Establishes the National Research and Innovation Council (NRIC) as the apex body for coordinating publicly funded R&D across all federal MDAs, universities and research institutes. The 2017 NRIF Act establishes the funding vehicle. R&D spending in Nigeria as a proportion of GDP remains below 0.2% — among the lowest in any G20 or G24 economy.
EducationActive· FMOST
National Research and Innovation Council Policy, 2016
Coordinates publicly funded research; commercialisation framework.
Statutory basis
National Research and Innovation Foundation Act 2017
Other Education policies
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.