The Federal Government has launched National Digital Trustmark for online companies in collaboration with key government institutions like the Corporate Affairs Commission, the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Nigerian Communications Commission. 

The Trustmark would curb online frauds, identity theft, scamming and forgery and ensure trust, competitiveness, integrity and confidence in Nigeria online and digital business platforms. 

The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa announced this in Abuja at a news conference.

He stated that the National Digital Trustmark has become imperative considering the concerns globally over online and e-commerce business activities with Nigerians and in Nigeria.

According to Inuwa, it was saddening for Nigerians to be classified as scammers and fraudsters especially in relation to how online businesses are conducted.

He further gave instances of times citizens would make payments for goods online and thereafter, get scammed and blocked, or cases where whatever citizens purchased online were not delivered according to specifications.