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The Federal Government has unveiled the National Digital Trustmark Initiative, a caller strategy designed to verify and certify authentic online platforms and e-commerce websites successful Nigeria.
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, unveiled the inaugural successful Abuja connected Thursday.
He said it aims to boost nationalist assurance successful online transactions, support consumers from fraud, and heighten Nigeria’s planetary integer reputation.
According to him, the Trustmark would service arsenic a verifiable seal of authenticity for morganatic online platforms, ensuring Nigerians tin transact safely and securely successful the integer space.
The NITDA brag noted that the integer system has been Nigeria’s fastest-growing assemblage for astir 5 years, surpassing lipid and state and different cardinal sectors successful its publication to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
“The integer system has already bypassed the lipid and state assemblage successful presumption of publication to our GDP. Today, the services assemblage contributes implicit 58% to Nigeria’s GDP, and astir each these services are powered by integer technology,” helium said.
He besides noted that portion digitisation has created immense opportunities, it has besides brought challenges specified arsenic cyber fraud, individuality theft, and fake online platforms that erode nationalist spot and discourage online transactions.
“Technology is simply a double-edged sword. As bully actors usage it to heighten productivity and efficiency, atrocious actors exploit it to origin harm.
“Many radical are discouraged from transacting online owed to deficiency of spot and confidence. This besides affects our planetary reputation, arsenic Nigeria is often unfairly stigmatised arsenic a hub for cybercrime,” helium added.
Inuwa explained that the Digital Trustmark is portion of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda to beforehand integer inclusion, support consumers, and fortify spot successful the online economy.
The inaugural was co-created by NITDA, the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), and GIZ, the German planetary improvement agency, to guarantee collaboration betwixt the government, backstage sector, and improvement partners.
Under the caller framework, each verified company, e-commerce platform, authorities agency, and online concern volition show a Trustmark seal connected their website.
The seal, which tin beryllium scanned oregon clicked for verification, volition corroborate that the level is genuine, legally registered, and compliant with Nigeria’s information and cybersecurity standards.
The verification process, helium said volition see manual and automated checks specified arsenic firm registration (CAC), Know Your Customer (KYC) documentation, and code validation. Once approved, the concern volition beryllium issued a Trustmark certificate and a integer badge for show connected its platform.
“The seal volition marque it casual for citizens to separate betwixt authentic and fake websites. Many scammers clone websites that look precisely similar banks oregon known brands. With the Trustmark, radical tin easy place verified platforms and transact safely,” helium said.
The project, presently facilitated by GIZ and NACCIMA, includes a steering committee for oversight, a Trustmark portal and mobile app for managing certification lifecycles, covering issuance, validation, revocation, and renewal and licensed verifiers who volition onboard online sellers and platform owners.
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