NBA Request For Input To The Amendment Of The Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) ACT, 2015
NBA Request For Input To The Amendment Of The Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) ACT, 2015 Mary Akanbi 29th September, 2022 Distinguished Colleagues, The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) is in the process of proposing amendments to the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act 2015 (“the Act”). The proposed amendments are crucial to addressing emerging issues in cybersecurity and other issues not accommodated in the existing Act, and to further bring the Act in line with the National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy (NCPS) 2021, the implementation of which has since commenced. The ONSA has invited the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to make input to the proposed amendments. Consequently, the NBA is calling for contributions/input in the form of memoranda, proposals, position papers from individual members, sections and fora of the NBA, on possible amendments to the Act. All memoranda, position papers and/or proposals should be forwarded to ayode...