This is an Act for the creation of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria including the function, governance and financial provisions of the council and other miscellaneous provisions.
This is an Act outlining offences relating to examination malpractices in Nigeria and the penalties for any examination malpractices in Nigeria as well as other connected matters.
This is an Act for the establishment of the Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council. The Act highlights the function of the Council, registration of members, maritime labour monitoring and welfare, financial provisions and other miscellaneous matters.
This is an Act for the establishment of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, outlining its functions, management, governance, and funding as well as other related matters.
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 establish the Nigerian Ports Authority with the functions of providing and operating necessary facilities in ports and maintaining, improving and regulating the use of the ports; and to provide for matters connected therewith. Regulation 7 outlines the functions of the board. It will provide and operate, in the Ports, such facilities as appear to it best calculated to serve the interest of Nigeria, maintain, improve and regulate the use of the Ports, ensure the efficient management of Port operations, optimal allocation and use of resources, diversification of sources of revenue and guaranteeing adequate returns on its investments, in order to contribute effectively to the wellbeing of the Nigerian society, provide, for the approaches to all Ports and the territorial waters of Nigeria, such pilotage services and lights, marks and other navigational services and aids, including cleaning, deepening and improving of all waterways, manage, supervise and control or take part in the management, supervision or control of any company or undertaking in which the Authority is interested, by reason of shareholding or otherwise and for that purpose appoint and remunerate directors, accountants, other experts and agents, provide and operate such other services as the Minister may, from time to time, require, and carry out such other activities which are connected with or incidental to its other functions under this Act. While Regulation 8 details the powers of the Authority.
Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Rural development
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An Act to establish the National Park Service to be responsible for the preservation, enhancement and protection of wild animals and plants and other vegetation in national parks; and for matters connected therewith. It states the objectives of the service the protection of endangered species of wild plants and animals and their habitats, the establishment of an ecologically and geographically balanced network of protected areas under the jurisdiction and control of the Federal Government, implement relevant international treaties, agreements or other arrangements regarding, relating to or connected with protected areas and wildlife management to which Nigeria is a party, in so far as the power to implement those international treaties, agreements or arrangements is conferred on the service by the Federal Government.
This Act establishes the framework of the National Health Insurance Scheme with the objectives of ensuring access to good health care services to every Nigerian and protecting Nigerian families from the financial hardship of huge medical bills, and for matters connected therewith.