He has worked in the public sector for about 34 years. He joined the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in 2002, working in various departments and rising to Director in 2014 and Acting Director-General in 2016. He was the Director of eGovernment Development and Regulations where he successfully mainstreamed the development and launch of various Policies, Guidelines, and Frameworks such as the Nigeria Inter-Operability Framework, Nigeria eGovernment Enterprise Architecture, Cloud First Policy, Government Digital Service Policy, Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, and Smart Initiatives Framework to enhance Nigeria’s digital transformation. He also chaired the implementation committees of some of them. He is a member of many committees of experts.

He was listed among the 100 Leading Telecom and ICT Personalities in Nigeria by the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria in April 2018; an eminent recognition as one of the top 50 Digital Economy enablers in Nigeria, 2023 and 2025; appointed as Country Chief Data Officer Ambassador by the Massachusetts Institute of Information Management; and enlisted as a member of the Forbes Technology Council, 2023.

July 2024, he was nominated for the Giovanni Buttarelli Award through the Global Privacy Assembly; December 2024, he was appointed as an ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador for Nigeria; and in April 2025, he was appointed as the Chair of the Anglophone Countries’ Committee of the Network of Africa Data Protection Authorities He has also won several awards from public and private sector organizations

Membership of Professional Bodies:

• Member International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
• Member, Nigeria Computer Society
• Member Information Technology Systems and Security Professionals
• Fellow Institute of Information Technology Management (FIIM)
• Director, Compliance Institute of Nigeria

On the 4th of February, 2022, he was appointed as the pioneer National Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) which has now transited to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) in June 2023.