Chai! Naija don really step up for data privacy matter, no be small! As President Bola Tinubu sign the Nigeria Data Protection Act, we don enter global chat for data governance, my people. This na wetin Dr Vincent Olatunji talk for National Data Privacy Summit wey happen for Abuja. According to am, the signing of the law confirm say Naija dey serious about protecting our data!
Olatunji no just dey blow trumpet, he talk am loud and clear, say na June 12, 2023, na im dem meet, and President Tinubu gree sign am. Na here we dey, Naija dey ready to flex muscle for global data citizens economy! That’s right, oh! Naija fit play ball with the best of them like we dey do for football.
Data wahala no dey small, but Olatunji show say things dey change for good. Dem tell us say Nigeria’s data protection journey don attract international attention, we dey shine like Lagos night lights! E no easy, but we dey achieve things wey go put us for international radar.
Na the Global Privacy Day wey dem celebrate, and Naija no just dey mark calendar, we dey go hard with week-long celebration! The summit get the juju of marking the commission’s anniversary. Olatunji point say Nigeria’s digital space dey boom, innovation dey galore but we still need protect our paddy data. No be say make dem use am chop ewa or pepper soup!
Federal Government don remind all tech company and stakeholders say, ‘Make ethics no dey far from una mind as una dey deploy artificial intelligence, Omo, no let naija standard fall!’ Nadungu Gagare from the Ministry talk say the fast-growing technology, like AI, make data dey more important than even akara on Tuesday morning; na so e be!
Gagare jaw-drop us with serious gist; e talk say trust na the currency for this digital age. Without am, even the big tech wey sabi everything go still dey fall like made-in-Nigeria speakers!
Olatunji don drop this small small matter too, say dem don collect almost N16.2 billion from compliance fees and fines. Na serious business, and this one don employ over 23,000 gengen people! Dem no dey joke for compliance wahala. Them hand out 11 major fines, wey include banks and other big players, wey no fit handle data well.
Asuna talk, dem don get over 38,677 registered data controllers and processors; if your name no dey this list, e go better make you check yourself! Na so we dey tighten security make e no thunder strike data breach for our backyard.
For proper gists, Nigeria no dey slack for technological advancement and innovation; we dey run at the speed of light! All dis data matter dey move us closer to the dream of building that $1 trillion digital economy wey everybody dey talk about. In future, all dis digital grounds go change how we dey live, work, and chop for Naija!
Naija, waka dey carry bright future; the combination of strong data protection and innovation fit make wetin look like dream, turn to reality! We were once in darkness, but now we dey shine bright like Ajegunle stars!
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