The senate committee, in its report, stated that 17 stakeholders out of the 31 present supported the bill while 14 opposed it. “Looking at the list of 17 supporters in the Senate Committee on ICT and Cyber Security report, you will see that 3 organisations’ names are repeated. It therefore suggests that it was merely time to pay back this sacrifice, and it was in form of supporting the NITDA Bill as it was. NITDA Bill and continuous backlashSince its proposal in 2021, the NITDA Bill has continued to be met with backlash from major players in the ICT sector. Recommendation of the Senate Committee on ICT as seen in the reportPresently, the bill has already been read for the third time and passed by the senate.