This is an Act to prohibit the importation of certain foodstuffs contaminated by toxic substances and the penalty for the contravention of the said prohibition.

National Family Planning Blueprint (Scale-up Plan) highlights Nigeria’s plan for the adoption of family planning contraceptives in Nigeria. This blueprint also focuses on the processes to close the funding gap in family planning as Nigeria seeks to achieve a 36 per cent contraceptive prevalence rate by 2018. The development of this policy builds on the 2012 London Family Planning Summit.

Barytes is used in oil drilling by oil exploration companies. This policy was developed by the government to ensure orderly and economic exploration, processing, usage and export of barytes in Nigeria. The policy is divided into four key sections namely: policies on the endowment of barytes resources in Nigeria; training, research and technology on the development of barytes; policies to ensure financial support for the development of barytes; relevant laws and regulation for barytes exploration; and environmental policies related to barytes development.

The overall goal of the policy is to ensure an adequate supply of electricity to meet the need of Nigerians by modernizing and expanding the coverage of electricity supply. The policy was divided into short-term (3-5 years) and long term (5-plus years) goals and aimed to ensure efficiency in the electricity market and a sound regulatory framework for the development of the electricity industry.

The goal of this policy is to reduce the over-dependence on oil by diversification of the country’s energy sources, increased research and development and human resources in the energy sector. Other policy objectives include ensuring a reliable affordable and environmentally friendly supply of energy in Nigeria; increasing private sector participation in the energy sector; and ensuring national self-reliance and technological development in the energy sector.

The goal of this policy is to place Nigeria as a leader in the IT sector in Africa, by ensuring the adoption of IT in the education sector, creation of wealth, poverty reduction, job creation, and global competition.

The principal objective of this policy includes: to ensure Nigeria is self-reliant in the application of biotech; to ensure safe, ethical and profitable use of biotechnology in Nigeria; to support investment in biotech R&D to support innovation and economic development; and to develop appropriate legislation compatible with international regulations in the biotech industry.

This policy aims to ensure the optimal use of geospatial information for sustainable development, poverty reduction and improvement in the quality of life of Nigerians. The policy covers the maintenance of geospatial database; standardization of hardware and software; maintenance of metadata; legal issues such as intellectual property and privacy; and modalities for data security.

This policy was developed to limit the spread and impact of the HIV/AIDs epidemic in the country so that it is no longer a concern of public health and socioeconomic life. The policy has two main strategies: (a) the prevention of HIV/AIDs transmission; and (b) laws and ethics to ensure the protection of rights of Nigerians, especially those living with HIV/AIDs.

The overall objective of this policy is sustainable development and improvement in the quality of life and the standard of living of Nigerians. Specifically, the policy aims to ensure sustained economic growth in tandem with population growth; to achieve an optimal population growth rate; and to ensure a demographic that supports sustainable development.

This policy aims to ensure science and technology are adopted for the national development and advancement of the Nigerian economy. The policy objectives include positioning science and technology in the socio-political system; development of scientific and technological human capital; and the adoption of science and technology in economic activities.

This is an Act of parliament for the establishment of the National Maritime Authority and the implementation of Nigeria’s shipping policies. The Act outlines the functions of the Authority and the various shipping regulations of the maritime sector. The Act also empowers the Authority to make regulations.

This policy highlights Nigeria’s plan to improve the effectiveness of its medical emergency response system to better address emergencies and also reform the processes of attending to patients by health providers. Through this plan, Nigeria highlights the emergency medical service pathways and the roles of all stakeholders involved along the value chain.

This policy aims to ensure the orderly development of minerals resources of the country. The policy outlines regulations for the exploitation of mineral resources in Nigeria to ensure safe, orderly and economic exploitation of solid minerals resources in Nigeria. The policy also aims to protect the national interest in the exploitation of natural resources such as public revenue and environmental protection.

The overarching goal of this policy is for the modernization and expansion of telecommunication networks and services across the country. The main short-term and medium-term goal of the policy was to achieve a tele density of 1 telephone to 100 inhabitants and to ensure that public telecommunication facilities are accessible to all communities in the country.

The objective of the policy was to provide adequate, affordable and sustainable sanitation to all Nigerians through a collaborative effort of federal, state, and local government, private sector, communities, and individuals. The main strategy of the policy is the establishment of a sanitation task group with representation across the ministry of health, water resources, environment and national planning.

This policy provides guidelines to the government. Employers and employees to protect the right and dignity of workers infected and affected by HIV/AIDs; to protect workers from HIV/AIDs including mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDs in the workplace and the elimination of stigma and discrimination of those affected by HIV/AIDs.

This is an Act for the establishment of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers to regulate the activities of members of the profession as well as other related matters. The Act covers membership of the institute, supervision, penalties for unprofessional conduct and other related rules and regulations.

This is a decree by the Military government on offences involving false pretence and intent to defraud including conspiracy, aiding, laundry of funds obtained through unlawful activity and other fraud-related offences.

This policy sets the quality assurance process for pharmaceutical products from the stage of design through production, procurement, storage, distribution, and marketing. It targets players in the manufacturing procurement, and supply value chains of the private sector. It aligns with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control Decree of 1993.