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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Bees (Import, Control And Management) Act, 2016 Explanatory Memorandum

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This is an Act to amend the Bees (import, control and management) Act Cap. B6, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 to review the penalty and compensation provisions to make the Act more effective;...

Nigeria 2016 Agriculture and Rural Development

Nigeria Home Grown School Feeding Strategic Plan 2016-2020

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

The purpose of this document is to articulate the strategy and vision of the Federal Government of Nigeria for a countrywide universal Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme. This strategy is in furtherance of the realization...

Nigeria 2016 Education

National Policy on Gender in Agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

The National Gender Policy in Agriculture is a gender-focused strategy that complements existing policies in the agriculture sector and the National Gender Policy, 2006. This policy operates at the intersection of agriculture and gender.

Nigeria 2016 Agriculture and Rural Development

National Health ICT Strategic Framework (2015 - 2020)

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This framework serves as a roadmap of actions for strategic application of ICT to help achieve universal health coverage, and other health goals and priorities, to yield a harmonized favourable environment for the sustainable application...

Nigeria 2016 Health

Federal Capital Territory 2016 Statutory Appropriation Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to authorize the issue of funds from the Federal Capital Territory Administrative Statutory account, the total sum of N241,455,285,471 only, for the financial year commencing from 1st January and ending on...

Nigeria 2016 Finance

Defence Space Administration Act, 2016

Ministry of Defence, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Defence Space Administration, develop satellite technology, ensure the security of the nation’s cyber activities. Its objectives are to facilitate and implement the defines and security aspect of the...

Nigeria 2016 Defence and Security

Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme Bill, 2016

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This bill provides the regulatory framework for the agricultural credit fund to promote commercial agriculture in Nigeria, ensure credit support for production, the storage and processing of target commodities, develop market and agricultural enterprise, and...

Nigeria 2016 Agriculture and Rural Development

Yobe State Bureau on Public Procurement Law, 2016.

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This Law establishes the Bureau of Public Procurement to support the development and implementation of the public procurement regulatory system of Yobe State.

Nigeria 2016 Justice

National Policy on Food and Nutrition

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

The objectives of this policy include improving food security across the country, ensuring adequate nutrition of infants and women, increasing knowledge of nutrition among the populace and reducing micronutrient deficiency disorder among vulnerable groups in...

Nigeria 2016 Economy

National Health Policy

Health, Nigeria

This policy document provides the direction for improving the performance of the Nigerian health system. The policy emphasizes strengthening primary health and collaboration of stakeholders including the private sector in the implementation of the policy.

Nigeria 2016 Health

Nigeria Broadcasting Code, 2016

Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Nigeria

This code by the National Broadcasting Commission represents the minimum standard for broadcasting in Nigeria covering several areas of broadcasting such as advertising, sport, news and current affairs, and infomercials.

Nigeria 2016 Information, Communication and Technology

National Strategy for the Scale-up of Chlorhexidine

Health, Nigeria

The strategy aims to reduce neonatal mortality rate through the use of Chlorhexidine and covers five main components: market and users; manufacturing and distribution; clinical and regulatory; policy, advocacy and financing; and coordination.

Nigeria 2016 Health

Regulation For Mini-Grids, 2016

Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria

This Guide provides a simplified summary of the regulation primarily for stakeholders in the off-grid renewable energy sector. It further provides some context for the regulation including the definition and types of mini-grids, process and...

Nigeria 2016 Energy

National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (Neeap), 2016 (2015-2030)

Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria

The National Energy Policy (NEP) 2013 – a revised version of NEP 2003, emphasizes the effective and efficient use of energy and proposes major areas to be considered for energy efficiency and conservation including –...

Nigeria 2016 Energy

National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP), 2016 (2015-2030)

Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria

The National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) sets out the implementation strategy for the National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy (NREEEP) (2015). It provides an overview of concrete policy and regulations, laws, incentives and...

Nigeria 2016 Energy

Rural Electrification Strategy And Implementation Plan (RESIP), 2016

Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria

This guide provides a simplified summary of the RESIP. It provides context to the plan, goal, strategy, objectives, barriers, incentives, key provisions, key stakeholders, related policy and regulatory documents, and current implementation status.

Nigeria 2016 Energy

Sustainable Energy For All Action Agenda (SE4ALL), 2016

Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria

The Sustainable Energy for All initiative focuses on driving actions and mobilizing commitments to positively transform the world’s energy systems as well as catalyse sustainable development. Its objectives are premised around the proposition that national...

Nigeria 2016 Energy

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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