NITDA pushes for cyber security laws

Speaking in Abuja at a breakfast meeting with newsmen, he said: “we will ensure that standards and best practices are enforced in our IT activities. We will soon start enforcing quality assurance through software in the public sector as a first step.” He said when fully developed, the IT sector will be well positioned as […]

Speaking in Abuja at a breakfast meeting with newsmen, he said: “we will ensure that standards and best practices are enforced in our IT activities. We will soon start enforcing quality assurance through software in the public sector as a first step.”
He said when fully developed, the IT sector will be well positioned as an economic enabler to other sectors.
According to him, the government will use IT to create jobs and wealth through a focused implementation of the national software and outsourcing policies.
The NITDA acting director general said the indiscriminate import of software which had not gone through regulatory checks of the agency was alarming just as he pledged commitment to   stopping it.
He said: “The way software come into Nigeria is worrisome and detrimental to Nigeria’s IT industry.”
He said a software testing association in partnership with NITDA was in the offing to check and test all software being developed in the country or imported before allowed into the market. This is our resolve to be carried out in the coming weeks, he emphasized.