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National Agency for the Great Green Wall (Establishment) Act, 2015

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the National Agency for the Great Green Wall for the implementation of the Great Green Wall Programme in Nigeria. The Act provides for the establishment of a council and the duties of the appointed officials. The council has the power to formulate policies for the attainment of the objectives of the agency.

Nigeria 2015 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

National Intelligence Agency Pensions (Establishment) Act, 2017

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This Act establishes the National Intelligence Agency Pensions Board charged with the responsibility for administering the pensions scheme for personnel of the agency. The Act is in consequence of the exit of the agency from the application of the contributory pension scheme under the Pensions Reform Act, 2014.

Nigeria 2017 Finance

Federal Capital Territory 2017 Statutory Appropriation Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to authorize the issue of funds from the Federal Capital Territory Administrative Statutory account the total sum of N222,360,551,512 only, for the financial year commencing from 1st January and ending on 31st December 2017.

Nigeria 2017 Finance

Federal Capital Territory 2016 Statutory Appropriation Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to authorize the issue of funds from the Federal Capital Territory Administrative Statutory account, the total sum of N241,455,285,471 only, for the financial year commencing from 1st January and ending on 31st December 2016.

Nigeria 2016 Finance

Federal Capital Territory 2018 Statutory Appropriation Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to authorize the issue of funds from the Federal Capital Territory Administrative Statutory account the total sum of N271,532,518,887 only, for the financial year commencing from 1st January and ending on 31st December 2018.

Nigeria 2018 Finance

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

Finance Bill, 2019

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This bill proposes major fiscal reforms to promote fiscal equity by mitigating instances of regressive taxation; reforming domestic tax laws; introducing tax incentives for investments in infrastructure and the capital market; supporting small businesses in line with the ongoing Ease of Doing Business reforms; raising revenues for the government by various fiscal measures including a proposed increase in the rate of Value Added Tax from 5% to 7.5%.

Nigeria 2019 Finance

Mortgage Institutions Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

An Act to make provisions for the establishment and licensing of mortgage institutions to grant loans and advance to individuals for the purchase or construction of a dwelling house; improvement or extension of an existing dwelling house; and to accept savings and deposits from members of the public and to pay interest thereon. This act provides for the licensing of mortgage institutions and lays down rules for mortgage businesses by licensed mortgage institutions. If any company intends to carry on mortgage business in Nigeria, it shall apply in writing through the Federal Mortgage Bank to the Minister for the grant of a license in accordance with the following provisions of this act. Every mortgage institution shall submit to the Federal Mortgage Bank such returns as specified. The Federal High Court shall have jurisdiction to try all offences created under this act.

Nigeria 1982 Finance

Community Banks Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the establishment of community banks and other matters connected therewith. It provides for the establishment of the National Board for Community Banks, etc. It also states the functions of the Board, it includes responsibility for accepting and processing applications for the setting up of banks throughout Nigeria, incorporating banks as private companies with the membership of fifty or more persons and determining the fees to be paid from time to time, undertaking such other activities as are necessary or expedient for giving full effect to the provisions of this act etc.

Nigeria 1992 Finance

Federal Mortgage Bank Of Nigeria Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria to provide long-term credit facilities to mortgage institutions in Nigeria and to encourage and promote the development of mortgage institutions at the Local, State and Federal levels of government.

Nigeria 1993 Finance

Central Bank Of Nigeria Revised Guidelines For The Registration Of Cash-In-Transit And Currency Processing Companies In Nigeria

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

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.

Nigeria Finance

Banks And Other Financial Institutions Act 1991 (Amended)

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to regulate banking and other financial institutions and for matters connected therewith. It defines the 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.

Nigeria 2002 Finance

Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

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 a 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, the establishment of the board, management of the bank, establishment of the monetary policy committee, establishment of financial services regulation coordinating committee and powers to make regulations.

Nigeria 2007 Finance