The Federal Government has suspended enforcement of new regulations on internet platforms and digital intermediaries, pending a harmonised national policy.
The directive came from the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, after a meeting with heads of the Nigerian Communications Commission, the National Information Technology Development Agency, and the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.
Tijani said the three agencies will defer enforcing recently issued rules on internet platforms while inter-agency harmonisation continues. He stressed that each agency’s other statutory duties remain fully in force.
The minister cited overlapping mandates as telecoms, digital platforms, AI, and data protection increasingly intersect.
A new Joint Technical Coordination Committee, drawing from all three agencies, will consult stakeholders and develop a unified regulatory framework aimed at reducing compliance uncertainty and boosting investor confidence.
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