On 20th March 2025, the Nigerian Data Protection Commission (NDPC) issued the Nigeria Data Protection Act – General Application and Implementation Directive 2025 (GAID). The primary objective of the GAID is to provide necessary guidelines and directives on the implementation of the Nigerian Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA). With the issuance of the GAID which will take effect on 19th September 2025, the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation 2019 (NDPR) and the NDPR 2019: Implementation Framework 2020 will cease to be applicable for the regulation of data privacy and protection in Nigeria, without impacting on anything done under the NDPR prior to the issuance of the GAID. This article highlights the salient provisions of the GAID as they relate to the implementation of the NDPA. Click here to read the full article.
