, provides for “lawful intercept’’ which was only effected when a security institution establishes a Prima Facie case of a crime.
