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Nigeria’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

Government, Nigeria

To address the increasing importance of climate change issues in Nigeria, the Federal Executive Council adopted in 2012 the Nigeria Climate Change Policy Response and Strategy. To ensure an effective national response to the significant and multi-faceted impacts of climate change, Nigeria has adopted a comprehensive strategy, as well as several specific policies. The strategic goal of the Nigeria climate change policy response and strategy is to foster low-carbon, high growth economic development and build a climate-resilient society through the attainment of the following strategies: promoting low carbon in energy consumption; enhancing national capacity to adapt to climate change; increasing public awareness; and involving private sector participation in addressing the challenges of climate change.

Nigeria 2015 Democracy and Governance

Nigeria Vision 20:2020 Economic Transformation Blueprint

National Planning Commission, Nigeria

Vision 20:2020 is an articulation of the long-term intent to launch Nigeria on a path of sustained social and economic progress and accelerate the emergence of a truly prosperous and united Nigeria. Recognizing the enormous human and natural endowments of the nation, the blueprint is an expression of Nigeria’s intent to improve the living standards of her citizens and place the country among the Top 20 economies in the world with a minimum GDP of $900billion and a per capita income of no less than $4000 per annum. The economic transformation strategy for Nigeria vision 20:2020 is anchored upon three overarching thrusts which are: Creating the platform for success by urgently and immediately addressing the most debilitating constraints to Nigeria’s growth and competitiveness, forging ahead with diligence and focus in developing the fabric of the envisioned economy and developing and deepening the capability of the government to consistently translate national strategic intent into action and results by instituting evidence-based decision making in Nigeria’s public policy space.

Nigeria 2020 Democracy and Governance

Executive Order (On Support for Local Content in Public Procurement by Ministries, Department and Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria) of 2017

Federal Government, Nigeria

This Executive Order supports local content/ made in Nigeria products by giving them preference in public procurement. It emphasizes that at least 40% of the procurement expenditure on items in all Ministries, Department and Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria shall be locally manufactured goods or local service providers.

Nigeria 2017 Democracy and Governance

Independent National Electoral Commission Consolidating Free, Fair and Credible Elections in Nigeria (Strategic Plan 2017-2021)

Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria

This document covers the memorandum of understanding between Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and National Youth Service Corps. Both are bodies established by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The memorandum of understanding is effective from 24th of September, 2013 to 24th of September, 2017 and renewable thereafter by mutual agreement. Included in the agreement is that the Commission may engage on ad-hoc basis, the service of corps members for its electoral duties, the commission shall train the corps members to engaged for its electoral duties before deployment, the Commission may request for camp facilities from the NYSC for the purpose of training corps members and other related electoral duties and the Commission shall use NYSC staff in supervisory roles during electoral duties in which corps members are involved.

Nigeria 2017 Democracy and Governance

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)

Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria

The communication policy/strategy has been developed within the context of the need to adopt best practices in processing and disseminating information to internal and external audiences. The purpose of the communication policy/strategy is to ensure that communications across the Commission and between the Commission and the public are well coordinated, effectively managed and responsive to the diverse information needs of the public. It seeks to enhance INEC’s transparency, credibility and integrity as well as to strengthen and sustain public trust and confidence in the Commission, to ensure INEC’s visibility, accessibility and accountability, using a variety of communication channels/languages and targeting diverse stakeholders, to provide the public with timely and accurate information about the Commission’s policies, programs, services and initiatives, to promote mass participation in the registration and voting processes, to provide information that would enable the public make informed electoral choices and have sufficient knowledge about institutional mechanisms for seeking redress, and to foster partnerships with stakeholders towards achieving the goals of the policy.

Nigeria 2010 Democracy and Governance

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Independent National Electoral Commission and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)

Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria

Information on expenses of political parties/candidates allows voters to make better educated decisions at the polls and this can help hold candidates and parties accountable to the electorate. Disclosure of information about income and spending by political parties and candidates is nowadays seen as a critically important component of a democratic campaign and party finance regime. Disclosure may help contributes to an overall transparency of the electoral process, it may serve as a barrier to excessive campaign spending, contribute to making politicians accountable to voters, and also emerge as an obstacle to corruption.

Nigeria 2013 Democracy and Governance

Communication Policy Revised Edition Independent National Electoral Commission 2019

Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria

This document provides statistical information of the 2015 Presidential & National Assembly Elections. It outlines the occupational spread of accredited voters, occupational spread of accredited voters, and occupational spread by gender, age group distribution, top 20 ages, state by gender distribution, state by gender distribution and gender spread.

Nigeria 2019 Democracy and Governance

Independent National Electoral Commission Political Party Finance Manual 2006

Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria

This regulatory document is issued in pursuant to the powers conferred on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by Section 15 (a) (1) of the third schedule to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and section 26 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 (amended). The document defines Internally Displaced People, their classification by location, election category. It provides guidance on distribution of permanent voters’ cards, establishment of IDP voting centres, use of permanent voters’ cards, register of voter and result transmission

Nigeria 2006 Democracy and Governance

Smart Card Reader Accreditation Backend Transmission System

Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria

These regulations and guidelines are developed in pursuant to the powers conferred by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and the electoral act 2010 (as amended), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). They supersede all other regulations and guidelines on the conduct of elections issued by INEC. The regulations apply to the executive and legislative arms of government, Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area councils; and Councilors of FCT area council’s legislature. It outlines accreditation and voting procedure at elections, management of the margin of lead principle.

Nigeria 2015 Democracy and Governance

Independent National Electoral Commission Revalidation Request for Quotation 2010

Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria

The vendor selection process document is designed to support the optimal acquisition of direct data capture equipment, develop a rational, objective way to determine vendor suitability, develop a near mechanical process that is repeatable and will consistently yield the same results, ensure that the selection made is technically and financially supportable and also to conform to best practices.

Nigeria 2010 Democracy and Governance

Independent National Electoral Commission Regulation for the Conduct of Political Party Primaries

Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is Nigeria’s National Election Management Body (EMB) established in both the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 and the Electoral Act 2010. In 2012, INEC prepared a strategic plan as a roadmap to guide its activities from 2012-2016. In 2016, the Commission embarked on a review of the Plan and the development of a new one, a process that culminated in the present INEC Strategic Plan 2017 – 2021. This strategic plan was developed to provide a strategic direction for INEC and the actions to achieve its mandate within the international and national context of its operations, propose what needs to be done by the organization to achieve its mandate following a review of the previous strategic plan, provide a framework and focus for improvement within the commission as a whole, optimize the Commission’s organizational systems and structures, provide guidance to managers for day-to-day decisions, provide guidance to managers for day-to-day decisions and create a sense of common ownership of the work of INEC among staff and commissioners.

Nigeria 2014 Democracy and Governance

Court of Appeal (Fast Track) Practice Directions 2014

Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria

This document was designed to provide guidance to the registration of persons qualified to vote and to prepare, maintain and revise the register of voters. Part of this guidance document provides for the general registration of voters, power of registration / electoral officer, security officials, update of national register of voters, commencement of revision of the national register of voters, application for inclusion of name in the register, notification of death of a person named on the register, power of the commission to remove a name from the register, power of the commission to remove a name from the register, power of the commission to appoint officers and assign duties or functions, power of the resident electoral commissioner to give directives and supervise electoral officers, power of the commission to supervise and control all voter registration exercise, power of the commission to postpone registration, updating or revision of the national voters register, changes and alteration of times and non-compliance.

Nigeria 2014 Democracy and Governance

INEC Framework For Voting By Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 2018

Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria

This document highlights guidelines necessary for the 2011 general elections. It outlines the date of elections, allocation of voters to polling units (Pus) and voting Points (VPs), polling station officials, accredited polling/party agents and accredited observers, camping of officials, accreditation and voting processes, voting, post-poll procedure, staffing categories and levels of return for each election.

Nigeria 2018 Democracy and Governance