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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National Guidelines on Promoting Access of Young People to Adolescent and Youth-Friendly services in PHC facilities in Nigeria

Ministry of Health, The International Division of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Nigeria

The primary aim of this document is to provide a framework for the integration of adolescent and youth-friendly health services (AYFHS) into the existing Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 2013 • Health

National Policy on Education (6th Edition)

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

Nigeria’s National Policy on Education of 2013 serves as a guideline for the administration, management and implementation of education in Nigeria. It outlines the standards, and requirements for education services in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 2013 • Education

Independent National Electoral Commission (Political Parties Code of Conduct) 2013

Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria

The purpose of this policy is to ensure that communications across the Commission are well-coordinated, effectively managed and responsive to the diverse information needs of the public. It guides standards for the Commission. In tandem...

Nigeria • 2013 • Democracy and Governance

National Policy on Child Labour

Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Nigeria

This policy presents the government strategy and framework to prevent child labour and to ensure the physical, social, moral, cognitive and educational development of Children.

Nigeria • 2013 • Labour

National Workplace policy on HIV and AIDS

Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Nigeria

This policy addresses workplace stigmatization and discrimination of workers infected or affected by HIV and AIDS.

Nigeria • 2013 • Labour

List of Hazardous Child Labour in Nigeria

Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Nigeria

To address the different forms of child labour, this document lists hazardous child labour as a reference list for stakeholders to enable the prohibition of child labour in those sectors.

Nigeria • 2013 • Labour

Terrorism Prevention Act, 2013 (Amendment)

Defence, Nigeria

This Act is an amendment to the 2011 Terrorism Act and provides for the extraterritorial application of the Act in offences such as financing terrorism.

Nigeria • 2013 • Defence and Security

National Policy On Climate Change (NPCC), 2013

Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria

The vision of this policy document is aimed at a climate change-resilient Nigeria, ready for rapid and sustainable socio-economic development. Its mission is to strengthen national initiatives to adapt to and mitigate climate change and...

Nigeria • 2013 • Energy

Securities and Exchange Commission Rules and Regulations

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

The Securities and Exchange have outlined these regulations for the effective and efficient regulation of securities in Nigeria. The regulations cover registration of capital market operators; compliance requirements by capital market operators; regulation of public...

Nigeria • 2013 • 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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