The National Data Protection Bureau ('NDPB') announced, on 25 February 2023, that the Federal Executive Council ('FEC') had approved the draft Data Protection Bill, 2022, which will be transmitted to the National Assembly as an Executive Bill through the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation. In particular, the NDPB recalled that its establishment was approved by the President Muhammadu Buhari on 4 February 2022.

Moreover, the NDPB highlighted that it was mandated to study, and implement the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, 2019 and to coordinate the passage of an enabling Act for data protection. Furthermore, the NDPB emphasised that the Head of Legal, Enforcement and Regulations of the NDPB, Barr Babatunde Bamigboye, highlighted in a signed statement that "The central objective of the Bill is to safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms, and the interests of data subjects, as guaranteed under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, by providing for the regulation of the processing of personal data; […] Promoting data processing practices that safeguard the security of personal data and privacy of data subjects; ensuring that personal data is processed in a fair, lawful and accountable manner. [...] Protecting data subjects' rights as well as providing means of recourse and remedies in the event of the breaches; ensuring that data controllers and data processors fulfill their obligations to data subjects […]".

You can read the press release here.