The critical role of the port in national economic and social development derives from its significance as the cheapest mode of moving large cargoes from one point to the other. The demand for port services by vessels is, however, a derived demand earned through conscious and deliberate policy choices made and driven to create the enabling environment for ship-owners. This document therefore, provides quick guidelines and general information about ports in Nigeria and become a useful guide to the ports’ stakeholders as well as to our potential investors.

These guidelines apply to marketing authorization (MA) Holders intending to make changes to the quality section of the dossier as well as to the safety, efficacy and product labelling information for an antigen, intermediate or a finished vaccine product. This guidance should be read in conjunction with the NAFDAC guidelines on variations to a registered pharmaceutical product. It provides guidance for MA holders on the regulation of changes to the original MA dossier or product licence for an approved vaccine in terms of procedures and criteria for the appropriate categorization and reporting of changes, and the data required to enable NAFDAC to evaluate the impact of the change on the quality, safety and efficacy of the vaccine.

This document outlines procedures for effective the enrolment and implementation of the mobile authentication service MAS scheme. It provides guidelines for holders of a certificate of registration (HCR) – the applicant seeking to deploy MAS on their registered products, existing MAS providers deploying MAS technology; and MAS providers seeking entry as a NAFDAC approved service provider, and person(s) or group(s) requesting information, education and communication (IEC) materials on the MAS Scheme.

These regulations apply to all foods containing fats and oils that are manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold, distributed or used in Nigeria. It provides guidance on vitamin A fortification, source, additives, impurities and labelling of fats and oils

These regulations are practice-elaboration of the Nigeria basic ionizing radiation regulation, which is derived from the international basic safety standards for protection against ionizing radiation sources. They provide for the protection of patients, workers and the public from the harmful effects of exposure to ionizing radiation.

These regulations are practice-elaboration of the Nigeria basic ionizing radiation regulation, which is derived from the international basic safety standards for protection against ionizing radiation sources. They provide for the protection of patients, workers and the public from the harmful effects of exposure to ionizing radiation.

This document provides a checklist for the commissioning and regular inspection of nuclear medicine facilities.

This document provides guidance for the preparation of regulatory submission for the registration of medicines for human use in Nigeria in line with the widely accepted format and common requirements achieved through the processes of the International Council for Harmonization (ICH) of regulatory requirement for the registration of medicinal products for human use. it provides guidance on the preparation of regulatory submission for pharmaceutical products by providing guidance on the organization and formatting of product dossier, The adoption of the Common Technical Document (CTD) as developed through the ICH processes and adopted by the World Health Organization in the WHO prequalification programme and the West African Health Organization in the promotion of the harmonization of regulatory requirement for the registration medicinal products for human use, elaborate on requirements for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and the finished pharmaceutical products, and promotion of a more transparent regulatory system.

These regulations apply to all spirit drinks, manufactured, imported, exported, distributed, advertised, sold or used in Nigeria. They also apply to the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in the production of alcoholic beverages and to the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of foodstuffs.

These regulations apply to wine manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold, distributed or used in Nigeria. It provides regulations on the use and limit of food additives, categories of grape vine, vintage dating, sugar content and labelling.

This document outlines guidelines on automated teller machine (ATM) operations, guidelines on point of sale (POS) card acceptance services, guidelines on mobile point of sale (MPOS) acceptance services, and guidelines on web acceptance services.

This is an Act to regulate banking and other financial institutions and for matters connected therewith. It defines powers, functions and duties of The Central Bank of Nigeria. Some of its functions include that the bank may authorize or instruct any officer or employee of the bank to perform any of the functions, exercise any powers, or discharge any of its duties under this Act, and the bank may, either generally or in any particular case, appoint any person who is not an officer or employee of the bank, to render such assistance as it may specify in the exercise of its powers, the performance of its functions, or the discharge of its duties under this act, or to exercise, perform or discharge the functions and duties on behalf of and in the name of the bank.

This Act repeals The Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 1991, re-enacts a new Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007 and established The Central Bank of Nigeria for the promotion of sound financial system in Nigeria and to act as banks and provide economic and financial advice to the Federal Government. It provides for the establishment of The Central Bank of Nigeria, establishment of board, management of bank, establishment of monetary policy committee, establishment of financial services regulation coordinating committee and powers to make regulations.

In pursuant of promoting a sound financial system in Nigeria, The Central Bank of Nigeria launched the micro, small and medium enterprises development fund (MSMEDF) on August 15, 2013. This was in recognition of the significant contributions of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sub-sector to the economy. The broad objective of This fund is to channel low interest funds to the MSME sub-sector of the economy to enhance access by MSMEs to financial services, increase productivity and output of microenterprises, increase employment and create wealth and engender inclusive growth.

The Nigerian banking sector witnessed dramatic growth post consolidation (2005) and the developments posed a lot of challenges for the industry and for regulation. The initial perceptions that the Nigerian banking system was sound and insulated from global financial crisis were misplaced. The factors that led to the creation of an extremely fragile financial system that was tipped into crisis by the global financial meltdown include: Macro-economic instability caused by large and sudden capital outflows, Major failures in corporate governance at Banks, Lack of investor and consumer sophistication, Uneven supervision and enforcement. In order to address this challenges, Central Bank of Nigeria introduced a four-pillar reform programme towards enhancing the quality of banks, establishing financial stability, enabling healthy financial sector evolution, and ensuring the financial sector contributes to the real economy. In this regard, the revised prudential guidelines aim to address various aspects of Banks’ operations, such as risk management, corporate governance, KYC and anti-money laundering/ counter financing of terrorism and loan loss provisioning. The guidelines also aim to address the peculiarities of different loan types and financing to different sectors.

Loans are an important source of financial relief for individuals and companies. They provide an alternative source of income that assists in meeting personal needs and achieving business expansion. This document educates financial consumers on the importance of loans, the types of loans (secured and unsecured loan), sources of loan, types of collateral, and eligibility for loans, repayment of loans, defaults and consequences. The revised Prudential Guidelines aim to address various aspects of banks’ operations, such as risk management, corporate governance, KYC and anti-money laundering/ counter financing of terrorism and loan loss provisioning. The guidelines also aim to address the peculiarities of different loan types and financing to different sectors.

In order to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of currency management, facilitate the generation of fit Naira banknotes for payment, promote the use of shared facilities to drive down currency management cost, engender healthy competition among service providers and ensure product quality, integrity and standardization in Nigeria, The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) mandates all companies, including deposit money banks, who are desirous of providing currency distribution and/or currency processing services in Nigeria, either for themselves or for other Deposit Money Bank(s) to register with The Central Bank of Nigeria. Therefore, this document provides information on the requirements for registration. It includes cash-in-transit operations, currency processing companies’ operations, registration of prospective companies and method of submission of application for registration.

This standard applies to the production and usage of all materials used for animal feed and feed ingredients at all levels in industrial, on farm or toll mills. Its objective is to help ensure the safety of food for human consumption through adherence to good animal feeding practice at the farm level and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) during the purchase, handling, storage, processing and distribution of animal feed and feed ingredients for food producing animals.

The main objective of setting standards for the Nigerian Poultry industry is to put in motion a procedure for providing wholesome Animal products for human consumption. This procedure sets maximal standards to minimize the potential food safety hazards associated with livestock production and processing. It also recognizes the major elements in the production process and identifies Food Safety objectives for the different Activities along the value chain.

The purpose of this procedure is to describe the processes of management system certification (MSC) in order to meet the requirement of ISO 17021 – 1. This procedure is applicable to all management system certification services offered by the SON MSC. It covers SON MSC certification processes from initial application to continuing surveillance after certification has been achieved.