Babatunde Bamigboye Esq. is the Head of the Legal Enforcement
and Regulations Department, of the Nigeria Data Protection
Commission. He has vast experience in Litigation, Legislative
Drafting, Arbitration and 20 years of experience in capacity building.
Babatunde has carved a niche for himself in the area of Data
Privacy jurisprudence as a branch of international law and human
rights law.
In 2018, he served as the Lead Consultant on Data Protection at the
High Level Policy Round Table on Data Protection for ECOWAS
Common Market in 2018 (Involving: ECOWAS, EU, Organisation
Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), Federation of West Africa
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FEWACCI), Office of The
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, National
Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Central
Bank of Nigeria, Corporate Affairs Commission, National Office on
Trade Negotiations, United States Agency for International
Development, British Council, ETC).
In 2018, the NITDA engaged Babatunde to assist in drafting the
extant Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, 2019 (NDPR).
He was also a core member of the drafting committee of the Nigeria
Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Chairman of the Nigeria Data
Protection Act, General Application and Implementation Directive,
2025 drafting committee.
He has represented Nigeria at various international engagements.
He attended the University of Reading Executive Course on
International Law of Cyber Operations and was appointed as an
International Fellow of The United States Federal Trade Commission
in Spring 2024.
He is a certified Data Protection Regulation Practitioner by Clear
Corporation UK. (accredited by British Accreditation Council).