This policy document highlights the process to ensure that the health sector provides uniformity and standardized procedure in the control and management of Sickle Cell Disease in all health facilities across Nigeria. Furthermore, this guideline displays the government’s effort to reduce the burden of the disease amongst patients.

This Act provides rules for the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution and advertisement of food and drugs. It also grants power to the Minister to set up the Food and Drugs Advisory Council and to make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act. No person shall sell, import, manufacture or store any article of food which: (a) has in it or upon it any poisonous or harmful substance not being a food additive or contaminant of a type and within the level permitted by regulations made under this Act; (b) is unfit for human consumption; or (c) consists in whole or in part of any filthy, disgusting, rotten or diseased substance; (d) adulterated; (e) stored under unsanitary conditions. The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Food and Drugs Advisory Council, and subject to the provisions of this section, designate: (a) a food and drug analyst; or (b) a drug analyst; or (c) a food and drug inspection officer. The Act also specifies the power of inspecting officers on importation of food, etc.

This is an Act to promote the optimum planning, development and use of Nigeria’s water resources and other matters connected therewith. It vests the right to use and control all surface and groundwater and all water in any watercourse affecting more than one state, together with the banks and beds thereof, in the Federal Government (sect. 1). The purposes for this vesting are listed as the promotion of planning, development and use of Nigeria’s water resources; coordination of activities likely to influence the quality, quantity, use, distribution and management of water; the application of appropriate standards and techniques for use, protection, etc.; and technical assistance and rehabilitation for water supplies (sect. 1). Notwithstanding the vesting of water resources in the Federal Government, persons may take water for a variety of uses, including domestic uses, the watering of livestock, fishing and navigation, and the irrigation of land over which they have rights of occupancy (sect. 2). Section 4 gives the Secretary power to control the use or taking of groundwater by various means, including defining the places from where and means by which it can be abstracted; fixing of limits on amounts used; prohibiting the taking or use of water from particular sources to protect health etc.

The Interim guidelines and standards cover the six areas of environmental pollution control are developed by The Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA). These guidelines and standards on environmental pollution control include: (i)effluent limitations (ii) water quality for industrial water uses at point of in-take (iii) industrial emission limitations (iv) noise exposure limitations (v) management of solid and hazardous wastes (vi) pollution abatement in industries

This is an Act that regularizes the issuance of regulations by state governments under the Land Use Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Land Use Act or any other enactment, all laws, and subsidiary legislation made at any time between the commencement of the Land Use Act and 30th September 1979 by a military administrator (or former military governor), The Executive Council, a commissioner or any other authority or any public officer of a state are deemed to have been validly made and will have effect as if they had been made under or according to the Land Use act and will also continue to have effect according to their tenor and intendment as if they were regulations made under or according to section 46 of that Act.

Regulation 3 and 4 provides the functions and powers of the Corporation. They include: to implement, manage and administer the Agricultural Insurance Scheme, established by section 6 of this decree, to subsidize the premiums chargeable on selected crops and livestock policies from the grants obtained from the federal and state governments and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to encourage institutional lenders to lend more for agricultural production having regard to the added security for their loans provided by the corporation, to promote increased agricultural production generally in order to minimize or eliminate the need for ad Hoc assistance previously provided by governments during agricultural disasters, to carry on insurance business on normal commercial basis and without subsidies on premiums as insurers of buildings, machineries, equipment and other items which form part of the total investment on farms and to reinsure this aspect of its operations through well-established channels with reputable reinsurance companies, to operate other types of insurance business as may be permitted by the commissioner of insurance at competitive premiums and to do anything or to enter into any transaction which in the opinion of the board is calculated to facilitate the due performance of its functions under this decree.

The Federal High Court or the High Court of a state, as the case may be, shall have jurisdiction to try the offences created under the enactments specified in the schedule to this decree. Enactments include the Food and Drugs Act and the National Agency for Food And Drugs Administration and Control Decree 1993. Accordingly, a tribunal established in any of the enactments specified in the schedule to this decree is hereby dissolved. A charge, claim or court process filed before a tribunal established under any of the enactments specified in the schedule to this decree shall be deemed to have been duly filed or served before the Federal High Court or High Court of a state, as the case may be and such charge, claim and court process shall be deemed amended as to title, venue and such other matter as may be appropriate to give effect to this subsection without further assurance than this decree.

This is an Act to provide for marine insurance and to prohibit gambling on loss by maritime perils. Regulation 3 defines marine insurance. A contract of marine insurance is a contract whereby the insurer undertakes to indemnify the assured, in a manner and to the extent thereby agreed, against marine losses, that is to say, the losses incident to marine adventure. Regulation 4 concerns mixed sea and land risks. The Act also covers Marine adventure and maritime perils, avoidance of wagering or gaming contracts.

An Act to establish the National Inland Waterways Authority with responsibility, among other things, to improve and develop inland waterways for navigation. The regulations state the objectives of the authority to improve and develop inland waterways for navigation, provide an alternative mode of transportation for goods and persons and implement the national transport policy as they concern inland waterways.

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 other matters connected therewith. The functions of the agency are to formulate policy on all activities relating to disaster management and co-ordinate plans and programs for efficient and effective response to disasters in the State, develop and maintain an electronic database, co-ordinate and promote research activities relating to disaster management in the State, collate data from relevant agencies 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 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 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 a 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.

The 2017 appropriation act highlights the various Expenditures for the SGF

This law provides that no alien (defined by this law) may acquire land save with the approval of the Commissioner responsible for land and prohibits the unlawful occupation of land by an alien. It also provides information for ejection proceedings and grants regulation-making powers for purposes of this law to the executive council. Also, the transfer of land by an alien must be approved by the commissioner.

These regulations shall apply to the labelling of food additives sold as such whether by retail or other than by retail, including sales to caterers and food manufacturers. The regulations also apply to food processing aids and any reference to food additives shall include food processing aids.