Admin l Tuesday, August 22, 2017
VICTORIA ISLAND, Lagos – Nigeria now ranks number three, coming behind the United Kingdom and the Unites States of America, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has said. It added that Nigeria recorded an estimated loss of N127billion to cyber crime in 2015.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NCC , Prof. Umar Danbatta made the revelation at the ongoing 2017 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
He said “There are 91.6million internet users in Nigeria. N127billion was the estimated loss to cybercrime in Nigeria in 2015, Nigeria ranks third in global internet crimes behind the UK and US.
“A critical factor militataibg against Africa’s economic resurgence is the weakness of its institutions. Nigeria ranks 169 out of 199 on the World Bank’s ease of doing business rankings, we are in a middle of a revolution and the rise of what we call the networked society.
“The NCC stipulates the laws of engagement that will make the cyberspace safe and ensure the confidence as well as the safety of the cyberspace. There are benefits and risks of the use of cyberspace and both has to be properly managed”, he said.
Responding to questions on unsolicited text messages, Danbatta said the NCC had launched a campaign in March 15 to provide a solution to the issue of unsolicited text messages.
“We have provided a facility to stop subscribers from receiving unsolicited text messages as well as a facility for subscribers to subscribe to text messages.
“Send STOP to 2442 to unsubscribe to text messgaes, if the messages keep coming, dial 622 which is a toll free number and the NCC will wade into the matter and ensure those messages stop,” he said.
