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ICTActive· ONSA

National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy, 2021

Implements Cybercrimes Act 2015. ngCERT; protection of CNII.

Statutory basis

Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act 2015 (amended 2024)

The second NCPS (replacing the 2014 version). Establishes the Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT) under ONSA, designates Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) sectors, and frames the National Council on Cybersecurity. The 2024 Cybercrimes Amendment Act introduced the controversial cybersecurity levy (0.5% of electronic transactions) which was subsequently suspended by the President in May 2024.

Other ICT policies

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.