xi.
The policy proposes for an advisory and assistance mechanism to the
legislative authority on the appropriate time to enact changes to cybercrime
laws.
xii.
It is the policy of the Nigerian Government that cybersecurity and cybercrime
legal education be adopted into the syllabus of institutes of higher learning to
ensure that new entrants to the industry have basic knowledge and
understanding of the issues relating to cybercrime and cybersecurity.
5.2.2 Structures & Coordination
i.
It is required that there shall be a unified coordination of national
cybersecurity policies and strategies in the country. This coordination
requires a national structure to facilitate national cohesion at strategic and
tactical levels.
ii.
This policy, therefore, provides for the setting up of a National
Cybersecurity Structure, which will be the National Cybersecurity
Coordinating Center and the international focal point for cybersecurity in
the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA).
iii.
The Nigeria’s National Cybersecurity Coordinating Center shall provide the
following cybersecurity responsibilities;
•
Provide national cohesion and intervention at operational and
strategic
levels
through
the
implementation
of
a
national
cybersecurity strategy.
•
Provide coordination and implementation of cybercrime countermeasures for law enforcement and security agencies.
•
Supervise,
coordinate
and
regulate
sectoral
cybersecurity
measures.
•
Develop and provide collaborating mechanisms and countermeasures on online abuses and exploitations of Nigerian children.