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Plant Protection Act

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

This Act makes provisions for the establishment and functions of the National Plant Protection Organization. The organization shall perform the following function among others; implementation of the IPPC and the international standards for phytosanitary, issuing of phytosanitary certificates and import certificates, carrying out pre-clearance certificates among others. The minister has the power to appoint a plant inspector who will be responsible for inspecting plants, plants produce or other regulated articles under cultivation, and attend to such other matters as the NPPO may prescribe.

Process Flow

Contacts

Approver

Bukola Mufutau

Overseeing Deputy Director

Ministry of Water Resources

Approver

Didi Esther Walson-Jack

Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Water Resources

Approver

Suleiman Hussein Adamu

Honourable Minister

Ministry of Water Resources

Approver

Anselm Anyanwu

Director of Expenditure (Economics) Department

Budget Office of the Federation

Approver

Ben Akabueze

Director-General

Budget Office of the Federation

Approver

Olusola Olayinka Idowu

Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Budget and National Planning.

Approver

Clem Agba

Honourable Minister of State

Ministry of Budget and National Planning.

Approver

Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed

Honourable Minister

Ministry of Finance, Budget & National Planning

Approver

Muhammadu Buhari

President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Approver

Ahmad Lawan

Senate President

National Assembly

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Plant Protection Act Current Version

January 2022

This Act makes provisions for the establishment and functions of the National Plant Protection Organization. The organization shall perform the following function among others; implementation of the IPPC and the international standards for phytosanitary, issuing of phytosanitary certificates and import certificates, carrying out pre-clearance certificates among others. The minister has the power to appoint a plant inspector who will be responsible for inspecting plants, plants produce or other regulated articles under cultivation, and attend to such other matters as the NPPO may prescribe.

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