NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of contents...............................................................................................................................2

Part I .................................................................................................................................................3

General Provision .............................................................................................................................3

Part II General Mandates on Disaster Recovery Plan ......................................................................3

Part III Responsibilities of the Network Facility and Service Provider Plan ..................................6

Part IV Responsibilities of the Regulatory Authority.......................................................................7

Part V Miscellaneous .......................................................................................................................8

Schedule I Guidelines 3 (1) ...........................................................................................................11

Disaster Preparedness, Recovery and Communications Guidelines for all

Telecommunications Network Facility and Service Providers......................................11

1.0 Disaster Preparedness...............................................................................................................11

1.1 Telecommunication Asset Management ..................................................................................11

1.2 Physical Security ......................................................................................................................11

1.3 Communications and Operation Management .........................................................................13

1.4 Information Security.................................................................................................................14

1.5 Resilience of Building Structure ..............................................................................................14

2.0 Emergency Communications ...................................................................................................17

2.1 Responsibilities of Network facility and service provider in Emergency Communication .....17

Schedule II Guidelines 3..........................................................................................................18

Structure and Contents of Disaster Recovery Plan..................................................................18

Annexture A Guidelines 3: Disaster Response and Recovery Fail-over Flow Diagram .......23

Application

These Guidelines shall apply to all communications network facility and service providers in Nigeria. 2. Objectives These Guidelines seek to address the major causes of communications system failures such as emergencies, disasters, terrorist or cyber-attacks, loss of infrastructure and network congestion; and in this regards: (1) To provide for a disaster preparedness and recovery regulatory framework for telecommunications network facility and service providers. (2) To ensure business continuity and information sharing during and after emergencies or disasters. (3) To enhance collaboration amongst network facility and service providers to facilitate network resilience and faster restoration of service. (4) To mandate network facility and service providers to adopt mutual aid agreement. (5) To enhance consumer education to better prepare for future emergencies. (6) To supplement the general regulatory framework on emergency and disaster recovery in Nigeria.