When the European Union commenced enforcement of its General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sometime in May 2018, the rest of
the World welcomed it not only as a breath of fresh air but also as
a signification of the Council of Europe's willpower to give
data-privacy protection of its citizens and residents, a
reinvigorated consideration they have been yearning for, over the
years.
In a responsive move, the Nigerian National Information
Technology Agency (NITDA) then took the initiative on the 25th day
of January 2019, to issue something similar in objectives, to the
GDPR and named it "Nigeria Data Protection Regulation"
(NDPR) to become the country's first codified Data Protection
legislation.
