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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Imo State Traffic Management Law 2011

Imo state Government, Nigeria

This law establishes the Imo state Traffic Management Authority to control and manage traffic and other related matters.

Nigeria • 2011 • Transportation

Ekiti State Public Works Corporation Law, 2011

Ekiti State Government, Nigeria

This law provides for the establishment of the Ekiti state public works corporation and for the other matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.

Nigeria • 2011 • Democracy and Governance

Ekiti State Freedom of Information Law No. 10 of 2011

Ekiti State Government, Nigeria

This law makes public records and information available and provides for public access to public records and information. It covers the protection of personal privacy, protects serving public officers from adverse consequences for disclosing certain...

Nigeria • 2011 • Information, Communication and Technology

Ekiti State Education Trust Fund Law 2011

Ekiti State Government, Nigeria

This law makes provision for the establishment of an education trust fund for Ekiti state and other related matters.

Nigeria • 2011 • Education

Ekiti State 2011 Appropriation Law

Ekiti State Government, Nigeria

This law authorizes the issue from the consolidated revenue fund of Ekiti state of a total sum of eighty billion, seven hundred and seventy-nine million, one hundred and fourteen thousand, five hundred and fifty naira.

Nigeria • 2011 • Finance

Ekiti State Public Private Partnerships Law

Ekiti State Government, Nigeria

This law provides public-private partnerships, and establishes the office of public private partnerships and other related purposes.

Nigeria • 2011 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Zaria Metropolitan Authority Law 2021

Nigeria, Zaria Metropolitan Government

This law establishes the Zaria metropolitan authority and other related matters.

Nigeria • 2011 • Democracy and Governance

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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