The Federal Agencies

Constitutional body that administers the Code of Conduct for Public Officers and prosecutes breaches before the CCT.Enabling law: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, Section 153 & Third Schedule, Part I (A); Code of Conduct Bureau & Tribunal Act, Cap C15 LFN 2004.

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Constitutional body that monitors federal revenue accruals and recommends the federation account revenue-allocation formula and political-office holders' remuneration.Enabling law: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, Section 153 & Third Schedule, Part I (N); RMAFC Act, Cap R7 LFN 2004.

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Constitutional body that appoints, promotes, disciplines, and dismisses officers of the federal civil service.Enabling law: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, Section 153 & Third Schedule, Part I (D).

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Administers the FCT in lieu of a state government. The FCT Minister exercises the powers of a state governor.Enabling law: Federal Capital Territory Act, Cap F6 LFN 2004 (originally Decree No. 6 of 1976).

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Constitutional body that recommends judicial appointments and exercises discipline over judges of the superior courts of record.Enabling law: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, Section 153 & Third Schedule, Part I (I).

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Constitutional body that advises the NJC on the nomination of judicial officers of the federal courts.Enabling law: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, Section 153 & Third Schedule, Part I (E).

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Continuing-education institute for judicial officers and court staff. Houses the All-Nigeria Judges' Conference.Enabling law: National Judicial Institute Act, Cap N55 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 28 of 1991).

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Disciplinary tribunal of the legal profession. Hears complaints of professional misconduct against legal practitioners.Enabling law: Legal Practitioners Act, Cap L11 LFN 2004, s. 10–12.

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Nigeria's federal ombudsman. Investigates administrative injustice in federal, state, and local government bodies.Enabling law: Public Complaints Commission Act, Cap P37 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 31 of 1975).

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Federal anti-trafficking and anti-slavery agency. Investigates, prosecutes, and rehabilitates survivors of human trafficking and forced labour.Enabling law: Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement & Administration Act, No. 6 of 2015 (re-enacted from 2003).

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Constitutional tribunal trying breaches of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers. Notably tried CJN Walter Onnoghen (2019) and Senate President Bukola Saraki (2015–2018).Enabling law: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, Fifth Schedule, Part I; Code of Conduct Bureau & Tribunal Act, Cap C15 LFN 2004.

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Federal law-reform body. Reviews obsolete federal statutes, drafts consolidating Bills and prepares the periodic Laws of the Federation of Nigeria revision.Enabling law: Nigerian Law Reform Commission Act, Cap N118 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 18 of 1979).

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Statutory regulator of vocational legal education in Nigeria. Operates the Nigerian Law School across Bwari, Lagos, Yola, Kano, Yenagoa, Enugu and Port Harcourt campuses.Enabling law: Legal Education (Consolidation, Etc.) Act, Cap L10 LFN 2004 (originally Ordinance 12 of 1962).

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Federal postgraduate research institute for law. Publishes the NIALS Journal and conducts continuing-legal-education programmes for judges and senior lawyers.Enabling law: Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Act, Cap N112 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 18 of 1979).

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Specialised tribunal for capital-market disputes. Hears matters between investors and SEC-registered capital-market operators; appeals lie to the Court of Appeal.Enabling law: Investments & Securities Act, No. 29 of 2007, Part XIV; re-enacted by Investments & Securities Act, No. 5 of 2025.

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Internal security and intelligence service. One of three successor agencies to the dissolved NSO.Enabling law: National Security Agencies Act, Decree No. 19 of 1986 (Cap N74 LFN 2004).

Federal agency for passports, visas, residence permits, and migration control. Issues the Nigerian e-passport and ECOWAS travel certificate.Enabling law: Immigration Act, No. 8 of 2015 (re-enacted from Cap I1 LFN 2004); Nigeria Immigration Service Regulations 2017.

Paramilitary federal force. Critical-infrastructure protection (pipelines, schools, places of worship); statutory regulator of private guard companies.Enabling law: Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps Act, No. 2 of 2003 (as amended by Act No. 6 of 2007).

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Federal custodial and non-custodial service. Operates 240+ custodial centres and the parole / community-service regime.Enabling law: Nigerian Correctional Service Act, No. 14 of 2019 (re-enacted from the Prisons Act, Cap P29 LFN 2004).

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Coordinates Nigeria's intelligence community, counter-terrorism strategy, and national-security policy. Reports directly to the President.Enabling law: National Security Agencies Act, Cap N74 LFN 2004; Office of the NSA presidential directive (revised 1999).

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Lead coordinating agency for counter-terrorism intelligence, operations, and prosecutions. Designates terrorist groups under the 2022 Act.Enabling law: Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, No. 18 of 2022, s. 1A; sits within ONSA.

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Federal fire-fighting and rescue service under the Ministry of Interior. Roots in the Lagos Fire Brigade established by the colonial government in 1901; assumed federal status in 1963.Enabling law: Federal Fire Service Act, Cap F12 LFN 2004 (originally Fire Service Act 1963).

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Federal firefighting and rescue service under the Ministry of Interior. State and local fire services operate separately.Enabling law: Federal Fire Service Act, Cap F12 LFN 2004 (originally Police Ordinance 1906 → Fire Service Brigade 1956).

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Nigeria's foreign-intelligence service. Reports to the President via the National Security Adviser.Enabling law: National Security Agencies Act, Decree No. 19 of 1986.

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Military-intelligence service of the Armed Forces. One of three successor agencies to the NSO; reports through the CDS.Enabling law: National Security Agencies Act, Decree No. 19 of 1986 (Cap N74 LFN 2004).

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Lead anti-corruption agency for economic and financial crimes — money laundering, advance-fee fraud, public-funds embezzlement.Enabling law: EFCC (Establishment) Act, No. 1 of 2004 (re-enacted from 2002 Act after FATF objections).

Federal anti-corruption agency for public-sector corruption, abuse of office, and conflict-of-interest matters.Enabling law: Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

Federal human-rights monitor; investigates complaints; reports periodically to the National Assembly.Enabling law: National Human Rights Commission Act, No. 22 of 1995 (as amended by Act No. 12 of 2010).

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Federal tax authority — renamed from FIRS on 1 January 2026 by the Nigeria Revenue Service Act, 2025. Administers Companies Income Tax, VAT, Personal Income Tax (for FCT and non-residents), Hydrocarbon Tax, Development Levy, and Stamp Duties; assumes some collection functions previously held by Customs and NUPRC.Enabling law: Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, 2025 — repealing the FIRS (Establishment) Act, No. 13 of 2007. Signed by President Bola Tinubu on 26 June 2025 as part of the four Tax Reform Acts (Nigeria Tax Act, Nigeria Tax Administration Act, Joint Revenue Board Act, NRS Act); commencement 1 January 2026.

Deposit insurer for banks; liquidator of failed banks; complements CBN supervisory framework.Enabling law: NDIC Act, No. 22 of 1988 (re-enacted 2006, 2023).

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Manages the public debt portfolio of the Federation; lead on Eurobond issuance.Enabling law: Debt Management Office (Establishment, Etc.) Act, No. 18 of 2003.

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Capital-market regulator. Listing approvals, public offers, anti-market-abuse enforcement.Enabling law: Investments & Securities Act, No. 33 of 2025 (re-enacted from ISA 2007 and ISA 1999).

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Insurance industry regulator; administers the Compulsory Insurance regime (motor third party, builders, occupiers).Enabling law: NAICOM Act, No. 1 of 1997.

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Regulator of the Contributory Pension Scheme. Licenses PFAs and PFCs; supervises pension-asset custody and retirement benefit administration.Enabling law: Pension Reform Act, No. 4 of 2014 (re-enacted from PRA 2004).

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Sovereign wealth fund. Manages the Stabilisation, Future Generations, and Nigeria Infrastructure ring-fenced funds.Enabling law: Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (Establishment, Etc.) Act, No. 15 of 2011.

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Statutory bad-bank created after the 2009 banking crisis. Purchases and recovers eligible non-performing loans.Enabling law: AMCON Act, No. 4 of 2010 (as amended 2015, 2019).

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Standard-setter for accounting, auditing, and corporate-governance reporting; oversees IFRS adoption in Nigeria.Enabling law: Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria Act, No. 6 of 2011 (as amended by Act No. 9 of 2023).

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Federal registrar of companies, business names, and incorporated trustees. Custodian of the public register of beneficial owners.Enabling law: Companies & Allied Matters Act, No. 3 of 2020 (re-enacted from CAMA 1990).

Regulates federal procurement. Issues 'Certificates of No Objection' for contracts above set thresholds; publishes price benchmarks.Enabling law: Public Procurement Act, No. 14 of 2007.

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Secretariat to the National Council on Privatisation. Has executed the privatisation of NITEL, the DisCos (2013), the GenCos, and the partial divestment of NNPC assets.Enabling law: Public Enterprises (Privatisation & Commercialisation) Act, No. 28 of 1999.

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Custodian of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Operates the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and the GIFMIS payment platform.Enabling law: Constitution 1999, s.84(4); Finance (Control & Management) Act, Cap F26 LFN 2004.

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Prepares the annual Federal Budget and the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework. Tracks capital implementation across MDAs.Enabling law: Fiscal Responsibility Act, No. 31 of 2007; Appropriation Acts (annual).

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Federal development finance institution. Lends concessionary medium- and long-term credit to manufacturing, agro-processing, and SMEs.Enabling law: Re-organised in 2001 from the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (1964), the Nigerian Bank for Commerce & Industry (1973), and the National Economic Reconstruction Fund.

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Export-credit agency. Provides trade finance, export credit insurance, and the ECOWAS Sealink and Sea-Trade financing windows.Enabling law: NEXIM Act, No. 38 of 1991.

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Wholesale development bank. On-lends to commercial banks and microfinance banks for MSME credit; does not lend directly to end-borrowers.Enabling law: Incorporated 2014 (CAC); operations launched 2017. Wholesale finance vehicle backed by the World Bank, AfDB, KfW, AFD, and the EIB.

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Administers the National Housing Fund (NHF). Provides primary-mortgage refinancing to PMIs and direct NHF loans to contributors.Enabling law: Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria Act, Cap F16 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 82 of 1993).

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Constitutional external auditor of all federal MDAs, federal parastatals and federation-account agencies. Reports annually to the National Assembly through the Public Accounts Committees.Enabling law: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, Sections 85–86; Audit Act, No. 38 of 2025.

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Federal advisory body on salaries, allowances and incomes policy for the public sector. Custodian of the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structures.Enabling law: National Salaries, Incomes & Wages Commission Act, Cap N72 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 99 of 1993).

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Apex office of the federal civil service. Sets HR policy, manages SES (Permanent Secretary) appointments and runs the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan.Enabling law: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, Section 169; Civil Service Rules.

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Regulator of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Licenses PFAs and PFCs; oversees ~N20 trillion in pension assets (2025).Enabling law: Pension Reform Act, No. 4 of 2014 (re-enacting Act No. 2 of 2004).

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Apex capital-markets regulator. Licenses exchanges (NGX, NASD, FMDQ), registrars, fund managers, and ISA-2025 digital-asset platforms.Enabling law: Investments & Securities Act, No. 29 of 2025 (re-enacting Act No. 29 of 2007; originating Capital Issues Decree No. 14 of 1973).

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Replaces the Joint Tax Board from 1 January 2026. Coordinates federal, state and FCT tax administration; hosts the Tax Ombud.Enabling law: Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Act, 2025 (one of the four Tax Reform Acts signed 26 June 2025).

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Specialist tribunal for federal tax disputes. Sits in eight zones; appeals lie to the Federal High Court.Enabling law: Federal Inland Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, 2007, Fifth Schedule; reconstituted under the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025.

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Refinances qualifying mortgages from primary mortgage banks. Issues long-tenor naira bonds to deepen the housing-finance market.Enabling law: Incorporated 2013 under CAMA as a PPP between FGN, World Bank and PMIs; SEC-licensed mortgage refinance company.

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National oil company. Incorporated as NNPC Ltd. on 19 September 2022 under CAMA 2020, ending its parastatal status.Enabling law: Petroleum Industry Act 2021; succeeded the NNPC Act 1977 (Decree 33 of 1977).

Upstream regulator (technical, commercial, royalties). Successor to DPR's upstream functions.Enabling law: Petroleum Industry Act 2021, Part III.

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Midstream and downstream regulator. Successor to DPR (downstream) and PPPRA functions.Enabling law: Petroleum Industry Act 2021, Part IV.

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Enforces local-content thresholds in petroleum-industry contracts, employment, and procurement.Enabling law: Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act, No. 2 of 2010.

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Sole issuer of mineral titles in Nigeria — exploration licences, mining leases, quarry leases, small-scale mining leases.Enabling law: Nigerian Minerals & Mining Act, No. 20 of 2007.

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Federal regulator for oil-spill response in the Niger Delta. Maintains the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan and the spill-data registry.Enabling law: NOSDRA (Establishment) Act, No. 15 of 2006.

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Federal geoscientific authority. Maps Nigeria's mineral occurrences, maintains the national geological database and supplies the title-system data used by the Mining Cadastre Office.Enabling law: Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (Establishment) Act, No. 30 of 2006.

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Independent regulator of generation, transmission, distribution, and trading licensees in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry.Enabling law: Electricity Act, No. 33 of 2023 (re-enacted from the Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005).

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Operates the national transmission grid and the System Operator and Market Operator functions.Enabling law: Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005 (now Electricity Act 2023); unbundled from NEPA/PHCN.

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Bulk buyer of electricity from generation companies under Power Purchase Agreements; sells to DisCos via vesting contracts.Enabling law: Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005, s. 67 (now Electricity Act 2023).

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Federal agency for off-grid and rural electrification. Implements the Nigeria Electrification Project (World Bank/AfDB) — solar mini-grids, productive-use programmes and Energising Education / Energising Economies.Enabling law: Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005 (now Electricity Act 2023), Part IX.

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Apex federal energy-policy and planning body. Coordinates national energy R&D — the Sokoto, Nsukka, Lagos, Maiduguri and Usman Danfodiyo Energy Research Centres.Enabling law: Energy Commission of Nigeria Act, Cap E10 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 62 of 1979).

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Federal special-purpose vehicle that built the ten NIPP gas-fired stations from 2005. Owned by the three tiers of government; partially divested under the Buhari and Tinubu administrations.Enabling law: Incorporated under CAMA 2004 as the SPV for the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP), 2005.

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Federal hydrology and flood-forecasting authority. Publishes the Annual Flood Outlook and operates the national river-gauge network.Enabling law: Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (Establishment) Act, No. 4 of 2010.

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Federal renewable-energy research centre. Solar PV, biomass, small hydro pilot work.Enabling law: Established 1982 as a research arm of the Energy Commission of Nigeria; hosted at University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

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Independent telecommunications regulator. Licensing, spectrum, consumer protection, and competition oversight.Enabling law: Nigerian Communications Act, No. 19 of 2003.

Federal regulator of food, drug, cosmetic, and medical-device manufacture, import, distribution, and use.Enabling law: NAFDAC Act, Decree No. 15 of 1993 (Cap N1 LFN 2004).

Licenses and regulates radio, television, cable, satellite, and web-broadcast operators. Administers the Broadcasting Code.Enabling law: National Broadcasting Commission Act, Cap N11 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 38 of 1992, as amended 1999).

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Federal IT policy agency. Administers the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) framework prior to the NDPC, and the 1% IT-development levy on qualifying companies.Enabling law: NITDA Act, No. 28 of 2007.

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Sets and enforces Nigerian Industrial Standards for non-food, non-drug manufactured goods. Operates the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP / SONCAP).Enabling law: Standards Organisation of Nigeria Act, No. 14 of 2015 (re-enacted from Decree 56 of 1971).

Federal environmental regulator — air, water, hazardous waste, biodiversity. Successor to FEPA's enforcement functions.Enabling law: NESREA (Establishment) Act, No. 25 of 2007.

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Federal data-protection regulator. Successor to the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (2022) and NITDA's NDPR-era oversight.Enabling law: Nigeria Data Protection Act, No. 37 of 2023.

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Unified competition and consumer-protection regulator. Successor to the Consumer Protection Council; reviews mergers above the SEC/FCCPC thresholds.Enabling law: Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Act, No. 1 of 2019.

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Federal space agency. Built and operates the NigComSat-1R communications satellite and the NigeriaSat earth-observation programme.Enabling law: NASRDA Act, No. 31 of 2010 (originally established 1999).

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Federal weather and climate authority. Publishes the annual Seasonal Climate Prediction; provides aeronautical meteorology for civil aviation.Enabling law: Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Establishment) Act, No. 9 of 2003.

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Federal copyright administrator. Operates the Nigerian Copyright e-Registration System (NCeRS) and prosecutes copyright infringement and piracy offences.Enabling law: Copyright Act, No. 8 of 2022 (re-enacted from Copyright Act, Cap C28 LFN 2004).

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Federal lottery regulator. Licenses operators, collects gaming taxes, and supervises the National Lottery Trust Fund.Enabling law: National Lottery Act, No. 7 of 2005 (status disputed after the Supreme Court's November 2024 ruling that lottery is a residual state matter).

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Regulates GMOs in Nigeria. Approved Bt cotton (2016), Tela GM cowpea (2019) and TELA maize (2024) for commercial release.Enabling law: National Biosafety Management Agency Act, No. 25 of 2015 (amended 2019).

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Owns and operates Nigeria's geostationary communications satellites at 42.5°E. Ka/Ku/C-band capacity for broadband, broadcasting, and government use.Enabling law: Incorporated 2006 under CAMA; FGN-owned satellite operator. NigComSat-1 (2007, failed); NigComSat-1R (2011).

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Manages the .ng country-code top-level domain. Accredits registrars and operates the .ng WHOIS.Enabling law: Recognised 2008 by NITDA as the national .ng registry; registered under CAMA as a not-for-profit.

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Independent data-protection regulator. Replaced the NDPB (2022) and the NITDA-issued NDPR 2019 regime.Enabling law: Nigeria Data Protection Act, No. 37 of 2023.

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Maritime regulator; administers cabotage, safety standards, and seafarer certification.Enabling law: NIMASA Act, No. 17 of 2007; Coastal & Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act 2003.

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Federal road traffic authority. Driver licensing, vehicle plates, road incident response.Enabling law: FRSC (Establishment) Act, No. 22 of 2007 (re-enacted from Decree 45 of 1988).

Federal port landlord. Owns the quays and channels at Lagos (Apapa, Tin Can), Port Harcourt, Onne, Warri, Calabar; supervises concessioned terminal operators since the 2006 port reform.Enabling law: Nigerian Ports Authority Act, Cap N126 LFN 2004 (originally Ports Act of 1954).

Operator of Nigeria's 22 federal airports. Owns the terminals; runs the Aviation Security (AVSEC) service.Enabling law: Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria Act, Cap F5 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 9 of 1996).

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Independent aviation safety and economic regulator. Air Operator's Certificates, airworthiness, consumer protection.Enabling law: Civil Aviation Act, No. 6 of 2022 (re-enacted from the 2006 Act).

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Operator of the federal railway system. Runs the Lagos–Ibadan and Abuja–Kaduna standard-gauge services and the surviving narrow-gauge corridors.Enabling law: Nigerian Railway Corporation Act, Cap N129 LFN 2004 (originally Ordinance 30 of 1955).

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Federal regulator of inland navigation. Manages river ports, channel maintenance, hydrographic survey of the Niger–Benue system.Enabling law: National Inland Waterways Authority Act, Cap N47 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 13 of 1997).

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Maintains the 35,000+ km federal highway network. Procures routine and periodic maintenance, emergency repairs, and bridge rehabilitation.Enabling law: Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (Establishment, Etc.) Act, No. 7 of 2002 (as amended 2007).

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National training college for pilots, engineers, air-traffic controllers, and cabin crew. ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS member.Enabling law: Civil Aviation Act 2022; established by federal directive at Zaria, 1964.

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Federal small-arms and ammunition manufacturer. Based in Kaduna; supplies the Armed Forces and licensed end-users.Enabling law: Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria Act, Cap D4 LFN 2004 (originally Ordinance of 1964).

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Federal postal operator. Successor to the colonial Posts & Telegraphs Department (1852). Sole licensor of the National Addressing System.Enabling law: Nigerian Postal Service Act, Cap N127 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 41 of 1992).

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Statutory developer of Abuja under the FCT Minister. Implements the IPRP-revised Abuja Master Plan and engineering infrastructure of the city.Enabling law: Federal Capital Territory Act, Cap F6 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 6 of 1976).

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Federal real-estate developer. Designed and built the FESTAC '77 housing estate; develops federal housing estates across the six geo-political zones.Enabling law: Federal Housing Authority Act, Cap F14 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 40 of 1973).

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Coordinates the determination, delimitation and resolution of internal (state and LGA) and international boundary disputes — including Bakassi, Cameroon, Niger and Benin frontiers.Enabling law: National Boundary Commission (Establishment) Act, No. 6 of 2006 (re-enacted from Decree 38 of 1987).

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Custodian of the federal geodetic framework, national topographic mapping, the Nigeria GNSS Reference Network (NIGNET) and aeronautical charts.Enabling law: Survey Co-ordination Act, Cap S20 LFN 2004; Presidential directive (FRN gazette, 1985).

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Federal R&D institute for building materials and road technology — interlocking-block press, stabilised laterite, pozzolan-cement blends, and the Nigerian Building Code testing programme.Enabling law: Nigerian Building & Road Research Institute Act, Cap N100 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 70 of 1977).

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Port economic regulator. Tariff oversight on terminal operators and shipping lines; protects shipper interests.Enabling law: Nigerian Shippers' Council Act, Cap N133 LFN 2004 (originally Decree No. 13 of 1978); designated Port Economic Regulator by Executive Order, February 2015.

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Regulator of universities. Programme accreditation, university licensing, BMAS standards.Enabling law: National Universities Commission Act, Cap N81 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 1 of 1974).

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Conducts the UTME — Nigeria's unified tertiary admissions exam.Enabling law: JAMB Act, Cap J1 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 2 of 1978).

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Manages the Universal Basic Education programme and the matching-grant scheme to SUBEBs.Enabling law: Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education Act, No. 8 of 2004.

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Skills-development agency. Administers the 1% payroll levy on qualifying employers and runs the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) with NUC/NBTE.Enabling law: Industrial Training Fund Act, Cap I9 LFN 2004 (as amended by Act No. 19 of 2011) — originally Decree 47 of 1971.

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Regulator of polytechnics, monotechnics, and technical colleges. Accredits ND and HND programmes.Enabling law: National Board for Technical Education Act, Cap N93 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 9 of 1977).

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Statutory body that registers and licenses teachers and sets the Professional Standards for Nigerian Teachers.Enabling law: Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria Act, No. 31 of 1993 (Cap T3 LFN 2004).

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Disburses the 3% Tertiary Education Tax to public universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education for infrastructure, research, and capacity building.Enabling law: Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Establishment, Etc.) Act, No. 16 of 2011 (re-enacted from the Education Tax Act 1993).

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Conducts the National Business Certificate, National Technical Certificate, and advanced equivalents.Enabling law: NABTEB Act, Cap N9 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 70 of 1993).

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Conducts the WASSCE (May/June and Private) in Nigeria — the principal secondary-school leaving examination.Enabling law: West African Examinations Council Act, Cap W4 LFN 2004 (originally Ordinance 40 of 1951).

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Conducts the Senior School Certificate Examination (June/July), the National Common Entrance, and the BECE (federal track).Enabling law: National Examinations Council (Establishment) Act, No. 8 of 2002.

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Apex national policy think-tank at Kuru, Plateau State. Runs the annual Senior Executive Course (SEC) for senior public officials and the private sector.Enabling law: NIPSS Act, Cap N91 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 20 of 1979).

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Federal single-mode distance-learning university. Largest university in Nigeria by enrolment with 78+ study centres nationwide.Enabling law: National Open University Act, Cap N84B LFN 2004 (originally established 1983; reactivated 2002).

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Administers Federal Government Scholarship Awards — Nigerian Awards (undergraduate) and Bilateral Educational Agreement (BEA) Awards for postgraduate study abroad.Enabling law: Scholarships & Loans (Federal Government) Act, Cap S6 LFN 2004; established 1960 by the Federal Ministry of Education.

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Federal maritime university at Okerenkoko, Delta State. Outcome of the 2009 Niger Delta Amnesty Programme.Enabling law: Established 2015 by Presidential Approval; gazetted federal university 2018.

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Federal counter-narcotics agency. Reformed and substantially scaled-up from 2021.Enabling law: NDLEA Act, Decree No. 48 of 1989 (Cap N30 LFN 2004).

Federal disaster-response agency. Coordinates floods, displacement, epidemics, and air disasters.Enabling law: NEMA (Establishment) Act, No. 12 of 1999.

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Federal public-health agency. Lead for outbreak surveillance and response.Enabling law: NCDC Act, No. 30 of 2018 (regularised the agency operating since 2011).

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Implements primary-health-care policy at the federal tier. Lead on routine immunisation and the Basic Health Care Provision Fund.Enabling law: NPHCDA Act, Cap N69 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 29 of 1992).

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Universal-coverage regulator. Licenses HMOs, supervises state social-health-insurance schemes, and administers the Vulnerable Group Fund.Enabling law: National Health Insurance Authority Act, No. 17 of 2022 (re-enacted from the NHIS Act 1999).

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Coordinates Nigeria's national HIV/AIDS response across federal, state, and donor programming.Enabling law: National Agency for the Control of AIDS (Establishment) Act, No. 1 of 2007.

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Federal R&D institute for drugs, biologicals, and traditional medicine. Houses Nigeria's WHO-prequalified quality-control laboratory.Enabling law: National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research & Development Act, Cap N72 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 30 of 1987).

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Registers and regulates pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmaceutical premises. Sets the BPharm/PharmD curriculum standards.Enabling law: Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, No. 17 of 2022 (re-enacted from PCN Act 1992).

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Federal blood-supply regulator. Replaced the National Blood Transfusion Service (2005).Enabling law: National Blood Service Commission Act, No. 22 of 2021.

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Federal tertiary hospital. Originally established for women and children; expanded scope 2000.Enabling law: National Hospital for Women & Children Decree No. 36 of 1999; renamed National Hospital Abuja, 2000.

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First teaching hospital in Nigeria (opened 1957). Federal tertiary hospital; site of the WHO Yellow-Fever Reference Lab.Enabling law: Established by Ordinance No. 24 of 1952; teaching hospital of the University of Ibadan.

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Federal tertiary hospital at Idi-Araba, Lagos. Site of West Africa's first successful kidney transplant (2002).Enabling law: Established 1962; teaching hospital of the University of Lagos.

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Promotes non-oil exports. Operates the Export Expansion Grant scheme and the Zero Oil Plan diversification programme.Enabling law: Nigerian Export Promotion Council Act, Cap N108 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 26 of 1976).

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Licenses and regulates Nigeria's free-trade zones and export-processing zones, including Lekki, Calabar, and Kano FTZs.Enabling law: Nigeria Export Processing Zones Act, Cap N107 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 63 of 1992).

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Phytosanitary, zoosanitary, and aquatic-health regulator. Issues SPS certificates for plant, animal, fish, and forestry imports and exports.Enabling law: Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (Establishment) Act, No. 12 of 2018.

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Surveys, profiles, and promotes the industrial use of Nigeria's raw-materials base. Publishes the multi-disciplinary committee reports.Enabling law: Raw Materials Research & Development Council Act, Cap R3 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 39 of 1987).

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Builds and operates federal engineering-infrastructure development institutes for prototypes, machine tools, and renewable-energy systems.Enabling law: National Agency for Science & Engineering Infrastructure Act, Cap N3 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 33 of 1992).

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Federal MSME development agency. Co-publishes (with NBS) the periodic MSME National Survey and runs One-Stop-Shop registration centres.Enabling law: SMEDAN (Establishment) Act, No. 18 of 2003.

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Federal agricultural development bank. Wholly owned by the FMF Incorporated and CBN; lends to smallholder farmers, cooperatives and agribusiness SMEs.Enabling law: Companies & Allied Matters Act (re-registered 2010); succeeded NACRDB (2000), which absorbed NACB (1973) and the People's Bank.

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CBN-owned credit-risk-sharing facility for agriculture. Issues partial credit guarantees to deposit-money banks for agricultural loans across the value chain.Enabling law: Incorporated 2013 by the Central Bank of Nigeria under CAMA; CBN Act 2007.

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Sole federal underwriter of subsidised agricultural insurance — crop, livestock, poultry, fisheries and farm-asset cover.Enabling law: Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation Act, Cap N89 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 37 of 1993).

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Federal seed regulator. Registers and certifies improved seed varieties; enforces the National Seed Catalogue and the National Variety Release Committee process.Enabling law: National Agricultural Seeds Council Act, No. 6 of 2019 (re-enacted from Decree 72 of 1992).

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National research mandate for cocoa, coffee, cashew, kola and tea. Headquartered at Ibadan; releases improved planting material and processing protocols.Enabling law: Agricultural Research Institutes (Establishment, Etc.) Order, 1975; reorganised 1989.

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National mandate for oil palm, coconut, raphia, date palm and ornamental palms. Bred the EWS Tenera hybrids that underwrote the Asian palm-oil expansion.Enabling law: Agricultural Research Institutes (Establishment, Etc.) Order, 1975; succeeded the West African Institute for Oil Palm Research (1939).

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National mandate for cassava, yam, cocoyam, sweet potato, Irish potato and ginger. Headquartered at Umudike, Abia State; partner on the orange-fleshed sweet potato programme.Enabling law: Agricultural Research Institutes (Establishment, Etc.) Order, 1975.

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Federal animal-health R&D institute. Manufactures over 80 per cent of livestock vaccines used in Nigeria — Newcastle, PPR, CBPP, anti-rabies.Enabling law: Agricultural Research Institutes (Establishment, Etc.) Order, 1975; established 1924 at Vom.

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National mandate for post-harvest storage of grains, tubers, fish and horticultural produce. Developed the inert-atmosphere silo and the NSPRI smoking kiln.Enabling law: Agricultural Research Institutes (Establishment, Etc.) Order, 1975.

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National mandate for forestry, agroforestry and wildlife research. Custodian of the Nigerian National Herbarium (FHI) and the Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan.Enabling law: Agricultural Research Institutes (Establishment, Etc.) Order, 1975.

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Federal investment-promotion agency. Houses the One-Stop Investment Centre and administers the Pioneer Status Incentive on behalf of the Federal Executive Council.Enabling law: Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission Act, Cap N117 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 16 of 1995).

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Federal sugar-industry regulator. Administers the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan and the backward-integration regime for the three licensed refiners.Enabling law: National Sugar Development Council Act, Cap N79 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 88 of 1993).

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Federal applied-industrial-research institute. Holds pilot plants for cassava starch, soya-bean processing, fruit juice, edible-oil refining and packaged moin-moin.Enabling law: Federal Institute of Industrial Research Act, Cap F12 LFN 2004 (originally established 1956 as the Federal Industrial Research Service).

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Federal marine research institute at Victoria Island, Lagos. Fisheries stock assessment, aquaculture, Gulf of Guinea oceanography.Enabling law: NIOMR Decree No. 74 of 1979 (Cap N107 LFN 2004).

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Federal research institute at Maiduguri. Wheat, barley and millet improvement; lead institute for Nigeria's wheat backward-integration programme.Enabling law: Agricultural Research Institutes (Establishment) Order, 1975; under the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria.

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Oldest agricultural research institute in Nigeria. Released SAMMAZ maize varieties, SAMSORG sorghum, and the Tela GM cowpea (2019).Enabling law: Established 1922 as the Department of Agriculture Research Station, Samaru; now a sub-unit of Ahmadu Bello University under the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria.

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Federal centre for agricultural mechanisation. Tractor testing and farm-machinery R&D at Ilorin.Enabling law: NCAM Act, Cap N7 LFN 2004 (originally Decree No. 35 of 1990).

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Federal film-industry development agency. Operates the National Film Institute, Jos, and the National Film and Sound Archive.Enabling law: Nigerian Film Corporation Act, Cap N104 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 61 of 1979).

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Classifies and censors films and video works for cinema, broadcast, and online distribution in Nigeria.Enabling law: National Film & Video Censors Board Act, Cap N40 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 85 of 1993).

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National public-service broadcaster. Operates over 100 stations and the NTA News Network across all 36 states and the FCT.Enabling law: Nigerian Television Authority Act, Cap N138 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 24 of 1977).

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National public-service radio. Operates Radio Nigeria stations in English, French, and major Nigerian languages.Enabling law: Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Act, Cap F8 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 8 of 1979).

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Nigeria's external broadcaster. Shortwave, satellite, and online services in English, Hausa, French, Fulfulde, Swahili, and Arabic.Enabling law: Voice of Nigeria Corporation Act, Cap V2 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 15 of 1990).

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Custodian of Nigeria's antiquities and national monuments. Lead federal agency on Benin Bronzes restitution and other repatriations.Enabling law: National Commission for Museums & Monuments Act, Cap N19 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 77 of 1979).

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Federal tourism authority. Licenses hospitality establishments at the federal level; markets Nigeria's tourism product through the Tour Nigeria platform.Enabling law: Nigerian Tourism Development Authority Act, No. 16 of 2022 (re-enacted from the NTDC Act 1992 after AG of Lagos v. AG Federation, 2013).

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Federal cultural-policy body. Convenes the biennial National Festival of Arts & Culture (NAFEST) and the Children's Festival of Arts (CHIFEST).Enabling law: National Council for Arts & Culture Act, Cap N25 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 3 of 1975).

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Apex sports-administration body. Co-ordinates federations, prepares national teams and operates the National Stadium Surulere and MKO Abiola Stadium Abuja.Enabling law: Re-established by presidential directive, 28 February 2025; previously National Sports Commission Act, Cap N146 LFN 2004 (abolished 2015 → reinstated 2025).

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Federal sports training and coaching institute at the National Stadium, Lagos. Awards the NIS Coaching Certificate at all five levels.Enabling law: National Institute for Sports (Establishment) Act, Cap N84A LFN 2004.

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Federal agency for Muslim pilgrimage administration. Coordinates with Saudi authorities annually.Enabling law: National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, No. 11 of 2006.

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Federal agency for Christian pilgrimage administration.Enabling law: Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission Act, No. 14 of 2007.

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Federal regional-development commission for the nine oil-producing states.Enabling law: Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment, Etc.) Act, No. 6 of 2000.

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Operator of the National Identity Database and issuer of the National Identification Number (NIN). See the NIN series for the policy history.Enabling law: NIMC Act, No. 23 of 2007; NIMC (Amendment) Act, 2026.

Constitutional body responsible for the national census, vital registration, and demographic statistics. Last census: 2006.Enabling law: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, Section 153 & Third Schedule, Part I (N); National Population Commission Act, Cap N67 LFN 2004.

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Sole producer of official federal statistics. Publishes the CPI, GDP rebasings (2010, 2014, 2024), the Nigerian Living Standards Survey, and labour-force reports.Enabling law: Statistics Act, No. 9 of 2007 (consolidating the Federal Office of Statistics, 1947).

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Mandatory one-year national service scheme for graduates under 30. Established by Gowon after the civil war as a national-unity instrument.Enabling law: NYSC Act, Cap N84 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 24 of 1973).

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Federal employment-creation agency. Runs vocational skills acquisition, the Graduate Attachment Scheme, and rural employment schemes.Enabling law: NDE Act, Cap N28 LFN 2004 (originally Decree 24 of 1989).

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Federal coordinating body for Nigeria's climate-change response. Operates the Carbon Budget, the Nationally Determined Contributions tracking, and the Climate Change Fund.Enabling law: Climate Change Act, No. 17 of 2021.

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Federal ICT infrastructure-services company. Operates the Government Wide Area Network (GWAN), federal data centres and the One Government cloud platform.Enabling law: Incorporated under CAMA 2006 as the FGN's unified ICT services SPV; supervised by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy.

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Receives lottery proceeds for 'good causes' — health, education, sports, infrastructure. Operates the Good Causes Programme.Enabling law: National Lottery Act, No. 7 of 2005, Part VI.

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