{"id":234374,"date":"2026-04-22T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/fg-inaugurates-advisory-council-to-coordinate-cybersecurity-efforts\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:35:10","slug":"fg-inaugurates-advisory-council-to-coordinate-cybersecurity-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/fg-inaugurates-advisory-council-to-coordinate-cybersecurity-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"FG inaugurates advisory council to coordinate cybersecurity efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/fg-inaugurates-advisory-council-to-coordinate-cybersecurity-efforts\/\">FG inaugurates advisory council to coordinate cybersecurity efforts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/fg-inaugurates-advisory-council-to-coordinate-cybersecurity-efforts\/\">https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/fg-inaugurates-advisory-council-to-coordinate-cybersecurity-efforts\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-22 12:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"gazettengr.com\">gazettengr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The federal government has inaugurated the National Ministerial Advisory Council to coordinate cybersecurity mitigation efforts across critical sectors in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The council, inaugurated on Wednesday in Abuja, consisted of multi-stakeholder agencies of relevance, the private sector, and the academia, among other institutions, to ensure coordination and response towards cyber threats.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, said that with 163 million internet users, 157 million mobile lines and 84 per cent 4G population coverage, cyber threats were increasing.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tijani said the country was facing about 4200 cyber attacks every week targeted at government organisations and other institutions across sectors.<\/p>\n<p>He said that increased digitalisation and the drive towards a digital economy would inevitably lead to more cyber threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stronger your digital economy becomes, the more cyber attacks you will experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question is not whether attacks will happen, but whether Nigeria is prepared to respond with coordinated national resilience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tijani said the advisory council would provide a platform for stakeholders to identify emerging risks, improve policy alignment, strengthen public-private collaboration and enhance coordinated national response.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the council will not duplicate any efforts already ongoing but align its strategies.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also said that the administration of President Bola Tinubu was committed to building a one trillion-dollar economy, adding that such ambition required widespread and meaningful digital connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Nigeria is investing about $2 billion in 90,000 kilometres of fibre-optic network nationwide to deepen connectivity across all states and geopolitical zones.<\/p>\n<p>He further said that the government was investing in 3,700 telecommunications towers to expand coverage from about 92 per&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/fg-inaugurates-advisory-council-to-coordinate-cybersecurity-efforts\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FG inaugurates advisory council to coordinate cybersecurity efforts https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/fg-inaugurates-advisory-council-to-coordinate-cybersecurity-efforts\/ Publish Date: 2026-04-22 12:15:00 Source 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