An act to provide for the establishment of the Infrastructure Conclusion Regulatory Commission, and for related matters

An Act to provide for secured transactions, registration and regulation of security interests in movable assets; and for related matters. The objectives of the act are to enhance financial inclusion in Nigeria, stimulate responsible lending to micro, small and medium Enterprises, facilitate access to credit secured with movable assets and establish a collateral registry and provide for its operations.

The purpose of this document is to articulate the strategy and vision of the Federal Government of Nigeria for a countrywide universal Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme. This strategy is in furtherance of the realisation of the right of every child to free, compulsory and universal basic education. The overarching intent of this strategy document is to articulate the strategy and vision of the Federal Government of Nigeria for a countrywide universal HGSF programme. The specific objectives of this document are to state the key objectives of the programme, map out a strategic roadmap for federal-state government engagement, lay out a framework for programme development and governance.

A law to make provisions for the establishment of the State Forestry Commission; and for the purposes of providing sustainable management of the forest and wildlife resources, preservation and protection of the ecosystem in Cross River State and other matters connected therewith. This law establishes the Cross River State Forest Commission as a body corporate, defines its functions and powers, and provides with respect to its administration and operations. The law also provides for: the classification, administration and licensing of forests; the protection of plant or animal species and their habitats, watersheds and fisheries; conservation, management and regeneration of forests; protected forest areas; concession agreements; establishment of community based forest management associations; management of community forests and control of and assistance to private forests; a forest sector strategy; preservation, conservation and protection of wild animals, birds and fish; a timber marks system; establishment of the wildlife conservation advisory committee, the Forestry Reserve Fund and a Forest Trust Fund; enforcement and legal proceedings; offences and penalties.

This is an Act to amend the Nigerian Institute Of Animal Science Act, No. 26 of 2007 to properly define the Institute’s regulatory role, enforce the provisions of the Act and provide penalties for breach thereof; and for related matters.

The NAIP described in this document is transitional (spanning the period 2011- 2014) as it constitutes a sub-set of projects within the MTSS deemed high-priority in the context of the National Vision 20:2020. The policy thrust is on enhancing total factor productivity in the agricultural sector through the application and diffusion of knowledge and improvement in the technology base. It is envisaged that the sectorial contribution to the gross domestic product, will shrink from the 41.5 percent (2009) to 28 per cent (by 2014), as an increasing share of the outputs of the sector is transformed from their primary state into processed products.

This National Policy on Food Safety And Implementation Strategy (NPFSIS) is developed to meet the needs of the country in adopting and implementing a modern and effective national food safety system. It is outlined in four chapters: chapter one describes the policy framework which includes the background, food safety overview, the existing regulatory framework, and public establishments and their mandates. It also covers the scope and rationale for the policy; chapter two addresses the institutional arrangement needed for the efficient implementation of the national policy on food safety and its implementation strategy; chapter three describes the implementation strategies of the policy which includes the goals, objectives, strategies and activities; chapter four describes the framework for the effective monitoring and evaluation of food safety along the food chain (farm-to-table). Some of its objectives are to promote the adoption of appropriate protocols for the use and handling of food additives, processing aids, agro-chemicals, feeds and veterinary drugs in-line with international best practices, enhance food borne illnesses surveillance and response etc.

This document is divided into three sections. The first sets the Nigerian context and the process in which the Policy is being produced and outlines the issues to which it is responding. It covers the social, political, economic and development context in Nigeria, as well as relevant international developments around water policy and management approaches. The second section deals specifically with the new National Water Policy in Nigeria. It sets out the broad policy vision, addressing specific aspects of water management as well as indicating the institutional arrangements that will be necessary to implement the policy. Finally, the way forward for the development of new legislation and implementation of the new policy is outlined.

The primary objective of the National Plan of Action on Food and Nutrition (NPAN) is to translate the goals, objectives, and strategies articulated in the NPFN into implementable activities and projects. The objectives of this plan include improving food production, availability, and access to high quality foods to meet the needs of the whole population, to develop an effective monitoring system to enforce appropriate food laws for effective inspection and compliance and to protect the consumers through improved food quality and safety. This will be achieved in the context of implementing as vigorously as possible, projects and activities that will improve the nutritional status of all Nigerians with particular emphasis on the most vulnerable groups (children, women, and the elderly).

This is an act to enable regulations to be made for maintaining and improving the quality of Nigerian hides and skins and for regulating and controlling the trade and export of hides and skins.

This report presents a strategic plan of action for the implementation of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel initiative (GGWSSI) in Nigeria. The GGWSSI is a recent regional attempt in Africa to focus on addressing desertification in a more coherent manner. The initiative was originally conceived as a thematic project, focusing on creation of a wall of trees of some 15 km wide and 7,775 km long from Dakar to Djibouti, through 11 countries. Since 2005, however, it has gradually shifted to a holistic, multi-sectorial, and integrated vision of sustainable land management (SLM) and poverty eradication. The specific initiatives are to: prevent further loss of biodiversity and restore already degraded areas and protect ecologically sensitive sites, harness and sustain natural resource use, halt land degradation, combat desertification and mitigate impacts of droughts and improve the overall governance of the environment.

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.

This Act seeks to amend the National Sugar Development Council Act to abolish the ten per cent surcharge on sugar imports and make provisions for alternate funding of the existing National Sugar Development Council.

A law to establish the Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency and a Local Government Emergency Management Committee for each Local Government Area in the state and for other matters connected therewith. The functions of the agency is to formulate policy on all activities relating to disaster management and co-ordinate plans and programmes for efficient and effective response to disasters in the State, develop and maintain an electronic data base, co-ordinate and promote research activities relating to disaster management in the State, collate data from relevant agencies so as to enhance forecasting etc.

This is a law to provide for the establishment of the Institute of Tourism, catering and hotel management and other matters connected therewith. The document provides the functions of the Institute. It will act as a centre of excellence for education, training, teaching, research, consultancy, advocacy, advancement and publications on travel, tourism, hotel management, catering, hospitality, culture, entertainment and other related or connected areas, promote and disseminate the science, theory, practice and study of travel, tourism, hotel management, catering, culture, hospitality and related or connected areas, and assist and advice the Bayelsa State Government in the planning and formulation of policies and strategies in order to achieve the objectives of this law.

This is a law relating to the Administration of real estate in the case of intestacy.

The purpose of these regulations is to restore, enhance and preserve the physical, chemical and biological integrity of the nation’s surface waters, and to maintain existing water uses. The regulations provide for the protection of surface waters from pollutants so that the waters shall be protected, used, developed, conserved and managed.

This Act amends the Endangered Species (Control of International trade and traffic) Act, cap E9, laws of the federation of Nigeria, 2004 to review the fines upwards in order to have a more deterrent effect and reflect the economic realities.

A law to provide for the establishment of the Ministry of Water Resources as a corporate sole, for the functions of the Ministry and other matters connected therewith. The Ministry has the power to control and manage all water resources facilities vested under the provisions of this Law in the Ministry, establish, control, manage, extend and develop such new water resources facilities and to extend and develop such existing ones as the Ministry may consider necessary for the purpose of providing water services in order to meet the requirements of the general public, agriculture, trade and industry in various parts of the state, ensure that water or wastewater is supplied to or conveyed from the consumer thereof treasonable charge and in potable quality and adequate quantity where applicable, and to organize the conduct comprehensive research studies and development for the purposes of the Ministry from time to time on matters relating to its functions under this Law and to submit on request the result of such research to the Government for the utilization of the same by him in the formulation of policy relating to the supply and usage of water in the state.

The purpose of these regulations is to ensure maintenance of healthy environment for all people in Nigeria, the tranquillity of their surroundings and their psychological well-being by regulating noise levels and generally, to elevate the standard of living of the people by prescribing the maximum permissible noise levels a facility or activity to which a person may be exposed, providing for the control of noise and for mitigating measures for the reduction of noise; and generally for giving effect to the provisions of section 22 of the Act.