National Information Technology Development Agency
E289541
The National Information Technology Development Agency is a Nigerian government body responsible for formulating and implementing national IT policies, regulations, and initiatives to drive the country’s digital development.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NITDA | 1 |
| National Information Technology Development Agency canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2712378 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Information Technology Development Agency Context triple: [NiRA, coordinatesWith, National Information Technology Development Agency]
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A.
Tamil Nadu Information Technology and Digital Services Department
The Tamil Nadu Information Technology and Digital Services Department is the state government body responsible for formulating and implementing policies, infrastructure, and initiatives related to information technology, e-governance, and digital services in Tamil Nadu.
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B.
NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog is the Government of India’s premier policy think tank responsible for driving cooperative federalism and formulating long-term economic and developmental strategies.
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C.
Information Technology Bureau
The Information Technology Bureau is the New York City Police Department division responsible for developing, managing, and securing the department’s technology, communications, and data systems.
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D.
Antrix Corporation
Antrix Corporation is the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), responsible for marketing and selling India’s space products and services globally.
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E.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy and managing federal use of spectrum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Information Technology Development Agency Target entity description: The National Information Technology Development Agency is a Nigerian government body responsible for formulating and implementing national IT policies, regulations, and initiatives to drive the country’s digital development.
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A.
Tamil Nadu Information Technology and Digital Services Department
The Tamil Nadu Information Technology and Digital Services Department is the state government body responsible for formulating and implementing policies, infrastructure, and initiatives related to information technology, e-governance, and digital services in Tamil Nadu.
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B.
NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog is the Government of India’s premier policy think tank responsible for driving cooperative federalism and formulating long-term economic and developmental strategies.
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C.
Information Technology Bureau
The Information Technology Bureau is the New York City Police Department division responsible for developing, managing, and securing the department’s technology, communications, and data systems.
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D.
Antrix Corporation
Antrix Corporation is the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), responsible for marketing and selling India’s space products and services globally.
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E.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy and managing federal use of spectrum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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information technology agency ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Central Bank of Nigeria
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National Identity Management Commission ⓘ Nigerian Communications Commission ⓘ international development partners ⓘ state governments in Nigeria ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| field |
ICT policy
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ICT regulation ⓘ cybersecurity policy ⓘ data protection ⓘ digital economy ⓘ digital innovation ⓘ e‑government ⓘ information technology ⓘ |
| governmentLevel | federal ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://nitda.gov.ng/ ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Nigeria ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Abuja ⓘ |
| issues |
IT policy guidelines
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regulations for IT service providers to government ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Nigeria
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surface form:
Federal Republic of Nigeria
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | government parastatal ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
West Africa Time (WAT)
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surface form:
West Africa Time
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| parentOrganization | Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy ⓘ |
| purpose |
capacity building in information technology
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development of IT infrastructure ⓘ development of IT standards and guidelines ⓘ formulation of national IT policy ⓘ implementation of national IT policy ⓘ promotion of Nigeria’s digital development ⓘ promotion of digital literacy ⓘ promotion of e‑government services ⓘ regulation of information technology in Nigeria ⓘ support for ICT innovation and startups ⓘ |
| regulatoryScope |
IT standards for government systems
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data protection regulation in Nigeria ⓘ information technology projects in federal public institutions ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
developing frameworks for e‑government in Nigeria
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driving Nigeria’s digital transformation agenda ⓘ national IT development in Nigeria ⓘ supporting ICT research and development in Nigeria ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName |
National Information Technology Development Agency
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NITDA
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Information Technology Development Agency Description of subject: The National Information Technology Development Agency is a Nigerian government body responsible for formulating and implementing national IT policies, regulations, and initiatives to drive the country’s digital development.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Information Technology Development Agency
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shortName
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National Information Technology Development Agency
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
NITDA