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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Immigration Act, 2015

Nigeria, Nigeria Immigration Service

This is an Act for the establishment of the Nigeria Immigration Service outlining the general duties, command structure, procedures for issuance of different types of passports in Nigeria, visa and travel documents in Nigeria, control...

Nigeria • 2015 • Democracy and Governance

National Quality Assurance Policy For Medicines and Other Health Products

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This policy sets the quality assurance process for pharmaceutical products from the stage of design through production, procurement, storage, distribution, and marketing. It targets players in the manufacturing procurement, and supply value chains of the...

Nigeria • 2015 • Health

National Tobacco Control Act, 2015

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This Act outlines the regulation for the production, distribution, and marketing of tobacco or tobacco products in Nigeria. It clearly outlines Nigeria’s position against tobacco use and tobacco’s health effects on Nigerians. It also outlines...

Nigeria • 2015 • Health

Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015

Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Nigeria

An Act for an Act to repeal the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2003 as amended and to enact the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act to provide measures against...

Nigeria • 2015 • Gender and Human Rights

The Child Rights Act (Enforcement Procedure Rules 2015)

Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Nigeria

These rules apply to child rights proceedings within the Family Court in the Federal Capital Territory.

Nigeria • 2015 • Gender and Human Rights

National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program Report

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

The report outlines the activities of the Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli ulcer Control Programme (NTBLCP) in 2014 with an emphasis on the implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Control 2010 – 2015 and...

Nigeria • 2014 • Health

National Teacher Education Policy

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

The policy defines the roles of teachers in the provision of quality education and a plan to realize Education for All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Nigeria • 2014 • Education

Pension Reform Act, 2014

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act repealing the Pension Reform Act 2004 and enacting the Pension Reform Act 2014 to govern and regulate the administration and management of the unified contributory pension scheme for the private and...

Nigeria • 2014 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Nigerian Communications Act (No. 19 of 2003) Mobile Number Portability Regulations

Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Nigeria

Building on the Nigerian Communications Act, the mobile number portability regulations seek to provide a regulatory framework to ensure effective and efficient porting of a mobile number between Mobile Service Providers and other authorized parties....

Nigeria • 2014 • Information, Communication and Technology

Guidelines on International Money Transfer Services in Nigeria

Central Bank of Nigeria, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

These guidelines address business rules governing the operations of international money transfer services in Nigeria. In addition, it sets the basis for the regulation of the services offered at different levels and by diverse participants.

Nigeria • 2014 • Finance

National HIV/AIDS Prevention Plan 2014-2015

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

The goal of the National HIV/AIDS Prevention Plan 2014-2015 (NPP) is to scale up evidence-based programming using targeted interventions and standardized intervention packages at scale.

Nigeria • 2014 • Health

National Policy on Labour Migration 2014

Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Nigeria

The National Policy on Labour Migration addresses the following three broad objectives: the promotion of good governance of labour migration; the protection of migrant workers and promotion of their welfare and that of families left...

Nigeria • 2014 • Labour

National Agricultural Resilience Framework

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This document provides a clear road map for achieving resilience in the agriculture sector in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 2014 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission Public Private Partnership Regulations, 2014

Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Nigeria

These regulations provide for a legal, institutional and regulatory framework to effectively and efficiently carry out the objectives of regulating public-private partnerships (PPP) projects under the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission Act. These regulations also govern...

Nigeria • 2014 • Infrastructure and Construction

Parental Control Measures for Mobile Telecommunications Networks

Nigeria, Nigerian Communications Commission

This report, compiled by the Nigerian Communications Commission, aims to develop a policy framework on mobile parental control in line with best practices to protect children from exposure to inappropriate online(internet) content.

Nigeria • 2014 • 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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