# Nigeria

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Nigeria
- **ISO code**: NG
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Africa / Western Africa

## In brief

Nigeria has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, none of them binding. Instruments on record: National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2024, strategy, proposed). The draft strategy sets out Nigeria's vision for AI across five pillars: infrastructure, a thriving AI ecosystem, sectoral adoption, responsible and ethical AI, and governance.

## Overview

The draft strategy sets out Nigeria's vision for AI across five pillars: infrastructure, a thriving AI ecosystem, sectoral adoption, responsible and ethical AI, and governance.

## Regulatory status

Instruments on record: National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2024, strategy, proposed). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: National Artificial Intelligence Strategy.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.

## Official sources

- National Artificial Intelligence Strategy — National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NITDA) — https://ncair.nitda.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/National-AI-Strategy_01082024-copy.pdf

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **National Artificial Intelligence Strategy** — National strategy, Proposed, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nigeria-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/nigeria-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-regulation-nigeria
- **Official source**: https://ncair.nitda.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/National-AI-Strategy_01082024-copy.pdf
- **Source document**: National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
- **Published by**: National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NITDA)
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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