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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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africann-bounces@afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Anne-Rachel Inné<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:57
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> africann@afrinic.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [AfrICANN-discuss]
Nigeria Attains Full Control of .ng ccTLD</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><a href="http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=143666">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=143666</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;
margin-left:0in'><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font
size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Nigeria</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region>
Attains Full Control of .ng ccTLD<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><tt><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>By Efem Nkanga, 05.18.2009</span></font></tt><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> . 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 <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:country-region> is the second country in <st1:place
w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> 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></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> 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
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:place></st1:country-region>
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></span></font></p>
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