Authorities at the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria Police, ministry of communication and others opened talks last week on how to secure Nigeria’s cyberspace. At the conference, held in Abuja, minister of communication and digital economy, Isaiah Pantami, said the high rate of cybercrime and its consequences on the Digital Economy informed the need to prioritise cybersecurity. He was speaking at an annual cybersecurity conference organised by NCC, themed: ‘Strengthening the Security and Resilience of the nation’s communications infrastructure.’ “No digital economy can be implemented without securing the cyberspace of that country,” Pantami noted and recalled that in November 2019, President Buhari convened and launched national digital economy policy and strategy, which according to him, cannot be implemented without efforts at securing the cyberspace. He also pointed to the need to secure confidence to convi...
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