The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), managers of Nigeria’s Country Code Top Level Domain, .ng, in collaboration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have scheduled a joint NITDA/NiRA workshop to galvanise a general adoption of .ng as the domain name of choice, particularly among Nigerians.

The workshop with the theme switch to .ng is scheduled for Wednesday  September 14, 2011 at the Agip  Recital  Hall , The MUSON Center, 8/9 Marina, Onikan, Lagos. The event will commence at 10:ooam.

The .ng is Nigeria’s unique identity on the domain name space and is still not yet popular among Nigerians. Most Nigerians still use .com and .co.uk instead of our own cyber space identity .ng.

Therefore, the switch to .ng campaign is an affirmative action on the value of .ng and why the Nigerian government Ministries, Departments and Agencies should adopt the Nigerian identity. It is call to Nigerian institutions, industries, SMEs and individuals to switch to .ng. 

Expected participants at the workshop are Government MDAs, Banks, insurance companies, faith-based organizations, telecom service operators, institutions of learning, the Armed Forces, Professionals and interested public.