Nigeria must regulate AI before it’s too late, LASU don warns

Lagos State University (LASU) professor of Computer Science, Prof. Oluwatoyin Enikuomehin, has cautioned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping human cognition, urging Nigeria to enact a National AI Act before the technology outpaces governance. In his inaugural lecture titled "Thinking Machines and the Future of Thinking: Cyberphysicalism, the Transformation of Human Thought and the Emergence of an Artificial Intelligence Driven Algorithmic Society," Enikuomehin introduced the AI Governance Stack—a seven-layer framework aimed at ensuring the accountable deployment of AI.

The framework covers infrastructure security, data governance, algorithmic accountability, explainability, ethical oversight, regulatory compliance, and societal impact assessment. Enikuomehin emphasized that AI governance is a layered problem, and failure at any layer could compromise the entire system. He also proposed the creation of an independent National AI Research and Governance Council to assess AI's social impact, advise government policy, and represent Nigeria in international AI governance forums.

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