Buhari bars govt officials from using private emails

Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret. ), the president, issued an order to government employees on Thursday prohibiting the use of personal emails for official business.

Additionally, he gave the directive to move all Federal Public Institutions’ websites to the appropriate government domains.

When he unveiled the National Policy on Nigeria Government Second-Level Domains at the State House in Abuja, Buhari issued the following directive: “I thus instruct that all government officials should desist from utilizing private emails for official activities.”

In a statement he signed on Thursday and headed “At the inauguration of two policies on the digital economy, President Buhari believes diversification has been most effective in the sector,” the President’s Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, revealed this.

Buhari, who praised the new rule, ordered all government employees to abstain from using personal email accounts for work-related communications. He also ordered all Federal Public Institutions to move their websites to the appropriate government domains.

The President announced the National Data Policy while also praising SpaceX’s recent deployment of Starlink services in Nigeria, claiming that the nation now has a 100% internet penetration rate.

We are pleased that Starlink services are already available in Nigeria, he remarked. Nigeria is now the first and only African nation to have this connection.

We have complete broadband penetration in Nigeria thanks to the introduction of Starlink services.

He asserts that Nigeria’s digital economy has been the country’s fastest-growing industry in terms of economic diversification, saving the Federal Government approximately N45.7 billion in IT project clearance costs.

He declared, “I presided over the ministerial retreat on October 17 and 18, 2022, and we had independent assessors from the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office and KPMG.The federal government’s IT projects clearance saved it approximately N45.70 billion.The President stated that on October 17, 2019, he revamped the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and restructured its mandate, marking the beginning of Nigeria’s progress toward a thriving digital economy.”We are proud of the significant advancements made by our digital economy sector and the effects it has had on the various facets of our economy.”I applaud the Honourable Minister for her dedication to carrying out the mandate for the digital economy.In order to institutionalize the process, Buhari added, “as part of our commitment to guaranteeing the sustainability of our accomplishments in the digital economy sector, we have developed pertinent policies and plans.”

The federal government’s IT projects clearance saved it approximately N45.70 billion.
The President stated that on October 17, 2019, he revamped the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and restructured its mandate, marking the beginning of Nigeria’s progress toward a thriving digital economy.

“We are proud of the significant advancements made by our digital economy sector and the effects it has had on the various facets of our economy.

“I applaud the Honourable Minister for her dedication to carrying out the mandate for the digital economy.

In order to institutionalize the process, Buhari added, “as part of our commitment to guaranteeing the sustainability of our accomplishments in the digital economy sector, we have developed pertinent policies and plans.”