NAICOM patners NDPC on data protection

Mariam Abeeb

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has pledged to work with the National Data Protection Commission (NDPC) on data protection.
The Commissioner for Insurance/CEO NAICOM Olusegun Omosehin, said this when he received in his office the National Commissioner/CEO National Data Protection Commission Vincent Olatunji on a courtesy visit in Abuja.
In his welcome remarks,the CFI assured Olatunji and members of his team of NAICOM’s readiness to collaborate with the NPDC towards the attainment of the mandates of the respective Agencies.
He highlighted the key functions of NAICOM and areas of mutual benefits.
In his response, Olatunji thanked the CFI for the warm reception and stated that the NPDC being one of the agencies newly created by the Federal Government, was at NAICOM to create awareness on the data protection law as well as seek the cooperation of NAICOM and collaboration to entrench data protection policy among its regulated entities.
The National Commissioner stated that the NDPC is first taking the step to create awareness and build capacity before full enforcement of the law on protection of data privacy in the counry.