The Federal Government, through the Galaxy Backbone, has launched the 1Government Cloud Academy, a strategic move to advance the country’s transition to a paperless civil service and enhance communication across Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).
The initiative was spotlighted during the 2025 International Civil Service Conference held in Abuja, which President Bola Tinubu attended.
Declaring the conference open, Tinubu underscored the strategic importance of data in governance, describing it as “the new oil,” but unlike oil, he said its value increases with refinement and responsible use.
The President directed all ministries, departments, and agencies to rigorously capture data, safeguard it under the Nigerian Data Protection Act (2023), and release it in ways that drive public value, ensuring alignment with international data privacy standards.
“We must let our data speak for us,” Tinubu said. “We must publish verified data assets locally and share them globally. This will enable international benchmarking and strengthen Nigeria’s standing on the world stage.”
He further stressed that data sovereignty and privacy must be rigorously preserved within local and allied data centres.
