Adopting the FAIR Guidelines – that data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) – in the health data system in Nigeria will help protect data against use by unauthorised parties, while also making data more accessible to legitimate users. However, little is known about the FAIR Guidelines and their compatibility with data and health laws and policies in Nigeria. This study assesses the governance framework for digital and health/eHealth policies in Nigeria and explores the possibility of a policy window opening for the FAIR Guidelines to be adopted and implemented in Nigeria's eHealth sector. Ten Nigerian policy documents were examined for mention of the FAIR Guidelines (or FAIR Equivalent terminology) and the 15 sub-criteria or facets. The analysis found that although the FAIR Guidelines are not explicitly mentioned, 70% of the documents contain FAIR Equivalent terminology. The Nigeria Data Protection Regulation contained the most FAIR Equivalent principles (73%) and some of the remaining nine documents also contained some FAIR Equivalent principles (between 0–60%). Accordingly, it can be concluded that a policy window is open for the FAIR Guidelines to be adopted and implemented in Nigeria's eHealth sector.

ABSTRACT:-Millions of naira is been lost annually in organizations across Nigeria as a result of poor services been rendered to various clients in organizations, this is due to the facts that proper attendance management system is not in place in various organizations across the country. The management of staff's attendance record daily has become a difficult challenge. The effort required in generating monthly report and also knowing the cumulative numbers of staffs has become a major task as manual assessment produces errors, and also it is time consuming. For the stated reason, an effective electronic staff attendance system using fingerprint is introduced in this work. This system will take attendance electronically with the aid of a fingerprint scanner (fingerprint device) and the attendance records are stored in the application storage unit (database). Attendance is marked after staff identification. For identification of staff, a fingerprint scanner is used. This process eradicates the need for stationary materials for record keeping; this will eliminate the issues of impersonation. This paper proposes the use of fingerprint biometric system to eliminate the problem being faced by traditional paper and pencil attendance register being provided in organizations. Keyword: Fingerprint, Biometric, Staff. IntroductionEmployee management is very vital in the administration and management of organizations. Increase in security breaches and transaction fraud in an organization are so negatively alarming that many organizations resort to utilizing personal verification and employee identification technologies. Fingerprint has been defined by Francis (2009) as the traces of impression from the friction ridges on the end of our fingers. Humans have various classifications of finger prints. According to Francis (2009), there are three classes of finger prints which are; loop, arc and whorl. Humans have been hitherto using fingerprints for personal identification, this have been very crucial in crime detection using forensic approaches for more than 400 years. It has been an established fact that no two individuals have the-same finger prints even identical twins and the prints of any individual remains unchanged throughout life. Therefore, the fingerprints validity serves as a basis for personal identification because this will overcome the limitations of the existing system where one person can sign for another. Using this system, No one can thump print for another. Finger prints are very unique feature in nature and that is why they are consequently utilized in personnel identification and verification (Francis, 2009). For an organization to function effectively, it has to ensure proper record of attendance of personnel or employees be it an educational or financial institution. Using Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, Niger State Nigeria (IBBUL) as a case study, managing attendance records of staff (non-academic) of an institute is a herculean task. It is time consuming and it is difficult to ascertain t...

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