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This concluding installment of our GAID Series completes the comprehensive analysis
of Nigeria’s new data protection regime. Having established the institutional framework
(Series 1) and defined the core operational compliance duties and data subject rights
(Series 2), Series 3 now shifts focus to the advanced regulatory challenges that will shape
Nigeria’s future digital economy.

This final part delves into the most forward-looking and critical aspects of the Nigeria
Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023, operationalized by the General Application and
Implementation Directive (GAID) 2025.

We explore the mechanisms designed to ensure that the regulatory framework is future-proof, globally integrated, and robustly enforced.

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