Stakeholders at the AI Summit Nigeria 2026 have identified data protection, cybersecurity, regulatory clarity and trust among government institutions as critical factors that will determine the success of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in Nigeria.
The stakeholders, drawn from government, the private sector and the security community, made the submission during a panel session titled “Making the Rules Work: Regulatory Clarity for Government AI” held on Tuesday in Abuja.
Speaking during the session, Emmanuel Edet, Acting Director of Regulations and Compliance at the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said while the agency has not conducted a comprehensive study to determine the level of AI implementation across government institutions, evidence from technology projects submitted for NITDA clearance suggests that AI adoption is already gaining traction across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
“I would not have the correct statistics of implementation of what you would call the AI strategy across government because
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