Data audit : March 15th deadline for filing annual report sacrosanct – NITDA
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By Emmanuel Elebeke
The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has warned all data controllers and processors in the country that the 15th March 2021 deadline for the filing of their annual data audit report still stands.
The Director-General of the agency, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi sounded the warning on Monday at a virtual press conference where he reeled out the update on the Data Protection Regulation implementation and their 2021 projections.
Inuwa insisted that non-filing of the audit report by all concerned organizations is a punishable offence, adding that NITDA is set to fully enforce this provision starting from this year.
By Etuka Sunday
The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi has reminded all data controllers and processors that the filing of their annual data audit report is 15th March, 2021. Kashifu who gave the reminder at the Virtual National Privacy Week 2021 Press Conference and Unveiling of the Weekâs Activities, warned that non-filing was a punishable offence and would be fully enforced. ââI want to use this opportunity to remind all data controllers and processors that the deadline for the filing of their annual data audit report is 15th March, 2021. Non-filing is a punishable offence and we are set to fully enforce this provision this year,ââ he said.