Nigeria Orders All Government MDAs to Appoint Data Protection Officers

Nigeria · TECHNOLOGY Key Facts —The directive: A service-wide circular dated 7 November 2022 ordered all federal ministries, departments and agencies to appoint Data Protection Officers and forward their details to the regulator. —The law: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the Nigeria Data Protection Act into law on 12 June 2023, replacing the earlier 2019…