 President Ballatini has signed the Data Protection Bill into law. The Nigeria Data Protection Act of 2023 provides a legal framework for the protection of personal information and the practice of data protection in Nigeria. National Commissioner at Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, said these are the NDPD Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan validation workshop in Abuja. The bill was signed to the Senate and House of Representatives for consideration and passage on Tuesday April 4th 2023 via a letter from former President Muhammad Abu Hari. The commission will be led by a national commissioner with the responsibility of regulating the processing of personal information. Speaking earlier on Plus TV's News Now, Opeyemi Tomori, President, Private Telecommunications and Communication Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, hails the move by President Noobu. We know that for a long time before now in Nigeria, data protection has been something of very great importance and has been practiced in so many strata companies, both Nigeria companies and other global companies as well who are residing Nigeria. Right now what it means is that even though some people take it for granted and information leakage is once and I mean sometimes but now based on what the President have signed into law, people will be held responsible for when this happens then you can actually take people under the legal laws of the country and hold them accountable when such happens. So as it is right now, much more attention will be paid to data protection in Nigeria because there is a commission to oversee what is happening, how people do it, how information is accessed, personal information is accessed, how it is being stored and how it is being processed. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.