The President has inaugurated a committee to protect the cyberspace and information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure during the 2023 general elections.Information Guide Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari was represented at the inauguration by Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy.
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President Buhari said the committee would work to coordinate computer security centres in the ICT industry in collaboration with other institutions.NYSC portal
“Our main responsibilities in this committee are more advisory. Firstly, when it comes to intercepting potential attacks that may come to our cyberspace.
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“The committee will coordinate the NCC’s computer security incident response team at NCC, the computer emergency readiness and response team at NITDA and the galaxy backbone national cybersecurity centre.
“These three centres must work together, complement each other and ensure they intercept any potential attacks on our cyberspace, particularly on our critical infrastructure during the election so that we could either take action or provide necessary advice to the government.”
According to THE CABLE, he emphasized that the committee will work closely with the agencies to safeguard Nigeria’s cyberspace from potential attacks or cases of vandalism and fibre cuts during the 2023 elections.
“The challenges of protecting our cyberspace is a collective national responsibility, it is a national assignment.
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to Canada“As a sector, we would play our responsibility objectively and professionally. We would work collectively rather than working individually as agencies since we are in the same sector.”
As reported by THE CABLE, members of the committee include Pantami, Umar Danbatta, executive vice-chairman of NCC; Kashifu Abdullahi, chief executive officer, Galaxy Backbone; Aminu Ahmad, special assistant to the minister on digital economy, director-general of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mohammad Abubakar among others.JAMB Result
