Nigeria

Currency: Naira (NGN)

Timezone: West Africa Time (UTC+1)

Nigeria is situated in West Africa where it shares its land border in the west with the Republic of Benin, in the east with Chad and Cameroon, and in the north with Niger—popularly referred to as the “Giant of Africa” due to its resources and population. The country is the most populous in Africa, with a population estimated to be over 207 million. The country has a very diverse ethnic group with over 100 languages. However, the major languages spoken in the country are Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo, with English regarded as the official language in the country. The climate of the country varies widely with equatorial south, tropical in the middle, and arid in the north, while the landscape consists of southern lowlands, plateaus, and hills in the north and mountains in the southeast.

The country adopts a federal presidential republic system of government comprising 36 states and Abuja the Federal Capital. The economy is heavily reliant on Petroleum and Petroleum Products as its main source of foreign exchange earnings and accounts for over 70 percent of government revenue. The challenges facing the country include erratic power supply, lack of infrastructure, terrorist insurgence, kidnapping, banditry, clashes between farmers and herders, pervasive corruption, internet fraud, and police brutality.

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Federal Universities of Technology Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the establishment of three Universities of Technology and matters of administration and discipline of students.

Nigeria • 1986 • Education

Customs, Immigration and Prison Services Board Act

Ministry of Interior, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish a board known as the Customs, Immigration and Prisons Services Board to administer the customs and excise, immigration and prisons laws.

Nigeria • 1986 • Home Affairs

Federal Colleges of Education Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

An Act to establish the Federal Colleges of Education listed in the Act, whose function among other things shall be to provide full-time teaching and research.

Nigeria • 1986 • Education

Control of Advertisement (Federal Highways) Act, 1986

Ministry of Transport, Nigeria

This Act empowers the Minister of Transport with responsibility for all Federal highway matters such as the power to make regulations using permits or otherwise and the imposition of prescribed charges for the display of...

Nigeria • 1986 • Transportation

Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology Act, 1986

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to set up the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology to provide courses and training of managers, technicians and technologists engaged in the operations, management and general development of the transport sector...

Nigeria • 1986 • Education

Private Guard Companies Act, 1986

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This Act outlines the regulations governing private guard companies in Nigeria including the licensing, control and administration of private guard companies which must be wholly owned by Nigerians and other miscellaneous matters.

Nigeria • 1986 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Sales Tax Act, 1986

Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

This Act makes provisions for the imposition of sales tax on certain Goods and Services. The Act notes taxable goods and services, administration, collection, tax payment, offences and penalties relating to sales tax in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1986 • Finance

Second-Tier Foreign Exchange Market Act, 1986

Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

This is an Act to create a second-tier foreign exchange market in Nigeria for the trading of foreign currencies and other exchange instruments in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1986 • Finance

National Security Agencies Act

Ministry of Defence, Nigeria

This is an Act to disband the Nigerian Security Organization and to create security agencies for all matters related to national security and other related matters.

Nigeria • 1986 • Defence and Security

River Basin Development Authorities Act

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This is an Act to repeal the River Basins Development Authorities Act 1979 and establish the River Basins Development Authorities listed under the first schedule to the Act. It details the list of River Basins...

Nigeria • 1986 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Directorate Of Food, Roads And Rural Infrastructures Act

Ministry of Infrastructure, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructures for the Mobilization Of Rural Communities and the development of the rural areas in Nigeria; and to charge the directorate with...

Nigeria • 1986 • Infrastructure and Construction

Quantity Surveyors (Registration, etc.) Act.

Ministry of Infrastructure, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Quantity Surveyors’ Registration Board of Nigeria and to provide for the registration of quantity surveyors; determine the standard of knowledge and skill be obtained by a person seeking...

Nigeria • 1986 • Infrastructure and Construction

Adjustment of Boundaries (Cross River and Imo States) Act

Government, Nigeria

This Act makes provision for implementing certain decisions of the Kaloma Ali Boundaries Ascertainment Commission and for making appropriate adjustments to the boundaries of those areas affected.

Nigeria • 1985 • Democracy and Governance

Foreign Currency Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to authorize citizens of Nigeria, persons resident in Nigeria, corporate bodies in Nigeria, diplomats, foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations to import foreign currency and deposit same in a designated local...

Nigeria • 1985 • Finance

June 9, 2022

Political Parties, Presidential Candidates and the Electoral Act 2022 

The Electoral Act 2022 seeks to update and standardize Nigeria’s elections. The introduction of technological changes such as an electronic database of registered voters and an electronic transmission system of votes is a welcome improvement. Restricting political appointees' involvement in the election process is also a step in the right direction. However, there is a fundamental issue with the new act — its endorsement of the indirect primary process.

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