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National Research and Innovation Council Policy, 2016

Coordinates publicly funded research; commercialisation framework.

Statutory basis

National Research and Innovation Foundation Act 2017

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.

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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.