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Presidential Executive Order on the Voluntary Offshore Assets Regularization Scheme “VOARS”, 2019
Federal Government, Nigeria
This is an executive order that makes provision for the set-up of a Voluntary Offshore Assets Regularization Scheme in Switzerland for all categories of taxpayers who have defaulted in the declaration of their offshore assets and the payment of taxes.
Nigeria • 2018 • Democracy and Governance
Preservation of Suspicious Assets connected with Corruption and Other Relevant Offences Order, 2018
Ministry of Justice, Nigeria
This is a Presidential Executive Order which extends to the execution and maintenance of the constitution to abolish all corrupt practices and abuse of power.
Nigeria • 2018 • Democracy and Governance
Probates (Re-sealing) Act.
Ministry of Justice, Nigeria
This is an Act to make provisions for the re-sealing of probates and letters of administration issued and sealed in the High Court of a state by the High Court of another state and to make similar provisions relating to commonwealth countries.
Nigeria • 1966 • Democracy and Governance
Tribunals (Certain Consequential Amendments, etc.) Decree No 62 of 1999
Ministry of Justice, Nigeria
The Federal High Court or the High Court of a state, as the case may be, shall have jurisdiction to try the offences created under the enactments specified in the schedule to this decree. Enactments include the Food and Drugs Act and the National Agency for Food And Drugs Administration and Control Decree 1993. Accordingly, a tribunal established in any of the enactments specified in the schedule to this decree is hereby dissolved. A charge, claim or court process filed before a tribunal established under any of the enactments specified in the schedule to this decree shall be deemed to have been duly filed or served before the Federal High Court or High Court of a state, as the case may be and such charge, claim and court process shall be deemed amended as to title, venue and such other matter as may be appropriate to give effect to this subsection without further assurance than this decree.
Nigeria • 1999 • Democracy and Governance
Nema – National Disaster Response Plan
Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Nigeria
The National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP) establishes a process and structure for the systematic, coordinated, and effective delivery of federal assistance, to address the consequences of any major disaster or emergency declared by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It sets forth fundamental policies, planning assumptions, a concept of operations, response and recovery actions, and federal agency and private sector responsibilities, it describes the array of Federal response, recovery, and mitigation resources available to augment state and local efforts to save lives; protect public health, safety, and property, It spells out the process and methodology for implementing and managing federal recovery and mitigation programmes and support/technical services, and it also provides a focus for interagency and intergovernmental emergency preparedness, planning, training, exercising coordination, and information exchange amongst others.
Nigeria • • Democracy and Governance
Cross River State Female Person's Inheritance of Property Law 2007 (No. 10 of 2007).
Cross River State Government, Nigeria
This is a Law to provide for the right of a female person to own and to inherit property long title and for matters connected therewith.
Nigeria • 2007 • Democracy and Governance
Bayelsa State Administration of Estates (Small Estates Payment Exemption) Law, 2011
Bayelsa State Ministry of Works, Nigeria
This is a law to provide for the grant of a certificate to a small estate, exempt such from payment of estate duty and the grant of full letters of administration and other matters connected therewith.
Nigeria • 2011 • Democracy and Governance
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
Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment, etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2017
Niger Delta Development Commission, Nigeria
This act amends the Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment, etc.) Act, No 6, 2000 to increase the funding of the Commission for effective discharge of its duties.
Nigeria • 2017 • 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
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 Regulations For Voting By Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 2018
Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria
This regulatory document issued by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) defines requester, preamble and intent, commercial terms, mode response. It also provides guidance on the selection of criteria.
Nigeria • 2018 • Democracy and Governance
Independent National Electoral Commission Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections
Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria
These regulations are a set of rules with the fundamental objective of enabling the court to deal with fast track appeals quickly and efficiently. It also defines fast track appeal as rape, terrorism, human trafficking, money laundering, corruption etc.
Nigeria • 2019 • 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