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NAFDAC Milk And Dairy Products Regulations 2019

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

These regulations apply to all milk and dairy products manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold distributed or used in Nigeria. It emphasizes that no milk or dairy products shall be manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold or distributed in Nigeria unless it has been registered under the provisions of these regulations.

Nigeria 2019 Health

Nema – National Disaster Response Plan

Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Nigeria

The National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP) establishes a process and structure for the systematic, coordinated, and effective delivery of federal assistance, to address the consequences of any major disaster or emergency declared by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It sets forth fundamental policies, planning assumptions, a concept of operations, response and recovery actions, and federal agency and private sector responsibilities, it describes the array of Federal response, recovery, and mitigation resources available to augment state and local efforts to save lives; protect public health, safety, and property, It spells out the process and methodology for implementing and managing federal recovery and mitigation programmes and support/technical services, and it also provides a focus for interagency and intergovernmental emergency preparedness, planning, training, exercising coordination, and information exchange amongst others.

Nigeria Democracy and Governance

Agricultural And Rural Management Training (Amendment) Act, 2016

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This is an act to amend the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute Act, Cap, A10. laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 to allow other federal universities participation on the board of the institute and for related matters.

Nigeria 2016 Agriculture and Rural Development

National Agricultural Land Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2016

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This is an act to amend the National Agricultural Land Development Authority Act, Cap. N4., laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 to expand the membership of the board and that of state advisory committees; and for related matters.

Nigeria 2016 Agriculture and Rural Development

Bees (Import, Control And Management) Act, 2016 Explanatory Memorandum

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This is an Act to amend the Bees (import, control and management) Act Cap. B6, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 to review the penalty and compensation provisions to make the Act more effective; and for related matters.

Nigeria 2016 Agriculture and Rural Development

NAFDAC Soft Drinks Regulations 2019

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

The provisions of these regulations shall apply to all soft drinks that are manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold, distributed or used in Nigeria. This document emphasizes that no person shall manufacture, import, export, distribute, advertise, sell or use soft drinks specified in Schedule I to these Regulations in Nigeria unless it has been registered per the provisions of these regulations.

Nigeria 2019 Trade, Industry and Investment

Secured Transactions in Movable Assets Act, 2017 Explanatory Memorandum

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

This is 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.

Nigeria 2017 Trade, Industry and Investment

Nigeria Home Grown School Feeding Strategic Plan 2016-2020

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

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 realization 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, layout a framework for programme development and governance.

Nigeria 2016 Education

Cross River State Forestry Commission Law 2010 (No. 3 of 2010).

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This is a law to make provisions for the establishment of the State Forestry Commission; and to provide 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 for 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.

Nigeria 2010 Agriculture and Rural Development

Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (Amendment) Act, 2015

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

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.

Nigeria 2015 Agriculture and Rural Development

National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) 2011-2014

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

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 41.5 per cent (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.

Nigeria 2011 Agriculture and Rural Development

National Policy on Food Safety and Its Implementation Strategy

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

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, agrochemicals, feeds and veterinary drugs in-line with international best practices, enhance foodborne illnesses surveillance and response etc.

Nigeria 2014 Health

National Water Policy

Ministry of Infrastructure, Nigeria

This document is divided into three sections. The first section covers the Nigerian context and the process in which the Policy is being produced and outlines the issues to which it is responding. 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.

Nigeria 2004 Infrastructure and Construction

National Plan of Action on Food and Nutrition

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

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, developing an effective monitoring system to enforce appropriate food laws for effective inspection and compliance and protecting 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).

Nigeria Health

Hides and Skins Act

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

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.

Nigeria 1942 Agriculture and Rural Development

Great Green Wall For The Sahara And Sahel Initiative. National Strategic Action Plan 2012

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

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 the 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-sectoral, 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.

Nigeria 2012 Agriculture and Rural Development

Rotterdam Convention On The Prior Informed Consent Procedure For Certain Hazardous Chemicals And Pesticides In International Trade (Ratification And Enforcement) Act

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

An Act to enable effect to be given in the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. The objective of this Convention is to promote shared responsibility and co-operative efforts among Parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm and to contribute to their environmentally sound use, by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics, by providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export and by disseminating these decisions to Parties.

Nigeria Agriculture and Rural Development