Criteria for Registering a .gov.ng Domain Name Print

.gov.ng is a subset of the .ng domain name system and is specifically meant to be used by the various tiers of government in Nigeria, and their respective agencies.

.gov.ng is a closed domain extension and is strictly moderated by the .ng registry. To this end, there are specific requirements and guidelines that must be met and followed, for a .gov.ng domain registration application to be approved.



Guidelines

The Following are to register for .gov.ng:

The Federal Government
Any of the 36 State governments
Federal Ministries, Departments, Parastatals and Institutions

Examples: firs.gov.ng, finance.gov.ng, lagos.gov.ng, nigeria.gov.ng, nafdac.gov.ng etc.

Requirements

The Applicant must Present a Letter of Authorization (LOA) from the entity registering the Domain Name, addressed to:

Nigeria Internet Registration Association,
9 Kofo Abayomi Street,
Victoria Island,
Lagos


The Letter must be on the official letterhead of the government entity and must include the following:

Technical Contact Details
Name of Authorizing personnel
Telephone number
Email Address
Official Position

Admin Contact Details
Name of Authorizing personnel
Telephone number
Email Address
Official Position

The letter needs to be scanned and emailed to support@betahost247.com as an attachment in GIF, PNG, JPEG, JPG or PDF format. The domain application will be verified directly with the entity applying for the domain.

Sample of A Letter of Authorization

Nigeria Internet Registration Association,
8 Funsho Williams Avenue,
Iponri, Surulere,
Lagos

Dear Sir,

Our agency, [Your ministry or agency Name] approved by [name of Government agencies, MDA’s, Local Goverment, and Federal Government’s] has adopted the domain name [Your fourth level domain name] of [Your state name].

Technical Contact Details
Name of Authorizing personnel:      Engr. Babatunde Akanni
Telephone number:       02 - 919 0999
Email Address:       director@abc.com
Official Position:    Director for Information and Technology

Admin Contact Details
Name of Authorizing personnel:     Segun Omosu
telephone number:     02 - 919 0999
Email Address:     director@abc.com
Official Position:  ICT Officer

We will be very grateful if the [your fourth-level domain name] could be register by us.

We attached hereby our authorization Letter ahead document.

We shall be very thankful to you for this.

Warm regards,
[signature of the Executive secretary, date, and stamp]
telephone number:     02 - 919 0999
Email Address:     ExecutiveSecretary@abc.com