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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Town Planners (Registration, Etc.) Act

Local Government and Community Affairs, Nigeria

This is an act to establish the Town Planners’ Registration Council for the registration of town planners and to provide extensively for the regulation of the profession of town planning. The tribunal shall consist of...

Nigeria • 1988 • Education

Raw Materials Research and Development Council Act

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish a council known as The Raw Materials Research and Development Council to develop local raw materials and co-ordinate research efforts especially in relation to raw materials acquisition, exploitation, conservation...

Nigeria • 1987 • Trade, Industry, and Investment

Federal Colleges of Education Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

An Act to establish the Federal Colleges of Education listed in the Act, whose function among other things shall be to provide full-time teaching and research.

Nigeria • 1986 • Education

River Basin Development Authorities Act

Ministry of Agriculture,Ministry of Rural development, Nigeria

This is an Act to repeal the River Basins Development Authorities Act 1979 and establish the River Basins Development Authorities listed under the first schedule to the Act. It details the list of River Basins...

Nigeria • 1986 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Directorate Of Food, Roads And Rural Infrastructures Act

Ministry of Infrastructure, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructures for the Mobilisation Of Rural Communities and the development of the rural areas in Nigeria; and to charge the directorate with...

Nigeria • 1986 • Infrastructure and Construction

Quantity Surveyors (Registration, etc.) Act.

Ministry of Infrastructure, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Quantity Surveyors’ Registration Board of Nigeria and to provide for the registration of quantity surveyors; determine the standard of knowledge and skill to be obtained by a person...

Nigeria • 1986 • Infrastructure and Construction

Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Act

Ministry of Agriculture,Ministry of Rural development, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the conservation and management of Nigeria’s wild life and the protection of some of her endangered species in danger of extinction as a result of over‐exploitation, as required...

Nigeria • 1985 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Crude Oil (Transportation and Shipment) Regulations

Ministry of Agriculture,Ministry of Rural development, Nigeria

This document contains 11 regulations concerned about a registered Nigerian ship. No topping shall be made demanded or received for or by any ship, tanker, or vehicle in which crude oil is carried within or...

Nigeria • 1984 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Miscellaneous Offences Act

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act to create a number of miscellaneous offences with stiff penalties and for the trial of such offenders. This act defines various offences, including the willful setting on fire of cultivations and...

Nigeria • 1983 • Trade, Industry, and Investment

Recovery Of Public Property (Special Provisions) Act

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This is an Act to make provisions for the investigation of the assets of any public officer who is alleged to have been engaged in corrupt practices, unjust enrichment of himself or any other person...

Nigeria • 1983 • Justice

Mortgage Institutions Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

An Act to make provisions for establishment and licensing of mortgage institutions to grant loans and advance to individuals for the purchase or construction of a dwelling house; improvement or extension of an existing dwelling...

Nigeria • 1982 • Finance

Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute Act.

Ministry of Agriculture,Ministry of Rural development, Nigeria

An Act to establish a training organisation known as the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute to provide, among other things, detailed identification of management training needs in agricultural and rural development organisations throughout Nigeria,...

Nigeria • 1980 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Estate Surveyors and Valuers (Disciplinary Tribunal and Assessors) Rules.

Ministry of Infrastructure, Nigeria

These rules, made under paragraphs 2 and 4 of the second schedule of The Estate Surveyors And Valuers (registration, etc.) act, concerns reference of a case to and proceedings of the Estate Surveyors and Valuers...

Nigeria • 1980 • Infrastructure and Construction

Land Use Act (Validation of Certain Laws, etc.) Act

Ministry of Infrastructure, Nigeria

This is an Act which regularises the issuance of regulations by state governments pursuant to the Land Use Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Land Use Act or any other enactment, all laws,...

Nigeria • 1979 • Infrastructure and Construction

Copra (Inspection for Export) Regulations.

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

These regulations provide rules for the storage, sealing, packing, handling and inspection of copra destined for exportation. Where copra inspected, graded, sealed and marked for export by the Produce Inspection Service of any State is...

Nigeria • 1979 • Trade, Industry, and Investment

Coffee (Inspection for Export) Regulations.

Ministry of Agriculture,Ministry of Rural development, Nigeria

This document highlights the responsibilities of inspectors in carrying out inspection. It states that they shall spread a parcel of 100 bags of coffee evenly on a clean tarpaulin spread on the ground or on...

Nigeria • 1979 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Energy Commission of Nigeria Act, 1979

Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria

This is an Act for the establishment of the Energy Commission of Nigeria specifying its responsibility for coordinating the energy resources in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1979 • Energy

National Teachers' Institute Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

An Act to establish the National Teachers’ Institute to be managed by a National Teachers’ Institute Council and to be responsible for the organisation of programmes for the training, development, upgrading and certification of teachers...

Nigeria • 1978 • Education

Exclusive Economic Zone Act (Cap T5)

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to delimit the exclusive economic zone of Nigeria being an area extending up to 200 nautical miles seawards from the coasts of Nigeria. Within this Zone, and subject to universally recognized...

Nigeria • 1978 • Economy

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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