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 Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act,

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to enforce laws against the cultivation, processing, sale, trafficking and use of hard drugs and to empower the Agency to investigate persons suspected...

Nigeria • 1989 • Health

National Economic Reconstruction Fund Act, 1989

Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act for the creation of the National Economic Reconstruction Fund, to address the paucity in the provision of medium to long-term financing to small and medium-scale industrial enterprises in Nigeria and to...

Nigeria • 1989 • Economy

Health Records Officers (Registration) Act 1989

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to set up a Board for the control and practice of the profession of health records management including the training, professional discipline and other miscellaneous regulations.

Nigeria • 1989 • Health

Import (Prohibition) Act, 1989

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This Act makes provision for the prohibition of importation into Nigeria of certain food items especially those contaminated by toxic substances as well as the penalty for the breach of the prohibition.

Nigeria • 1989 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board Act, 1989

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act for the set-up of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to administer a centralized admissions system for Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1989 • Education

National Mathematical Centre Act, 1989

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to set up the National Mathematical Centre to train and develop national capacity and skills in mathematical sciences, and to provide a resource centre to serve national and international communities in...

Nigeria • 1989 • Education

Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Act, 1989

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This is Act to re-enact the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Act of 1977, empowering the Minister for Industries to supervise the activities of business enterprises in Nigeria and for other related regulations.

Nigeria • 1989 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Nigerian Pilgrims Commission Act, 1989

Ministry of Interior Affairs, Nigeria

This is an Act to repeal the Nigerian Pilgrims Board Act and to set up the Nigerian Pilgrims Commission with responsibility for the general welfare of Nigerian Muslims who undertake pilgrimages. The Act specifies the...

Nigeria • 1989 • Gender and Human Rights

Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Act, 1989

Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish a Board for the control and practice of the profession of optometry and dispensing optics in Nigeria including the registration of members, offences of unregistered persons, training requirements, professional...

Nigeria • 1989 • Health

Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission Act, 1989

Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

This is an Act for the creation of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission with the functions of monitoring the accruals to and disbursement of revenue from the Federal Account and reviewing the revenue...

Nigeria • 1989 • Finance

Surveyors Registration Council of Nigeria Act, 1989

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act to set up the Surveyors Registration Council of Nigeria for the registration of surveyors and the regulation of the practice of the profession as well as other connected matters.

Nigeria • 1989 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Student Union Activities Act, 1989

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act empowering the University Authorities in Nigeria to regulate the activities of student unions in Nigeria and empowering the Minister to expel or suspend any student in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1989 • Education

Nigeria LNG (Fiscal Incentives, Guarantees and Assurances) Act

Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria

This is an Act to confer pioneer status on the Nigeria LNG Limited and to exempt the company from certain taxes, customs duties, other levies and the provisions of the Pre-Shipment Inspection of Imports Act...

Nigeria • 1989 • Energy

National Mathematical Centre Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the National Mathematical Centre to train and develop Nigerians in mathematical sciences; to create a resource centre to serve national and international communities; and for other related purposes.

Nigeria • 1989 • Education

Export (Prohibition) Act

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the exportation of certain foodstuff from Nigeria and the trial of offenders by the Federal High Court.

Nigeria • 1989 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Surveyors Registration Council Of Nigeria Act

Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Nigeria

This Act is to establish The Surveyors’ Registration Council of Nigeria for the registration of surveyors and to provide extensively for the regulation of the practice of the profession.

Nigeria • 1989 • Infrastructure and Construction

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1988

Ministry of Labour and Employment, Nigeria

This Act outlines the necessary provision for fair and efficient settlement of commercial disputes by arbitration and conciliation. The Act highlights the procedures for the conduct of arbitral proceedings, recognition and enforcement of awards, conciliation...

Nigeria • 1988 • Labour

Copyrights Act, 1988

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This Act specifies the provisions for the definition, protection, transfer, infringement and penalty for the copyright in literary works, musical works, artistic and cinematograph works as well as other related matters on copyright.

Nigeria • 1988 • Trade, Industry and Investment

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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