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color:#1F497D'>Congratulations .ng <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> africann-bounces@afrinic.net
[mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Anne-Rachel Inné<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Jumanne, Mei 19, 2009 1:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> africann@afrinic.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AfrICANN-discuss] Nigeria Attains Full Control of .ng ccTLD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=143666">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=143666</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;
margin-left:0in'>Nigeria Attains Full Control of .ng ccTLD<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>By Efem
Nkanga, 05.18.2009</span></tt><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Nigerian Internet community has effected the redelegation of the
.ng ccTLD and attained full local management of the domain. The President,
Internet Registration Association of Nigeria , Engr Ndukwe Kalu, disclosed this
in a statement made available to THISDAY yesterday.<br>
Ndukwe stated that Nigeria had for long sought for full control which if
finally attained at ‘’exactly 4pm GMT May 13, 2009, when Verisign made
the ICANN approved root server changes to the .ng ccTLD, a few hours later
ICANN/IANA effected the board approved redelegation of the Nigerian ccTLD on
the IANA website’’ He reiterated that ‘’This effectively brings to an end the
long drawn desire and expectation of the Nigerian Internet community to effect
redelegation of the .ng ccTLD and full local management’’.<br>
Ndukwe went down memory lane and disclosed that the .ng ccTLD journey started
in 1995 with the first delegation to one of Mrs Ibukun Odusote as
the then admin contact. He added that by 2004 with the intervention of the
former president of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo the Nigerian Internet
community represented by the G22 reached a consensus on a not for profit all
inclusive body to manage the .ng ccTLD. With the formation and final election
of the NIRA executive board in May 2007 the stage was then set for conclusion
of the redelegation process and fully localize the management of the ng cc TLD<br>
He added that the attempt to obtain full control met with a lot of challenges
because as a totally new entity the executive had to concentrate on putting in
place the required structure and infrastructure that would sustain the .ng
ccTLD. He added that the efforts has however paid off because the .ng ccTLD
would now be offering its domains in the ccTLD with the most robust technical
infrastructure in Africa . The .ng ccTLD according to him is the only ccTLD
with multiple anycast name servers offering local resolutions of .ng domain in
over 40 cities in five continents with a 100% uptime guarantee. He reiterated
that apart from that Nigeria is the second country in Africa to have a fully
automated registry with full EPP access making it of global standard that allow
registrars from all over the world to interact with it. Now with the
Nigerian registry anyone can register a .ng in seconds and be sure that the
name would always be available and visitors to the websites would get
translations of the domain names in over 40 local cities making for better web
experience.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Ndukwe added that this was a defining moment for the Nigerian
Internet community and Nigerians. He added that the redelgation makes
NIRA the sponsoring organization and manager of the .nccTLD bringing the
.ng as desired to the greater participation of all stakeholders both government
and private sector. He stressed that it has also accorded the former head of
NITDA the late Prof Ajayi a new peace as one of his key desires comes to pass
and his name is rested from the IANA website. According to him, with the change
NIRA has deemphasized personalization of the domain managers but rather has
used roles with the admin contact as the role of NIRA President.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> He also emphasized that the issue NIRA has to grapple with now is that
of the full population of the .ng ccTLD, a task which he described as very
daunting because of the primary reason that all of the African ccTLDs put
together cannot make the ccTLD Top 25. He stated that for an Information Age
where the main asset is knowledge, a firm presence in cyberspace cannot be
overemphasized. According to him NIRA is set to tackle this challenge by
massively pursuing the population of the .ng ccTLD. It would start this
quest by coming out with key projects to achieve this. The vision of NIRA is
domiciled in making Nigeria to make the ccTLD top 20 by year 2011.
He emphasised that this vision is not just for the sake of making the top 20
but to positively impact the Nigerian economy because with the development of
the Nigerian cyberspace countless opportunities would be born for both the
state and citizens.<o:p></o:p></p>
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