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Nigeria: Data protection regulation in Data Protection Commission's General Application and Implementation Directive (NDPC/NDP ACT-GAID/01/2025)

Progress

Current status
in force
19 Sep 2025 in force
20 Mar 2025 adopted
31 May 2024 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Nigeria
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

19 Sep 2025
in force

Data Protection Commission's General Application and Implementation Directive including data protection regulation (NDPC/NDP ACT-GAID/01/2025) enters into force

On 19 September 2025, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission’s (NDPC) General Application and Implementation Directive (GAID) 2025 (NDPC/NDP ACT-GAID/01/2025) under the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDP Act) 2023 enters into force, establishing rules…

Source
Event type order
Action type implementation
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority
20 Mar 2025
adopted

Data Protection Commission adopted General Application and Implementation Directive including data protection regulation (NDPC/NDP ACT-GAID/01/2025)

On 20 March 2025, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) adopted the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDP Act) 2023 General Application and Implementation Directive (GAID) 2025 (NDPC/NDP ACT-GAID/01/2025), which establishes rules for the processi…

Source
Event type order
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority
31 May 2024
under deliberation

Nigeria Data Protection Commission published draft General Application and Implementation Directive 2024 (NDPC/NDPA-GAID/001/2024) including data protection regulation

On 31 May 2024, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) published the draft Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023 General Application and Implementation Directive (GAID) 2024 NDPC/NDPA-GAID/001/2024. The draft GAID mandates that data control…

Source
Event type order
Action type drafting
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority