Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) discussed cloud-computing rules and artificial intelligence applications with Google, according to an agency account published on February 26, 2026.
NITDA Director-General Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi hosted Charles Murito, Google’s director of government affairs and public policy for sub-Saharan Africa, and his team.
Okay News reports that the discussions included the National Sovereign Cloud Initiative and revisions to Nigeria’s Cloud First Guidelines. NITDA said feedback from government and industry had informed the work.
Murito discussed possible applications in education and healthcare. The agency’s account described policy discussions, without announcing a commercial agreement or public-service deployment.
Aminu Lawal, the director-general’s policy adviser, presented an update on the cloud initiative. The guidelines were described as nearing completion at the time of the meeting.
NITDA’s account of the Google meeting said data classification was among the issues addressed through those consultations, as officials worked on rules for secure cloud adoption.
