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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DMPA-SC: A Guide for Trainers of Injection-Experienced Providers

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This manual is designed for those with prior training in the use of family planning methods, especially DMPA-SC. It defines Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA), inject. It also provides a lesson on the safe storage of...

Nigeria • 2019 • Health

The Green Dot Brand Guideline

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

The Green Dot is the National Family Planning logo. This document provides the necessary details about the brand. Green Dot’s objective is to serve as a quick memory aid for the general public on the...

Nigeria • 2019 • Health

National ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship Vision (NIEV)

National Information Technology Development Agency, Nigeria

The Nigeria ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship Vision (NIIEV), comprises policy recommendations and incentives designed to strengthen the Nigerian technology entrepreneurship ecosystem. It consists of the following sections: Digital Infrastructure; Education Reform, Skills Development and R&D;...

Nigeria • 2019 • Information, Communication and Technology

Guidelines for Nigerian Content Development in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (as amended, August 2019)

National Information Technology Development Agency, Nigeria

These guidelines are issued to achieve the following objectives: enable the local ICT Industry to contribute meaningfully towards the achievement of National Development plans, initiatives and targets; and stimulate and increase the development, production, sales...

Nigeria • 2019 • Information, Communication and Technology

Nigeria Cloud Computing Policy

National Information Technology Development Agency, Nigeria

The goal of this Policy is to ensure a 30% increase in the adoption of cloud computing by 2024 among Federal Public Institutions (FPIs).

Nigeria • 2019 • Information, Communication and Technology

Nigeria e-Government Interoperability Framework (Ne-GIF)

National Information Technology Development Agency, Nigeria

The Ne-GIF is designed to provide guidelines and specifications that enable cross-portfolio service provision by MDAs. It details the principles upon which interoperability will be based, levels and steps for achieving interoperability, challenges of adoption...

Nigeria • 2019 • Information, Communication and Technology

Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019: Implementation Framework

National Information Technology Development Agency, Nigeria

The objectives of this Regulation are as follows: to safeguard the rights of natural persons to data privacy; to foster safe conduct for transactions involving the exchange of Personal Data; to prevent manipulation of Personal...

Nigeria • 2019 • Information, Communication and Technology

Nigerian Government Enterprise Architecture (NGEA)

National Information Technology Development Agency, Nigeria

The main objective of NGEA is to correct all the anomalies in government processes, information management, and deployment/implementation of ICT projects across the government in about five to ten years.

Nigeria • 2019 • Information, Communication and Technology

National Health Promotion Policy (Revised 2019)

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

The National Health Policy (NHP) 2016 recognizes that Nigeria is saddled with an unbearable burden of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). The policy is meant to empower the Nigerian populace to take timely actions in...

Nigeria • 2019 • Health

Family Planning On-The-Job Training Manual

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This policy highlights the strategy adopted by the Federal Ministry of Health and stakeholders in training Family Planning (FP) workforce especially service providers, in On-the-Job Training (OJT). The policy is to enable health service providers...

Nigeria • 2019 • Health

Guidelines for Nigerian Content Development in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Nigeria

This document is issued by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to focus on core areas that involve driving indigenous innovation, developing the local ICT Industry and establishing Intellectual Property regulation and protection standards,...

Nigeria • 2019 • Information, Communication and Technology

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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