The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, which the government supports, will be presented to the National Assembly for approval in the coming weeks. This is a step to set up Artificial Intelligence governance in Africa’s largest economy as Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy Bosun Tijani said on Wednesday.
The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy is now not a draft after diverse communication with the government agencies, schools, industry representatives and civil society. Bosun Tijani made this announcement when he was speaking at the Crisis Management Advocacy Month 2026 Conference in Lagos.
Bosun Tijani said, “I am happy to say that Nigeria has officially made a National Artificial Intelligence Strategy. It is not a draft anymore; it is now complete. We think that our policy framework will get approval from the lawmakers in a week or two, “The minister said. Nigeria is the first African country to make a government-supported large language model that can understand and talk in local languages like Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and Ibibio and also in English.
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“This means that our local context and languages are well represented in the Artificial Intelligence landscape “, he added. The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy began in 2024. Used all over the country in 2025. The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy sees Artificial Intelligence as a way to help the economy grow, change sectors and make innovation available to everyone.
The Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy is in charge of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy. They get help from the National Information Technology Development Agency and its National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, also get help from the Nigerian Communications Commission and Galaxy Backbone.
The Crisis Management Advocacy Month was organised by CMC Connect LLP, which is also known as Perception Consulting. It brought together people who were there in person and online. They talked about the risks of Artificial Intelligence and the need for ways to respond to problems in an increasingly digital world.
