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The adoption and use of the Country
Code Top Level Domain name (ccTLD ),
Nigeria’ s . ng, is on the upward swing, as
the figure hits 100 , 000 .This statistic was
given yesterday by the Nigeria Internet
Registration Association (NiRA), when
the management team paid a courtesy
visit to Rutam House, headquarters of
The Guardian newspapers .
The increase witnessed in the adoption
of . ng may have shown a gradual
decline in the patronage of foreign
domain names by individuals and
businesses in Nigeria, which has been
the norm for years and had
subsequently , resulted in increased
capital flight from the economy .
Countries around the world strive to
promote their respective domain
systems in order to retain substantial
part of the Internet expenditure in -
country .NiRA team, led by the President,
Sunday Folayan , informed that Nigeria ’s
.ng ranked second largest after South
Africa, which has about one million
registered . za. in Africa .
Folayan , who described NiRA as one of
the best successes and story of Public
Private Partnership in Nigeria , said the
new data showed an improvement in
the number of domain registrations,
stressing that Nigerians have re -
strategised in their plans for promoting
their online business and hence there is
improvement in the domain name
count .
The NiRA President commended The
Guardian for championing the course of
.ng in the country , especially, as it
relates to adoption and several print
privileges that the domain name has
enjoyed through the platform.
Speaking more on the .ng adoption ,
Head, Business Development , NiRA, Mrs .
Kemi Adepoju , said the association is
doing everything possible to further
populate its use in Nigeria , which
include promotions, use of youths as
ambassador, to identify and convince
companies not using the domain name
to adopt it; use of the social media
platforms to passage messages and
enlighten the public.
The Chief Operating Officer of NiRA,
Mrs . Edith Udeagwu , informed that
Nigeria will be hosting this year ’s
African Network Information Center
(AFRINIC ) open public policy meetings
from November 27 to December 4 th in
Lagos. AFRINIC is the regional Internet
registry (RIR ) for Africa . It hosts two
open public policy meetings every year
in various locations throughout its
service region .
Udeagwu, who disclosed that Folayan
doubles as the Chairman of AFRINIC
board, informed that several issues that
borders on Internet Protocol (IP )
development , especially migration from
IPv4 to IPv 6 will be discussed , where
experts will sensitise on what Nigeria
and other African countries must do to
migrate as fast as possible to avoid
Internet blackout .
Giving more insight on the dangers of
not migrating , Head , Technical
Department , Abubakar Muhammed ,
Nigeria must do everything possible to
avoid Internet shut, saying that the
consequences are dire .
Muhammed said the AFRINIC
conference will be opening another
vista in Internet development across the
world, “ so Nigeria must not be left
behind in adoption .”
Folayan added that the AFRINIC
meetings provide unique opportunities
for Internet - related individuals and
organisations to gather and to discuss
the policies governing Internet number
resource distribution in the African
region . The meetings , he added , would
serve as platforms to share technical
knowledge , and to attend workshops
and tutorials .
SOURCE: mosyloaded
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