Speaking
at the 9th edition of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet
Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, as part of the
Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) series, at the Cooperative Hall, Oshodi-Isolo
Secretariat, Oshodi-Lagos, Messrs Rudman and Amana applauded DigitalSENSE
Africa Media, a certified At-Large Structure (ALS) at the Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), for ensuring Nigerian Internet
stakeholders are readily represented and kept abreast of issues on Internet
Governance for Development (IG4D).
For
NIG President, Amana, Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) series has been an
expose for a lot of Nigerian Internet stakeholders, especially the students,
youth and women as well as community-based organisation (CBO).
He
urged corporate Nigeria in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
to join hands with DigitalSENSE Africa Media alongside the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC) in bringing the benefits of the Internet and
its related governance to Nigeria annually through the series.
Mr.
Rudman, who doubled as the chairman of the 2018 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum
(NDSF) series, applauded the management of DigitalSENSE for their consistency
in things that has to do with the Internet stakeholders in Nigeria.
“…
Particularly in the organisation of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet
Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable whose sole
purpose is for enlightening of the populace, especially the students, youth and
women on topical issues relating to the importance of Internet and its
governance as the Internet eco-system
evolves,” he said.
The
evolution, he also said, has reached a peak for Internet Protocol version Six
(IPv6) to take the centre stage, “hence DigitalSENSE efforts in using its
Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable to galvanise stakeholders and industry experts did not
come as a surprise to me, thus is worthy of
an applause and commendation.”
Rudman
pointed out that for them at IXPN and lately the IPv6 Council Nigeria, whose
CEO and chairman respectively he is, they hold these efforts of DigitalSENSE
Africa Media in high esteem and will continue to give utmost support to them as
far as IPv6 advocacy is concerned.
“This
is to encourage them, to continue to promote, enlighten and act as fore-bearers
of good news for such cause(s).
On
the main theme of this year for the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series: Internet Governance, Sustaining Development;
it is very important that nowadays, we must relate our activities to the
sustainability of the developmental activities in our areas, no matter how
small. After all, there is need to keep this sector viable with our various contributions so as to
enrich whatever we have as laws governing Internet activities in the country
alongside the evolving eco-system.
“Last
month, May 25th to be precise, we saw the beginning of General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe. Hence, I was not surprised that
DigitalSENSE team has session on this vis-à-vis with the Internet Protocol
version Six (IPv6) in commemoration of the World IPv6 Day. This shows
pro-activeness of the management and staff of DigitalSENSE Africa Media when it
comes to issues bordering on Internet Governance for Development,” Rudman
said.
Nenye Dom/GEE
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