As the Agency of the Federal Government, saddled with the responsibility of developing and regulating Information Technology in Nigeria, the National Information Technology Development Agency is empowered by its enabling Act to create a framework for the planning, research, development, standardization, application, coordination, monitoring, evaluation and regulation of Information Technology practices in Nigeria by developing standards, guidelines and regulations for that purpose. This piece of legislation provides for the establishment of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to address the breath of its mandates.