NOA Champions Citizen-Focused Data Protection at 2026 Summit

The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has emphasized data privacy as a core national value essential to human dignity, trust, and responsible citizenship during the Second Data Privacy Summit 2026, organized by the National Data Protection Commission (NDPC).

Issa-Onilu noted that data protection goes beyond technical and regulatory concerns, aligning with NOA’s mandate to shape mindsets and strengthen civic values, as outlined in the National Values Charter. Integrating civic education with data protection, he said, fosters ethically aware and digitally responsible citizens.

The Head of the Civil Service, Mrs. Didi Esther Wilson-Jack, highlighted the role of data protection in ethical governance, accountability, and sustainable innovation, while the Nigeria Police Force’s Commissioner of Police Uche Ifeanyi Henry warned of cybercrime threats and called for stronger collaboration on national security.

Representing the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Lanre Yusuf assured Nigerians of the safety of their data and confirmed that over 128 million citizens are now captured under the National Identification Number system, reaffirming NIMC’s commitment to secure and inclusive digital identity management.