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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National Housing Fund Act, 1992

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act for the establishment of the National Housing Fund specifying the objective, powers, management, responsibilities, regulation and other related matters.

Nigeria • 1992 • Finance

National Environmental Protection (Effluent Limitation) Regulations

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This document provides for the Installation of anti‐pollution equipment, Waste water parameters, treatment of effluent, and additional sectorial effluent limitation treatment. The first schedule outlines the important waste water parameters for selected industrial classifications. Second...

Nigeria • 1991 • Health

Admiralty Jurisdiction Act (No. 59 of 1991).

Ministry of Transportation, Nigeria

This Act defines the Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, gives an interpretation of ”maritime claim” and makes provision with respect to certain procedures and powers of enforcement of the court. Jurisdiction shall include...

Nigeria • 1991 • Transportation

Marketing (Breast-Milk Substitutes) Act

Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria

This is an act to provide for the control of the importation, sale, advertisement, distribution, or offer as sample or gift of breast-milk substitutes or infant formula to members of the public.

Nigeria • 1990 • Trade, Industry, and Investment

Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

An Act to establish the Corporate Affairs Commission, provide for the incorporation of companies and incidental matters, registration of business names and the incorporation of trustees of certain communities, bodies and associations.

Nigeria • 1990 • Trade, Industry, and Investment

National Commission For Museums and Monuments Act

Ministry of Infrastructure, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the dissolution of both the Antiquities Commission and the Federal Department of Antiquities and to create a National Commission for Museums and Monuments there from and other matters...

Nigeria • 1990 • Infrastructure and Construction

Federal School of Surveying Act.

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Federal School of Surveying to provide courses of instruction and training in surveying, cartography, photograph, lithography, hydrography and other related courses and to make provisions for related matters....

Nigeria • 1990 • Education

National Policy on Occupational Safety and Health

Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Nigeria

This policy is based on the need to address ensure social justice and to ensure the safety, health, and welfare of all persons in employment is safeguarded and not endangered or abused.

Nigeria • 1990 • Labour

National Commission for Nomadic education Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

An Act to establish the National Commission for Nomadic Education which will, amongst other things, establish, manage and maintain primary schools for nomadic children.

Nigeria • 1989 • Education

Export (Prohibition) Act

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the exportation of certain foodstuff from Nigeria and the trial of offenders by the Federal High Court.

Nigeria • 1989 • Trade, Industry, and Investment

Surveyors Registration Council Of Nigeria Act

Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Nigeria

This Act is to establish The Surveyors’ Registration Council of Nigeria for the registration of surveyors and to provide extensively for the regulation of the practice of the profession. The document states the functions of...

Nigeria • 1989 • Infrastructure and Construction

Harmful Waste (Special Criminal Provisions, ETC) Act

Ministry of Agriculture,Ministry of Rural development, Nigeria

This is an Act to prohibit the carrying, depositing and dumping of harmful waste on any land, territorial waters and matters relating thereto. A person shall be deemed to deposit or dump harmful waste under...

Nigeria • 1988 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Animal Diseases (Control) Act

Ministry of Agriculture,Ministry of Rural development, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the control and prevention of animal diseases, with the object of preventing the introduction and spread of infectious and contagious diseases among animals, hatcheries and poultries in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1988 • Agriculture and Rural Development

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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