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The Federal Government has unveiled the National Digital Trustmark Initiative, a caller strategy designed to verify and certify authentic e-commerce websites and platforms successful Nigeria.
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, unveiled the inaugural successful Abuja connected Thursday.
He said it was aimed to boost nationalist assurance successful e-commerce, support consumers from fraud, and heighten Nigeria’s planetary integer reputation.
According to him, the Trustmark volition service arsenic a verifiable seal of authenticity for morganatic e-commerce platforms, ensuring Nigerians tin transact safely and securely successful the integer space.
The NITDA brag noted that integer system had been Nigeria’s fastest-growing assemblage for astir 5 years, surpassing lipid and state and different cardinal sectors successful its publication to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
“The integer system has already bypassed the lipid and state assemblage successful presumption of publication to our GDP. Today, the services assemblage contributes implicit 58% to Nigeria’s GDP, and astir each these services are powered by integer technology,” helium said.
He besides noted that portion digitisation had created immense opportunities, it had besides brought challenges specified arsenic cyber fraud, individuality theft, and fake online platforms that erode nationalist spot and discourage online transactions.
“Technology is simply a double-edged sword. As bully actors usage it to heighten productivity and efficiency, atrocious actors exploit it to origin harm.
“Many radical are discouraged from buying and selling online owed to deficiency of spot and confidence. This besides affects our planetary reputation, arsenic Nigeria is often unfairly stigmatised arsenic a hub for cybercrime,” helium added.
Inuwa explained that the Digital Trustmark was portion of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda to beforehand integer inclusion, support consumers, and fortify spot successful e-commerce economy.
The inaugural which was co-created by NITDA and the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), is supported by GIZ, the German planetary improvement bureau successful Nigeria.
Under the caller framework, e-commerce platforms volition show the Trustmark seal connected their websites and platforms
The seal, which tin beryllium scanned oregon clicked for verification, volition corroborate that the level is genuine, legally registered, and trusted to present worth for wealth successful prime goods and services online.
The verification process, helium said, would see manual and automated checks specified arsenic firm registration (CAC), Know Your Customer (KYC) documentation, and code validation. Once approved, the concern volition beryllium issued a Trustmark certificate and a integer badge for show connected its platform.
“The seal volition marque it casual for citizens to separate betwixt reliable and unreliable e-commerce websites and platforms. With the Trustmark, radical tin easy place verified platforms and transact safely,” helium said.
The project, supported by GIZ, has NACCIMA and NITDA, among others, arsenic large stakeholders.
The implementation signifier of the Trustmark volition diagnostic a portal and mobile app for managing certification lifecycles, issuance, validation, revocation, and renewal and licensed verifiers who volition onboard online sellers and e-commerce level owners.
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