ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMITTEE ON CITIZENS DATA MANAGEMENT

ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMITTEE ON CITIZENS DATA MANAGEMENT
February 19, 2020 Advocaat Law Practice

The Federal Government of Nigeria has set up a committee on Citizens Data Management to review the status of its data harmonization project aimed consolidating all multiple data sources into the National Identity database owned and managed by the Federal Government. The committee will also propose strategies to expedite the data harmonisation process. The committee is chaired by the Minister of Interior and has as one of its members the Minister of Communications and Data Economy.