the	
  functions	
  of	
  the	
  relevant	
  security	
  and	
  enforcement	
  agencies	
  under	
  this	
  Act.	
  
(2)	
   The	
   Attorney	
   –	
   General	
   of	
   the	
   Federation	
   shall	
   strengthen	
   and	
   enhance	
   the	
  
existing	
  legal	
  framework	
  to	
  ensure	
  –	
  

42.	
  

43.	
  

(a)	
   conformity	
   of	
   Nigeria’s	
   cybercrime	
   and	
   cyber	
   security	
   laws	
   and	
   policies	
   with	
  
regional	
  and	
  international	
  standards;	
  
	
  
(b)	
   maintenance	
   of	
   international	
   co-­‐operation	
   required	
   for	
   preventing	
   and	
  
combating	
  	
  cybercrimes	
  and	
  promoting	
  cyber	
  security;	
  and	
  
	
  
(c)	
  effective	
  prosecution	
  of	
  cybercrimes	
  and	
  cyber	
  security	
  matters.	
  
	
  
(3)	
   All	
   law	
   enforcement,	
   security	
   and	
   intelligence	
   agencies	
   shall	
   develop	
   requisite	
  
institutional	
   capacity	
   for	
   the	
   effective	
   implementation	
   of	
   the	
   provisions	
   of	
   this	
   Act	
  
and	
   shall	
   in	
   collaboration	
   with	
   the	
   Office	
   of	
   the	
   National	
   Security	
   Adviser,	
   initiate,	
  
develop	
   or	
   organize	
   training	
   programmers	
   nationally	
   or	
   internationally	
   for	
   officers	
  
charged	
   with	
   the	
   responsibility	
   for	
   the	
   prohibition,	
   prevention,	
   detection,	
  
investigation	
  and	
  prosecution	
  of	
  cybercrimes.	
  	
  
	
  
(1)	
  There	
  is	
  established,	
  a	
  Cybercrime	
  Advisory	
  Council	
  (in	
  this	
  Act	
  referred	
  to	
  as	
  “the	
  
Council”)	
   which	
   shall	
   comprise	
   of	
   a	
   representative	
   each,	
   of	
   the	
   Ministries	
   and	
  
Agencies	
  listed	
  under	
  the	
  First	
  Schedule	
  to	
  this	
  Act.	
  
	
  
(2)	
  A	
  representative	
  appointed	
  pursuant	
  to	
  subsection	
  (1)	
  of	
  this	
  section	
  shall	
  be	
  an	
  
officer	
  not	
  below	
  the	
  Directorate	
  Cadre	
  in	
  the	
  Public	
  Service	
  or	
  its	
  equivalent.	
  
	
  
(3)	
  A	
  member	
  of	
  the	
  Council	
  shall	
  cease	
  to	
  hold	
  office	
  if	
  –	
  
	
  
(a)	
   he	
   ceases	
   to	
   hold	
   the	
   office	
   on	
   the	
   basis	
   of	
   which	
   he	
   became	
   a	
   member	
   of	
   the	
  
Council;	
  or	
  
	
  
(b)	
   the	
   President	
   is	
   satisfied	
   that	
   it	
   is	
   not	
   in	
   the	
   public	
   interest	
   for	
   the	
   person	
   to	
  
continue	
  in	
  office	
  as	
  a	
  member	
  of	
  the	
  Council.	
  
	
  
(4)	
   The	
   meetings	
   of	
   the	
   Council	
   shall	
   be	
   presided	
   over	
   by	
   the	
   National	
   Security	
  
Adviser.	
  	
  
	
  
(5)	
  The	
  Council	
  shall	
  meet	
  at	
  least	
  four	
  times	
  in	
  a	
  year	
  and	
  whenever	
  it	
  is	
  convened	
  
by	
  the	
  National	
  Security	
  Adviser.	
  	
  
	
  
(1)	
  The	
  Council	
  shall	
  –	
  
	
  
(a)	
   create	
   an	
   enabling	
   environment	
   for	
   members	
   to	
   share	
   knowledge,	
   experience,	
  
intelligence	
   and	
   information	
   on	
   a	
   regular	
   basis	
   and	
   shall	
   provide	
   recommendations	
  
on	
   issues	
   relating	
   to	
   the	
   prevention	
   and	
   combating	
   of	
   cybercrimes	
   and	
   the	
  
promotion	
  of	
  cyber	
  security	
  in	
  Nigeria;	
  
	
  
	
  

Establishment	
  of	
  
the	
  Cybercrime	
  
Advisory	
  Council.	
  
	
  

Functions	
  and	
  
powers	
  of	
  the	
  
Council.	
  
	
  

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