Buhari Seeks Approval Of Data Protection Bill

President Muhammadu Buhari has advised the Senate to consider and approve the Nigerian Data Protection Bill sent by the Executive on Tuesday.Information Guide Nigeria

THE WILL reports that President Buhari’s request was conveyed in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read at plenary on Tuesday.

The letter reads in part, “According to Section 58, subsection 2 of the 1999 Constitution as amended, I forward herewith the Nigerian Data Protection Bill for consideration and approval of by the Senate.”JAMB Result

According to THE WILL, the bill is aimed at providing a legal framework for the protection of personal information and the establishment of the Nigerian Data Protection Commission for the regulation of laws on personal information.

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Some of the key provisions of the bill include the regulation and processing of personal data; promoting data processing practices that safeguard the security of personal data and the privacy of data subjects; and ensuring that personal data is processed in a fair, lawful, and accountable manner.JAMB Portal

Other core functions are protecting data subjects’ rights as well as providing means of recourse and remedies in the event of breaches; ensuring that data controllers and data processors fulfill their obligations to data subjects; establishing an impartial, independent, and effective regulatory Commission to superintend over data protection and privacy issues and supervise data controllers and data processors; strengthening the legal foundations of the national digital economy to guarantee the participation of Nigeria in the regional and global economies through the beneficial trusted use of personal data.NYSC Portal

Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the establishment of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau in February 2022, to ensure compliance with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation

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