The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, says Nigeria is losing about N127bn which
is 0.8 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Products, to cybercrime yearly. Shittu said this in Abuja on Tuesday at the opening of the 26th National Conference and Exhibition of the Nigeria Computer Society. According to him, “our growing dependence on digital infrastructure introduces and poses grave threats to national security.’’
He said many Nigerians now had access to internet facilities; using the enormous opportunities this digital infrastructure had brought to work, transact business, campaign, communicate, learn, interact and relax.To address emerging cyber threats, government has set up computer emergency response teams through the Office of the National Security Adviser and
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