GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT The study examined a way of mitigating cybercrime in Nigeria through adoption of national strategies on cybercrime security skill and man power development. One specific research objective was formulated to guide the study. The research design was survey design. The population of this study comprised all the personnel of; NCC, ICPC, EFCC, NPF, NCWG, NCIC, CBN, and Commercial banks from which a sample of 350 respondents was chosen using stratified sampling method. The instrument known as “Cybercrimes and combating strategies Questionnaire (CCSQ)” was used to collect data from the respondents. Data were collected and analyzed. From the findings of the data collected and analyzed, it was shown that highest percentage of the respondents affirmed very great extent of the national strategy on cyber security skill & manpower development helping in combating cybercrimes in Nigeria and that National strategy on cyber security skill and manpower development significantly helps in combating cybercrimes in Nigeria. One of the conclusion was that the controls of operational cyber security of the energy utilities are not applied in compatibility with the risks predicted and regularly tested, monitored and revised and one of the recommendation was that the Nigerian Police should be ensure that proper use of network info-rmation technology, the knowledge on mobile network devices, as well as the length of internet use were should be considered and carefully put in place to avoid danger. KEYWORDS: National strategy, cyber security skill, manpower development, cyber crime