{"id":118225,"date":"2024-05-07T11:32:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T10:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy"},"modified":"2024-05-07T17:36:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T16:36:12","slug":"serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy","title":{"rendered":"SERAP gives Nigerian govt 48 hours to reverse cybersecurity levy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has given the Federal Government 48 hours to withdraw the 0.5% \u2018cybersecurity levy\u2019 imposed on Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>This is contained in a statement on its official X handle on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>SERAP threatened to drag the Federal Government to court if the \u201cgrossly unlawful\u201d directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria is not withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads, \u201cThe Tinubu administration must immediately withdraw the grossly unlawful CBN directive to implement section 44 of the Cybercrime Act 2024, which imposes a 0.5% \u2018cybersecurity levy\u2019 on Nigerians. We\u2019ll see in court if the directive is not withdrawn within 48 hours.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, had in a circular on Monday, directed banks to levy a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity charge on electronic transactions effective May 20, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The CBN clarified that the levy would be separately \u201creflected in the customer\u2019s account\u201d as \u201cCybersecurity Levy\u201d and \u201capplied at the point of electronic transfer origination, then deducted and remitted by the financial institution.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has given the Federal Government 48 hours to withdraw the 0.5% \u2018cybersecurity levy\u2019 imposed on Nigerians. 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SERAP threatened to drag the Federal Government to court if the \u201cgrossly unlawful\u201d directive by the Central [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":118224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,254,641],"class_list":["post-118225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-serap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SERAP gives Nigerian govt 48 hours to reverse cybersecurity levy - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has given the Federal Government 48 hours to withdraw the 0.5% \u2018cyb ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SERAP gives Nigerian govt 48 hours to reverse cybersecurity levy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has given the Federal Government 48 hours to withdraw the 0.5% \u2018cyb ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-07T10:32:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-07T16:36:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/sm_1715069150.384198.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"SERAP gives Nigerian govt 48 hours to reverse cybersecurity levy\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-07T10:32:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-07T16:36:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy\"},\"wordCount\":179,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/sm_1715069150.384198.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"SERAP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/serap-gives-nigerian-govt-48-hours-to-reverse-cybersecurity-levy\",\"name\":\"SERAP gives Nigerian govt 48 hours to reverse cybersecurity levy - 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