[AfrICANN-discuss] NITDA, Nira Sign Pact On Nigeria Web

[Vincent Ngundi]

Congratulations to NITDA and the people of .ng.

Regards,

-Vincent

On Jan 18, 2008, at 2:30 PM, Dr Yassin Mshana wrote:

> Thanks ar,
>
> Well done NITDA!!!
> This has now become possible.
> Good luck <.ng> in serving the society.
>
> Yassin
> (Abuja)
>
> On 18/01/2008, Anne-Rachel Inné <annerachel at gmail.com> wrote:  
> NITDA, Nira Sign Pact On Nigeria Web
>
> This Day (Lagos) http://allafrica.com/stories/200801170278.html
>
>
> NEWS
> 17 January 2008
> Posted to the web 17 January 2008
> Lagos
> National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and  
> Nigerian Internet Re-gistration Association (NiRA), yesterday in  
> Abuja, signed a memorandum of understanding MoU for management of  
> the nation's web domain.
>
> The address of the country's web domain is .ng. The MOU gave NiRA  
> the sole authority to administer the Nigerian Country Code Top  
> Level Domain (cctld).ng.
>
>
> Professor Cleopas Angaye, NITDA Director General, said at  
> theceremony, that "with this development, all government  
> Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) should take measure to  
> establish their presence on the web."MDA's should ensure that any  
> existing web sites are migrated to the country's top level .ng  
> domain. Section 17(4) of the Information Technology Act makes it an  
> offence for anyone to disregard such guidelines issued under the  
> act," he said, adding that NiRA would facilitate the tracking of  
> "419" mails emanating from the country.
>
> Mr Ndukwe Kalu, NiRA President, said the Association would work to  
> ensure that the .ng domain competed favourably with other domains  
> globally and appealed to Nigerians both at home and in the  
> Diaspora, whom he claimed owned over a million domains, to migrate  
> to the .ng domain.
>
> "The .ng domain will present a platform for an internet revolution  
> on the African continent," he said.Kalu said the network would have  
> multiple servers hosted in serval points, both in and outside the  
> country to ensureoptimal operation.
>
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