The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has inaugurated the National Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Framework. He said the framework combined three regulatory instruments comprising the National Software Development Guideline, the National Software Testing Guideline and the Software Testing Organisations Licensing (STOL) Guideline. “The National Software Testing Guideline establishes rigorous pre-deployment testing benchmarks for functionality, cyber security, performance under peak loads, and system interoperability. “The STOL Guideline, regulates and accredits third-party, independent Licensed Software Testing Organisations (LSTOs) to evaluate and certify software before deployment. He said the agency would embark on nationwide stakeholder engagement, capacity-building programmes and the accreditation of software testing organisations.