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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Code of Conduct Bureau Act

Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

This is an Act for the establishment of the Code of Conduct Bureau to handle all matters and complaints of corruption by public officials and civil servants including the breach of the Act. The Act...

Nigeria • 1991 • Finance

Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria Act, 1990

Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

This Act makes provision for the establishment of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria with the responsibilities of setting the standards of knowledge and skills to be attained by individual who wants to be...

Nigeria • 1990 • Finance

Bankruptcy Act, 1990

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act specifying the provisions for the declaration of bankruptcy by any person who is unable to meet his debt obligation and to disqualify such person from holding public offices as well as...

Nigeria • 1990 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Acts Authentication Act, 1990

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This is an Act outlining provisions for the authentication and recording of Acts of National Assembly including the presentation of bills for assents and the classification of Acts in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1990 • Justice

Industrial Inspectorate Act, 1990

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Industrial Inspectorate Division in the Federal Ministry of Industries to investigate the activities of industries including investments and other related matters.

Nigeria • 1990 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Public Accounts Implementation Tribunal Act, 1990

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Public Accounts Implementation Tribunal among other things to recover from public officers, contractors or companies, government funds or property found by the Public Accounts Committee to have been...

Nigeria • 1990 • Finance

Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act Cap. 398 LFN 1990

Ministry of Defence, Nigeria

This Act makes comprehensive provisions for matters relating to armed robbery. It emphasizes that any person who commits the offence of robbery shall upon trial and conviction be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than...

Nigeria • 1990 • Defence and Security

Voice of Nigeria Corporation Act

Ministry of Information and Culture, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Voice of Nigeria Corporation authorised to provide radio broadcasting services for global reception and other related matters.

Nigeria • 1990 • Information, Communication and Technology

National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization Act, 1990

Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria

This is an Act for the creation of a National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization to promote agricultural mechanization in Nigeria, and to encourage the use of mechanization in Nigeria, utilizing local materials, skills and facilities...

Nigeria • 1990 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Nigerian Children's Trust Fund Act

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

This is an Act to establish the Nigerian Children’s Trust Fund and to set up a board of trustees to manage and administer the Fund for the provision of relief to Nigerian children in need...

Nigeria • 1990 • Gender and Human Rights

Marketing (Breast-Milk Substitutes) Act

Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria

This is an act to provide for the control of the importation, sale, advertisement, distribution, or offer as a sample or gift of breast-milk substitutes or infant formula to members of the public.

Nigeria • 1990 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

An Act to establish the Corporate Affairs Commission, provide for the incorporation of companies and incidental matters, registration of business names and the incorporation of trustees of certain communities, bodies and associations.

Nigeria • 1990 • Trade, Industry and Investment

National Commission For Museums and Monuments Act

Ministry of Infrastructure, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the dissolution of both the Antiquities Commission and the Federal Department of Antiquities and to create a National Commission for Museums and Monuments and other matters ancillary thereto....

Nigeria • 1990 • Infrastructure and Construction

Federal School of Surveying Act.

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Federal School of Surveying to provide courses of instruction and training in surveying, cartography, photograph, lithography, hydrography and other related courses and to make provisions for related matters....

Nigeria • 1990 • Education

National Policy on Occupational Safety and Health

Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Nigeria

This policy is based on the need to address ensure social justice and to ensure the safety, health, and welfare of all persons in employment is safeguarded and not endangered or abused.

Nigeria • 1990 • Labour

Bankruptcy Rules, 1990

Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

These rules are based on the Bankruptcy Act of 1979 and provide rules for bankruptcy in Nigeria including witnesses and depositions, sales and disposal of proceeds of mortgage property, bankruptcy petitions, creditor’s and debtor’s petition...

Nigeria • 1990 • 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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