National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2024 (Draft)

Record NG-01

Issued by: Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE)
Jurisdiction: Nigeria
Level · region: National · Sub-Saharan Africa
Published / adopted: 2024-08
Last updated: 2025-09
Language: English

Summary

Draft national AI strategy (marked 'DRAFT') with a risk-assessment approach (accuracy, bias, transparency, governance), a responsible-AI pillar with a proposed AI Ethics Expert Group or National AI Ethics Commission, and a governance pillar calling for an AI regulatory body and a risk-management framework.

Safety topics

accountability & liabilityevaluation & testinghuman oversight

Scope

Borderline scope Mainly a strategy for AI infrastructure, ecosystem, adoption and skills, with responsible and ethical AI and AI governance as two of its five pillars; included as the draft of Nigeria's national AI strategy.

Status notes

Released Aug 2024 for consultation; superseded by the final NAIS of Sept 2025.

Sources

Open the official source https://ncair.nitda.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/National-AI-Strategy_01082024-copy.pdf

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-18 04:05:37 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/NG-01/2026-10-11/official.pdf

Retrieved 2026-10-11 14:01:49 UTC

SHA-256 de99c4762851fd066f65458dff4f08d506305346325d680e1fee4a6717358dcc

Verification

The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-18 · official-url-fetched

Recheck of 18 Oct 2026. Stored: the draft strategy PDF from ncair.nitda.gov.ng (11 Oct 2026, 73 pages; a new download on 18 Oct 2026 timed out, so the 11 Oct copy is the one read), which confirms the title, the 'DRAFT' marking on every page, the August 2024 date, the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy as author and the content summarised. That the final strategy of September 2025 (NG-02) replaced it, the September 2025 date_last_updated and the notes rest on the final strategy's PDF, which is stored only for record NG-02; the attempt to store it for this record on 18 Oct 2026 timed out (ncair.nitda.gov.ng did not answer, so robots.txt could not be checked). Those values are left as published.

Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 5 field(s) supported.

History

2026-10-18scope_note: – → Mainly a strategy for AI infrastructure, ecosystem, adoption and skills, with re — added: mainly a development strategy with responsible AI and governance as two of its five pillars (page 27), the same case as NG-02 and the strategies given a scope_note in recent rechecks2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2026-10-18legal_force: Non-binding → Proposed — Non-binding changed to Proposed: the document is marked 'DRAFT' on every page and was never adopted in this form; the register records unadopted drafts of policies and strategies as Proposed, including withdrawn or replaced ones (ZA-01, KH-01, BD-01, KE-02)2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

Nigeria NAIS Nigeria · Published (non-binding, current)

Citation

Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE). National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2024 (Draft). 2024-08. https://ncair.nitda.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/National-AI-Strategy_01082024-copy.pdf. Status: Superseded; verified 2026-10-18 (level A). Local copy archive/NG-01/2026-10-11/official.pdf retrieved 2026-10-11 14:01:49 UTC, SHA-256 de99c4762851fd066f65458dff4f08d506305346325d680e1fee4a6717358dcc. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record NG-01.

Improve this record

Know of an amendment, a status change or an error? Report news or an error on GitHub; the form opens with this record filled in.