Despite the CBN’s Prohibition on Crypto, the NITDA Charges Startups to Disrupt the Status Quo
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The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA),Mallam Kashifu Inuwa has charged stakeholders in the information Technology ecosystem to disrupt the status quo. The DG who made this charge in Lagos, Nigeria during a three day working visit to the state said innovation starts from startups.
He called on stakeholders in Information Technology to come up with new business models, and ways to change things, new organizational structure and disrupt the status quo which would accelerate digitalization.
DG NITDA CHARGES IT STAKEHOLDERS TO DISRUPT THE STATUS-QUO
— NITDA Nigeria (@NITDANigeria) May 24, 2021
The Director General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE has charged the Information Technology ecosystem stakeholders to disrupt the status quo pic.twitter.com/CZRYKnttDp
Mallam Kashifu also said the agency look at digital transformation from two lenses, digitalization which is using digital technology to enhance existing services and digitalization which is delivering rapid business innovation. He added that “but to achieve that, we need you, the startups. Innovation starts from startups, we look at innovations as a process, which is taking ideas from inception to impact which can be difficult.”
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The call by the Agency’s Director General comes just over four months after the Central Bank prohibited Financial Institutions from facilitating transactions involving cryptocurrency. The Apex Bank in a circular sent to financial institutions mandate Financial Institutions should identify accounts used for cryptocurrencies and close the accounts.
While the Nigerian Senate had sat because of the issue, opposing the CBN’s prohibition. Senator Abiru Tokunbo said the prohibition will not be sufficient to solve the reasons for the prohibition as outlined by the Apex Bank. He said quoting “Even our Security Exchange Commission (SEC) also recognized cryptocurrency as a financial asset they need to regulate”. Despite this, the Banker’s Bank has still held onto its position.
The Director General of the Agency (NITDA) said the President has expanded the Ministry’s mandates to cover digital economy because communication is just a tool which is a means to an end, but digital economy us using technology to improve the economic status. The President also mentioned the NITDA’s focus is on the startups and IT stakeholders.
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