NIA Budgets N4.87bn To Monitor Calls, Messages On Mobile Devices

The National Intelligence Agency NIA has said it needs the whooping sum of N4.87bn to track, intercept and monitor calls and messages on mobile devices, including Thuraya and WhatsApp.

The budget according to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Barau Jibrin, is meant to procure equipment for the military and to fight further spread of COVID-19.NIA Budgets N4.87bn To Monitor Calls, Messages On Mobile DevicesThis amount is part of the N895.8bn supplementary budget submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari last month and approved by both chambers of the federal parliament in the previous week week after increasing it by about N87bn.
A detailed report of the supplementary budget revealed that the National Intelligence Agency NIA would spend N2,938,650,000 on the Thuraya interception solution and N1, 931,700,000 on WhatsApp interception solution.

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The National Assembly has, however, approved the budget for the. In additoj to this, the NIA got another N129m to enable its personnel embark on foreign training.
Meanwhile, the Defence Intelligence Agency, on its part, got a capital vote of N16.8bn to provide infrastructure, cyber intelligence centre/laboratory, independent lawful intercept platform (voice and advanced data monitoring) and tactical mobile geological platform.NIA Budgets N4.87bn To Monitor Calls, Messages On Mobile DevicesNIA Budgets N4.87bn To Monitor Calls, Messages On Mobile DevicesTRENDING VIDEO OF THE DAY: Policeman Suffers Broad Day Light Robbery On Duty Photos Credit: Getty

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