The Nigerian Women in Information Technology (NWIIT) wants to team up with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to fight cybercrime and spread digital skills across the country. The group made the proposal during a visit to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja.
The visit focused on cybersecurity training, digital literacy, and how both groups can work together against cyber-enabled financial crimes. This comes as Nigeria deals with more cyber threats hitting individuals, businesses, and government bodies. As more Nigerians go online for banking and shopping, the risk of fraud and scams keeps growing too. NWIIT is a group under the Nigerian Computer Society. Its president, Oluwakemi Ayodele, said the group is focused on getting more women and girls into tech, especially cybersecurity, through its Women in Cyber Security Initiative.
“We’ll train and retrain them so that we’ll be able to spread our tentacles and cover more ground,” Ayodele said. She explained that NWIIT wants partners that can help it reach more states and communities with cybersecurity education.
“We are looking out for Commissions like the EFCC that this Initiative aligns with, that can support us, that we can collaborate with, so that we’ll be able to cover more ground, cover more people, cover more states and cover more communities in the area of cyber security,” she said.
Mohammed Hammajoda, Secretary to the EFCC, responded on behalf of the commission’s chairman, Ola Olukoyede. He welcomed the proposal and said the EFCC is ready to support it through the EFCC Academy and its Information Technology Department. Michael Nzekwe, Chief of Staff to the EFCC Chairman, also spoke at the meeting. He talked about how important it is for groups to work together to fight corruption and cyber-enabled crimes. Nzekwe said public education on cybersecurity remains one of the best ways to protect people from online fraud.
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If this partnership goes ahead, it could mean more free or low-cost cybersecurity training reaching ordinary people, not just tech professionals. NWIIT says its goal is to help more women, young professionals, and entire communities learn how to spot scams and protect themselves online. No official date, location, or rollout plan has been announced yet for the partnership or any training sessions. This article will be updated once those details become public.
Cybersecurity has become one of the Federal Government’s top priorities under its National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy. The government has said building trust and safety in Nigeria’s digital space is key to growing the wider digital economy. Partnerships like this one between professional groups and law enforcement agencies are becoming more common as Nigeria pushes its digital transformation plans forward.
This proposal is still early stage, and nothing has been signed yet. But if NWIIT and EFCC follow through, it could become one more building block in Nigeria’s effort to protect everyday internet users from a problem that keeps growing faster than awareness can keep up.
