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Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015
Ministry of Justice, Nigeria
This Act provides for the administration of a criminal justice system that promotes efficient management of criminal justice institutions; the prompt dispensation of justice; protecting the society from crimes; protecting the rights of the defendant and victims of crimes in Nigeria.
Nigeria • 2015 • Justice
Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme Bill, 2016
Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria
This bill provides the regulatory framework for the agricultural credit fund to promote commercial agriculture in Nigeria, ensure credit support for production, the storage and processing of target commodities, develop market and agricultural enterprise, and other related matters.
Nigeria • 2016 • Agriculture and Rural Development
Manual for Training Doctors and Nurse/Midwives on Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) Methods (Participant's Reference Book)
Ministry of Health, Nigeria
The underlying goal of the manual and training is to provide doctors, nurses, and midwives with the management skills necessary to provide quality Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) methods in Nigeria.
Nigeria • 2015 • Health
Emergency Economic Stimulus Bill, 2020.
Ministry of Interior Affairs, Nigeria
This bill covers regulations on corporate tax liability, suspension of import duty on selected goods and deferral of residential mortgage obligations in response to the economic downturn occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19 disease and other related matters. It aims to protect the employment status of Nigerians and eliminate additional fiscal bottlenecks on the importation of medical equipment, medicines, personal protection equipment and other such medical necessities.
Nigeria • 2020 • Economy
Lagos State Traffic Law (Offense and Penalty)
Ministry of Transportation, Nigeria
This document provides 16 traffic offences and their penalties. Some of the offences include riding a motorcycle against traffic, failure to give way to traffic on the left at a roundabout.
Nigeria • 2012 • Transportation
Petroleum Act
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria
This Act provides for the exploration of petroleum in the territorial waters and the continental shelf of Nigeria and to vest the ownership of all on-shore and off-shore revenue derivable from petroleum resources to the Federal government.
Nigeria • 2004 • Energy
Agricultural Research Institutes Decree 1975
Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria
This order establishes research institutes and provides for their constitution, functions and relationship with the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria.
Nigeria • 1975 • Agriculture and Rural Development
Anti-Torture Act, 2017
Ministry of Justice, Nigeria
This Act makes comprehensive provisions for penalizing the acts of torture and other cruel, human and degrading treatment or punishment, and prescribes penalties for the commission of such actions.
Nigeria • 2017 • Justice
Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (Jurisdiction on Chieftaincy Matters) Act, 2011.
Ministry of Justice, Nigeria
This Act is designed to increase the general appellate jurisdiction or the customary court or appeal to confer exclusive original jurisdiction on a dispute on or arising from chieftaincy matters in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja on the court.
Nigeria • 2011 • Democracy and Governance
Court of Appeal (Amendment) Act, 2013 Explanatory Memorandum
Ministry of Justice, Nigeria
This Act amends the Court of Appeal Act No.15, 2005 by increasing the number of justices of the Court of Appeal from seventy to ninety.
Nigeria • 2013 • Democracy and Governance
Chartered Institute of Certified Secretaries and Reporters of Nigeria Act, 2015
Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria
This Act establishes the Chartered Institute of Certified Secretaries and Reporters of Nigeria as a statutory body responsible for regulating the practice of the profession of chartered secretaries and reporters. It lays down conditions for the registration of members of the institute, sets up a disciplinary committee and an investigating panel to uphold the ethics of the profession; prescribes penalties for any contravention of its provisions and provides for a governing board that is responsible for policy formulation and implementation. This Act further provides for the appointment of a registrar and assistant registrar for the day-to-day running of the institute.
Nigeria • 2015 • Democracy and Governance
Evidence Act, 2011 Explanatory Memorandum
Ministry of Justice, Nigeria
This Act repeals the Evidence Act, Cap. E14, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, and enacts a new Evidence Act, 2011 which applies to all judicial proceedings in or before Courts in Nigeria.
Nigeria • 2011 • Justice
Employee's Compensation Act, 2010 Explanatory Memorandum
Ministry of Labour, Nigeria
This Act repeals the Workmen’s Compensation Act Cap. W6 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and makes comprehensive provisions for payment of compensation to employees who suffer from occupational diseases or sustain injuries arising from an accident at the workplace or in the course of employment.
Nigeria • 2010 • Labour
Follow-up of Health Care Providers Trained on Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) Services
Ministry of Health, Nigeria
This is a post-training follow-up tool was developed to train caregivers providing quality family planning services to clients who need IUDs and implant contraceptives. This tool was developed to accelerate Nigeria’s achievement of the target Family Planning Blueprint of 36 per cent Contraceptive Prevalence Rate by 2018.
Nigeria • 2015 • Health
Debt Management Bureau (Establishment ETC.) Act, 2011. Explanatory Memorandum
Ministry of Interior Affairs, Nigeria
This Act repeals the Debt Management Office (Establishment) Act No, 18 of 2003 and enacts the Debt management Bureau Act, 2011 responsible for maintaining a reliable database of all loans taken or guaranteed by the Federal, State Governments, Local Governments or any of their agencies.
Nigeria • 2011 • Finance
Secured Transaction in Movable Assets Act, 2017 Explanatory Memorandum
Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria
This Act provides for secured transactions, registration and regulation of security interests in movable assets. Its objectives are to enhance financial inclusion in Nigeria, stimulate responsible lending to micro, small and medium enterprises, facilitate access to credit secured with movable assets, facilitate perfection of security interests in movable assets and establish a collateral registry and provide for its operations.
Nigeria • 2017 • Finance
Credit Reporting Act, 2017 Explanatory Memorandum
Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria
This Act provides for the framework for credit reporting, licensing and regulation of credit bureaus. The objectives of this Act are to facilitate and promote access to credit and enhance risk management in a credit transaction, to promote access to accurate, fair and reliable credit information and to protect the privacy of such information, set standards and conditions for the establishment, regulation and operations of credit bureaus.
Nigeria • 2017 • Finance
Defence Space Administration Act, 2016
Ministry of Defence, Nigeria
This is an Act to establish the Defence Space Administration, develop satellite technology, ensure the security of the nation’s cyber activities. Its objectives are to facilitate and implement the defines and security aspect of the national space policy, to provide resilient and affordable space and cyberspace capabilities for the Nigerian military, other security and law enforcement agencies.
Nigeria • 2016 • Defence and Security
North-East Development Commission (Establishment) Act, 2017 Explanatory Memorandum
Local Government and Community Affairs, Nigeria
This Act establishes the North-East Development Commission responsible for receiving and managing funds allocated by the Federal Government and international donors for the resettlement, rehabilitation, integration and reconstruction of roads, houses and business premises of victims of insurgency. This Act also aims to address the menace of poverty, illiteracy, ecological problems and any other related environmental or development challenges in the North-East States.
Nigeria • 2017 • Democracy and Governance
Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment, ETC) Act, 2017 Explanatory Memorandum
Local Government and Community Affairs, Nigeria
This Act amends the Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment, etc.) Act, No 6, 2000 to increase the funding of the Commission for effective discharge of its duties.
Nigeria • 2017 • Democracy and Governance