INTRODUCTION
On 12th June 2023, the President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria signed the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023
("the Act" or the "NDPA") (previously the
Nigeria Data Protection Bill, 2023) into law. The Act provides the
much-awaited legal framework for the protection of personal
information. One of the principal objectives of the Act is to
safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of data subjects, as
guaranteed under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, 1999. The overall legislative intendment and goal of the
Act are to ensure that personal data is processed in a fair, lawful
and accountable manner that protects data subjects' rights, and
provides means of recourse and remedies, in the event of the breach
of the data subject's rights. Also, the Act seeks to strengthen
the legal foundations of the nation's digital economy through
the beneficial and trusted use of personal data.
