The new NIMC Act 2026 makes NIMC the Root Certification Authority for Nigeria's digital trust infrastructure, tied to your NIN. But the still-pending Digital Economy Bill hands NITDA the power to regulate and accredit those same certification authorities. Two laws, one job, no clarity on who's actually in charge when your digital signature gets challenged in court.
A NITDA spokesperson basically shrugged: "the National Assembly will have to take a closer look." Meanwhile Kenya, South Africa, and Egypt all keep this function with tech regulators, not identity agencies. Nigeria just centralized it under NIMC instead.
Who should control Nigeria's digital signature infrastructure: the identity agency or the tech regulator? And should the Digital Economy Bill be paused until this is sorted?
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