FG repatriates 98% data hosted abroad

As parts of efforts aimed at localising government data, the Federal Government has said that it has repatriated 98 per cent of its data hosted offshore.

Malam Kashifu Abdullahi, director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA), who disclosed this while updating Engr Festus Daudu, new permanent secretary, Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, on the activities and achievements of NITDA, said the development was in the best interest of the country.

Abdullahi, said the policy of Indigenous Content Promotion embarked upon by NITDA has started to yield results as over 1.2 million Information and Communications Technology (ICT) devices have been sold between 2015 and 2019.

The NITDA boss stated most of the agency’s interventions are targeted at developing the economy of the country, adding Nigeria recently focused on building the capacity of Nigerians to acquire skill necessary to drive a digital economy.