Anambra ICT Agency seeks partnership with NDPC on data privacy, protection

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Anambra State ICT Agency, Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, has paid a courtesy visit to the National Commissioner/CEO of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), Dr Vincent Olatunji, as part of the agency’s efforts to advance the State Government’s vision to ensure data privacy and protection for the people of Anambra State.

The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the visit afforded the two organisations the opportunity to discuss areas of cooperation between the State and the Commission.

Among the key areas of cooperation discussed at the meeting was Citizens’ Awareness, where both organisations are looking at raising public consciousness around Data Protection and ensuring Data privacy for citizens to reduce the scourge of hacking, identity theft, and other ills that currently make online and offline presence a challenge in the country.

Both executives also discussed the importance of Capacity Building to get more people trained on data protection, as well as the need for public and private institutions in the state to engage the services of Data Protection Officers, or DPOs, in compliance and monitoring, in line with the provisions of the Act establishing the NDPC and the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, or NDPR.

Both organisations are also looking to create new job openings and employment opportunities in areas such as Data Protection Officers (DPOs) and compliance officers, among others, as an initiative towards Youth Empowerment.

This, they envisaged, will enable the youths to be better informed and empowered to set up innovative businesses around data protection and management.

In his remarks, the Managing Director of the Anambra State ICT Agency noted that data is the new oil because of its strategic importance to planning across critical spheres of the economy.

He said, having underscored this, Mr Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has committed to accurate data sourcing and the protection of data, especially personal data, as an insurance that will enhance the prosperity of Ndi Anambra in the short run, as well as ensure that on the long run, more businesses flourish in the state.

According to Agbata, the visit is to explore possible avenues of collaboration that will yield accurate data sourcing for the state, which will in turn prove resourceful for the Commission in national planning.

In his response, the NDPC National Commissioner, Dr. Olatunji, promised to support Anambra State through the ICT Agency in its plan to make the state a technology-driven state.

The high point of the visit was the presentation of a copy of the Data Protection Act, 2023, to the MD/CEO of the Anambra ICT Agency by the NDPC National Commissioner.

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