Policies / Policies from 2006

Policies from 2006

Policies with publication year 2006.

National Forest Policy

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Rural development

Nigeria2006Agriculture And Rural DevelopmentOther

The purpose of a National Forest Policy will be to encourage and support an aggressive establishment of plantations of economic trees of both exotic species, such as teak and indigenous species; and foster the redirection of development resources such that forest lands are not allocated to other uses unless it is in the superior interest of the nation, conscientious efforts are made to expand the forest estate through new acquisitions by public and private agencies, the provision of forestry goods and services is vigorously pursued for and on behalf of all Nigerians, and state boundaries do not in any way hinder the development of forestry projects, movement of forest produce and personnel as well as allocation of other resources.

National Oil Spill Detection And Response Agency (Establishment) Act, 2006

Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources

Nigeria2006EnergyOther

This is an act to provide for the establishment of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency and related matters. The objectives of the Agency are to co-ordinate and implement the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan for Nigeria, establish a viable national operational organization that ensures a safe, timely, effective and appropriate response to major or disastrous oil pollution, identify high-risk areas as well as priority areas for protection and clean up, establish the mechanism to monitor and assist or where expedient direct the response, including the capability to mobilize the necessary resources to save lives, protect threatened environment, and clean up to the best practical extent of the impacted site etc.

The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) Minimum Requirement for Accreditation as Land Transportation of Radioactive Sources

Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources

Nigeria2006EnergyOther

The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), established by the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act 19 of 1995 (the Act) is charged with the sole responsibility for nuclear safety and radiological protection regulation in Nigeria (Article 4 of the Act.) In this regard, the NNRA is empowered to license practices involving handling, transportation and storage of radioactive sources. This document provides the requirement for accreditation for land transportation of radioactive sources.

Nigerian Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine Regulations, 2006

Ministry of Health

Nigeria2006HealthOther

These regulations are practice-elaboration of the Nigeria basic ionizing radiation regulation, which is derived from the international basic safety standards for protection against ionizing radiation sources. They provide for the protection of patients, workers and the public from the harmful effects of exposure to ionizing radiation.

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. Customer Complaints Handling: Standards and Procedures

Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources

Nigeria2006EnergyOther

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission makes the following regulations for the handling of customer complaints. It provides regulations on the establishment of customer complaints units, the constitution of the forum and quorum for its meetings, removal of a forum member, the jurisdiction of the forum, duty of the distribution licensee to notify, the procedure for filing complaints, manner of handling complaints by the forum, the procedure for hearing complaints by the forum, decisions of the forum, appeal, commission to issue orders or directions, and reports to the commission.

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