The National Information Technology Development Agency has called on Nigeria’s regulatory agencies to work together to establish a national regulatory sandbox, as the government moves to create a more coordinated framework for testing emerging technologies without weakening regulatory oversight.
NITDA Director-General, Kashifu Inuwa, said stronger collaboration among regulators would be critical to making the National Regulatory Sandbox effective and creating an environment where innovators can develop and test new technologies under appropriate supervision.
Inuwa spoke through the National Coordinator of the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation, Ms Victoria Fabunmi, at the National Regulatory Sandbox Governance and Implementation Planning Workshop in Abuja.
The workshop marks a transition from the design phase of the initiative to implementation, with participating regulators expected to review and validate the proposed governance structure before the sandbox is rolled out.
According to Inuwa, the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation has spent months preparing the groundwork through stakeholder consultations, ecosystem mapping, regulatory assessments and the development of a draft governance and implementation framework.
