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    CVCNU seeks collaboration of NDPC to protect data of students in Universities

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    Dr. Vincent Olatunji, the National Commissioner/CEO of NDPC and Professor Yakubu Ochefu, Secretary General of CVCNU
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    The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU), is set to collaborate with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) in a bid to protect the data of students across Nigerian universities.

    The collaboration will include capacity building for Vice Chancellors and data officers in the Universities.

    During a courtesy visit by CVCNU members to Dr. Vincent Olatunji, the National Commissioner/CEO of NDPC, at the commission’s office in Abuja, on Monday, Professor Yakubu Ochefu, the Secretary General of CVCNU, called for a capacity building on data protection for senior officers of Nigerian universities.

    “We have come here to engage with you to see how we can work together and organize a capacity workshop for Vice Chancellors and Data Officers that will be employed, so that we have the template in place of what they need to do, to go through the compliance process and have everyone on-board,” he said.

    He noted that there are 264 universities with Vice Chancellors who now have a new cap to be Chief Data Protection Officers of the Universities they lead. The average VC wears four caps in the University. They serve as the Chief Accounting Officer, Executive Officer, Academic Officer, and Security Officer. “I told them that they have a new cap which is now the Chief Data Officer of their university, the VCs immediately saw the value of Data Protection from the way forms are designed in the Universities, handling personal information, posting results on the wall and so on,” he said.

    Meanwhile, the National Commissioner, Dr. Vincent Olatunji has commended the efforts of the CVCNU led by Prof. Ochefu, particularly in requesting for partnership on the Data Protection subject matter.

    “As you have proposed, we are happy to work with you immediately,” he assured.

    He explained that the education sector is crucial, especially with the volume of personal data being processed on a regular basis. “The education sector is even more peculiar, I remember when I was in University, at the end of every semester, we go to the notice board to check our results, your name, your date of birth, your matriculation number, everything about you, all your scores and grades are there. Having 2.6m students, a lot of things must have been mismanaged and neglected, it’s a very critical sector to us.”

    A Memorandum of Understanding between the NDPC and CVCNU to drive the collaboration will be signed at a later date.

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