WorldStage Newsonline— In a bid to resolve overlapping of licensing, registration and regulation of information technology companies, the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) in collaboration with the Nigeria Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has inaugurated a committee in Lagos.
The NITDA Public Relations Officer, Mrs Hadiza Umar disclosed this in an interview in Lagos.
According to Umar, the two establishments would sort out the overlapping for greater efficiency.
She was reacting to an allegation by the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) that NITDA was duplicating the duties of Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN).
Umar said that Section 6 of NITDA Act mandated it to regulate Information Technology (IT) practice in Nigeria and provide advisory services to the Federal Government.
She said that it was, therefore, within NITDA’s mandate to register, screen and verify the capacities of IT companies.
“CPN is mandated to regulate professionals in computing; it has responsibility over the personnel and competencies of individuals in the computing space.
“CPN has inaugurated a committee with NITDA to work together to resolve overlapping in licensing, registration and regulation of IT companies,” she said.
NCS had kicked against NITDA’s move to register and license IT contractors in the country.
The NCS President, Mr Adesola Aderounmu, said that the registration was not part of NITDA’s mandate.
He said that NITDA’s duties were to plan, promote and develop regulatory framework and guidelines as stated in NITDA Act of 2007.
