By Munachimso Obienyi
The Federal Government has urged the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to come up with the National Cyber Security Research Centre in Nigeria.
This is as it inaugurated the Digital Economy Industry Working Group (DEIWG) to serve as an action group and Public Private Dialogue (PPD) platform to be formed by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami sad the centre when completed would actively support the Nigerian participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is the ICT.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of Digital Nigeria International Conference in Abuja, where the group was inaugurated, he said it would be saddled with the responsibility of mapping out government initiatives and policies that are affecting the private sector pertaining to the Digital Economy.
