Nigeria On Firmer Ground - Towards Lasting Peace and Progress

Nigeria
on Firmer
Ground
Towards Lasting
Peace & Progress
Nigeria
on Firmer
Ground
Towards Lasting
Peace & Progress
Contents
FOREWORD ENVIRONMENT
Long, uneasy road, but we have held our ground.......................vii Working for strategic, safe and sustainable use of
biotechnology in Nigeria..............................................................................94
COMMENTARY
Focused and Delivering...................................................................................xi NATIONAL BIOSAFETY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (NBMA)
Working for strategic, safe and sustainable use of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
biotechnology in Nigeria..............................................................................95
#PMBAtWork: The facts, the figures, the images............................xv
EROSION, FLOOD AND COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Keeping land degradation in check......................................................99
The real green revolution................................................................................1
NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE GREAT WALL (NAGGW)
BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING
Stemming land degradation, promoting alternative
Driving the economy’s critical sectors to ensure
livelihoods...........................................................................................................103
sustained, inclusive, diversified growth for Nigerians’
maximum welfare ...............................................................................................9 FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY AUTHORITY (FCTA)
Even with less funds, the Capital is alive, liveable – and
NATIONAL SOCIAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
welcoming.............................................................................................................111
Buhari’s Advances in Social Investments.......................................... 22
FEDERAL CHARACTER COMMISSION
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
Re-energised to perform statutory functions...............................117
New forex policies elicit more positive economic outlook and
market confidence........................................................................................... 33 FINANCE
Anchor Borrowers’ Programme and other schemes........42 Bold reforms help reboot the economy..........................................123
COMMUNICATIONS PENSION TRANSITION ARRANGEMENT DIRECTORATE
Increased effectiveness and efficiency in the sector.................47 So that the labours of workers are not in vain.............................131
NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NITDA) FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Making steady progress with efficient deployment of ICT, In accord with the rest of the world ..................................................145
nationwide.............................................................................................................49
HEALTH
DEFENCE Addressing Nigerians’ health needs roundly, getting results
Everything is being done to have a modern, professional and doing more.................................................................................................157
Armed Forces of Nigeria. Everything..................................................... 55
INDEPENDENT CORRUPT PRACTICES AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES
Buoyed to soar, soar, soar.......................................................67
COMMISSION (ICPC)
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC) Looking to do more….................................................................................... 179
Audacious push against graft raises the bar...................................75
INDUSTRY, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
EDUCATION Engaged on all fronts to make Nigeria less-dependent
No compromise on inclusive, equitable and quality education on oil.......................................................................................................................185
for all .........................................................................................................................81
INTERIOR
JOINT ADMISSIONS AND MATRICULATION BOARD (JAMB) Building a solid, sustainable internal
Unprecedented, breath-taking changes earn new leadership security architecture ....................................................................................195
excellent score....................................................................................................89 Physical projects executed by the Ministry of Interior...... 198
JUSTICE AND OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON THE NORTH-EAST INITIATIVE
National Policy on Justice as the icing..............................................223 Activities at a Glance.....................................................................................356
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT
Relatively peaceful industrial milieu, against all odds...........233 CABINET AFFAIRS OFFICE
Keeping the FGN on track..........................................................................359
MINES AND STEEL DEVELOPMENT (MMSD)
Reinvigorated.....................................................................................................239 E-PARTICIPATION
Keeping citizens abreast of Government’s policies and
NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
programmes.......................................................................................................361
(NAPTIP)
Poised to do even more ............................................................................ 251 NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE CONTROL OF AIDS (NACA)
Poised to fully deliver - transparently...............................................367
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES, MIGRANTS AND INTERNALLY-
DISPLACED PERSONS NATIONAL HAJJ COMMISSION
To whom more is given...............................................................................257 Making Hajj a true spiritual journey....................................................371
NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY OF NIGERIA (NEMA) NEPAD NIGERIA
High impact.........................................................................................................267 Consolidating – for sustainable economic growth................... 377
NATIONAL PENSION COMMISSION (PENCOM) NIGERIAN FILM CORPORATION
Saving an abused scheme.........................................................................271 Repositioning for a virile nation...........................................................383
NATIONAL SALARIES, INCOMES AND WAGES COMMISSION (NSIWC) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Diligently playing its strategic role .....................................................275 Proving that we’ve got all it takes to tackle
our challenges..................................................................................................387
NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS
Quick-win projects..........................................................................................279 SERVICOM
Are you being served well?.......................................................................397
NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC)
Projects’ completion helping to revive the communities.....293 SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
Facing security challenges head on................................................... 403
NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN PILGRIM COMMISSION
Repositioned – and manifesting...........................................................303 SPORTS AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Winning laurels and promoting youth development,
NIGERIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE
empowerment, togetherness .................................................................407
Beating targets and more ........................................................................ 309
TRANSPORTATION
PETROLEUM RESOURCES
No brakes on keeping Nigeria moving ..............................................417
BigWins …and other wins........................................................................... 313
WATER RESOURCES
POWER, WORKS & HOUSING
Finding its level, in steady drops..........................................................443
Unprecedented injection of infrastructure nationwide.........323
WOMEN AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY OFFICE
Covering all grounds to make women’s
Showcasing success stories of empowered delegates .........343
lives matter to all............................................................................................453
PUBLIC SERVICE INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA (PSIN)
Making civil servants EPIC......................................................................... 351

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FOREWORD
Long, uneasy road,

but we have held
our ground
M
y political journey started in 2002, when I emerged from what I like to call my
second retirement.
My first retirement started in 1985, in a small bungalow in Benin City. My second

retirement started in 1999, when the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), which I chaired,
was disbanded.
In 2002, I joined partisan politics, with a group of like-minded people. We went to

work, campaigned hard and formed a credible opposition. Nigerians voted. But when the results
came out, we had lost by close to 12 million votes. The statistics did not add up.
We came out once again in 2007 with our simple mission to CHANGE things, since it is our desire
that the dividends of democracy must be felt by all, and not just a handful.
When the 2007 election results came out, we were told we lost by over 18 million votes. This election
was a national disgrace. International observers called it a “charade”, “flawed” and “illegitimate”. Even
the declared winners were embarrassed by the results.
Again, we decided to do the right thing. We went to court. And like in 2003, the Supreme Court
upheld the results. This time, Nigerians were not deprived of their basic right; it was actually stolen
from them, right in front of their eyes - in broad daylight.
In the 2011 elections, things got a bit better compared to 2007. We only lost by 10 million votes,
according to the electoral commission.
Whether it was by design or through Divine intervention, the Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC), was
introduced for the 2015 elections. The PVC became the saviour for Nigerians. This meant every
Nigerian now had an equal voice, and brought an end to the impunity of the past.
Finally, the people’s voices could be heard, and eventually was heard through the ballot box.
Our dream for change, which started in 2002, finally became a reality.
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BAYO OMOBORIOWO
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LO N G, U N E A SY ROA D, B U T W E H AV E H E L D O U R G RO U N D
We have come a long way in the years.
On the national security front, we have regained lost territory in the North East. We are deci-
sively addressing new security challenges locally while maintaining our regional and interna-
tional commitments.
On infrastructure development: we are completing old rail and road projects and starting
new ones; reviving power projects abandoned for decades; developing affordable housing
projects across the country; and commenced long overdue repairs and upgrades of our sea
and air ports.
On food security, we have supported our farmers to produce. We have rehabilitated aban-
doned fertiliser plants. We have seen unprecedented investments in food processing. All these
have led to a decline in food and other agricultural imports.
Our fight against corruption is also yielding results. The strict implementation of the Treasury
Single Account (TSA) has stopped the leakages in government activities. Our aggressive an-
ti-corruption campaign has shown that it is no longer business as usual.
Our Social Investment Programme is feeding children in schools; giving microcredit loans to
entrepreneurs in the rural economy; providing jobs for unemployed graduates; and providing
cash to the most vulnerable and poorest Nigerians.
We are also engaging the oil and gas sector to ensure investments continue in the upstream
sector while we, at the same time, reduce scarcity and shortages of products in the down-
stream sector.
Our Economic Recovery and Growth Plan has created the platform for a diversified, sustain-
able and inclusive economy for future generations.
These achievements over the past three years have not been easy. Corruption has been fight-
ing back from both within and outside. But we have held our ground.
We will keep marching on steadily and assuredly in our journey of nationhood.
May God bless Nigeria.
Muhammadu Buhari
President
Federal Republic of Nigeria
September 2018
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PRESIDENT BUHARI
SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER
ON THE PRESERVATION
OF SUSPICIOUS ASSETS
CONNECTED WITH
CORRUPTION IN STATE
HOUSE ON 5TH JULY 2018
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COMMENTARY
Focused and
Delivering
I
By Abba Kyari
n a world dominated by instant communication and unregulated social media, the politics
of who shouts loudest is increasingly the voice that is most widely heard, often with little or
no reference to the facts. This is a dangerous formula, especially in Nigeria, where so many
prominent people in politics and business have built careers on grand but empty gestures, of
saying with absolute conviction, and banks of paid-for praise singers in tow, exactly the opposite
of what they mean.
A lot of countries are grappling with how to balance the tremendous positive opportunities new
technologies can give, with how best to protect our most cherished freedoms – of speech, assembly
and association. Freedom of speech does not allow us to shout ‘fire’ in a crowded market. Nor
should it include the freedom anonymously to fuel division and provoke violence to mask personal
ambitions and career failings.
There has been a lot of attention on the record of our administration. President Muhammadu Buhari
made three, simple promises to Nigeria: to tackle insecurity; to promote economic diversification;
and to challenge corruption. The answers are more complex, and it would be a mistake to look for
easy solutions.
But consider where Nigeria was in 2015: violent extremists threatening to establish a bloodthirsty
criminal state inside our own borders; even oil, our one export industry, in atrophy; and a Wild West
casino culture in government, where billion-dollar contracts went walking with impunity. Salaries,
allowances and pensions of public servants remained unpaid for years. Funds that should have gone
to support our soldiers were diverted into the swamp of a doomed political campaign. Contractors,
godfathers and politicians helped themselves to billions and as a result too many of those on the
front line and those they should have had the means to protect were killed.
These were all problems that this administration inherited, in many cases from some of those now
seeking to return to power. Take the economy. In the boom years for oil in 2000-15, almost nothing
was saved and almost nothing invested. We did not even pay our cash calls to our partners. So,
when the oil price crashed in 2016, we had no spare capacity to boost production, we had no buffer
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COM M E N TA RY
to limit the shock and no emerging industries to take

up the slack. As a result, there were difficult choices. But
“But where others
we chose to focus on agriculture and revive the fertiliser talked and shared
industry, which in turn helped provide millions of jobs
in rural areas, take the pressure off our cities and bring
out contracts, we
down our food import bill. We also made it a priority for are delivering on
government to pay cash calls and to become a reliable infrastructure, the
partner in the one industry that generates exports.
building blocks
On security, we called time on the licensed protection for sustainable
rackets in the Niger Delta and now have a sustainable
peace. In the east, the siren calls of doom have been
economic growth.
silenced. Violent extremists fleeing Iraq and Syria may be Let us look at the
attracted to Nigeria, but we have reduced their capacity
to that of a terror group that looks to steal and even blow
facts, and the
up our children. Age-old tensions between farmers and alternative – of a
herders, fuelled by the irresponsible establishment of return to tried,
unregulated militias, is being brought under control
and long-term strategies for sustainable livestock and
tested, failed. Let’s
agricultural policies are being implemented. not be fooled by
There was pain. The legacy of corruption and incompe-
the packaging, no
tence on the part of some of those then in office who now matter how slick
criticise us made that inevitable. They dismiss real achieve-
ments and cold, hard data in favour of orchestrated cam-
the meme, the
paigns to fuel sectarian division and social upheaval. But post, the advert,
look at other high population density oil producers like and instead, look
Iran or Venezuela and see the kind of fate from which we
have been saved by the choices this government made.
closely at what is
The cult of Nigerian exceptionalism, the idea that noth- inside.”
ing happens anywhere else in the world like it does here,
does not stand up. We are where we are because of how
previous governments have managed Nigeria. This government, the first to be genuinely elected
with a real mandate, is delivering for the many, the only basis to strengthen our common wealth.
People are impatient and suspicious of government. After all the years of failure, they have
every reason to be. In 1950, when our population was just 25 million, a government Eco-
nomic Survey noted that “power is expensive, and labour relatively inefficient; these fac-
tors are likely to limit severely the possibilities of any large expansion of manufactur-
ing industries for some time to come.” As President Buhari said, “Where is the power?”
But where others talked and shared out contracts, we are delivering on infrastructure, the building
blocks for sustainable economic growth. Finally, there is progress towards Mambila, a hydroelectric
dam that will add 3,050MW to the national grid – more than 50 per cent of our current generating
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FOCUSED AND DELIVERING
capacity – will transform not only the eastern Middle Belt but the rest of the country beyond. At the
other end of the spectrum, a dozen solar farm projects will change local communities across the
country.
Key transport arteries are being renewed after generations of neglect. Financing is now in place
for the Second Niger Bridge, a critical economic asset and a symbol of national unity, and for the
congested death traps also known as the Lagos-Ibadan and Abuja- Kano highways. Railways,
forgotten for decades, are up and running, easing pressure from travellers and freight on our roads.
Cosy cartels at our ports have been broken. Our telephone companies are no longer a law unto
themselves. Banks can no longer make a fortune out of sitting on government funds – your money.
There are no quick fixes to our condition. Effecting real change is unglamorous, painstaking and
difficult. It does not immediately grab headlines or always yield instant results. It does not help that
vested interests, looking to hang on to undeserved privileges, throw road block in the way. There
is a minority that does not want change. Of course, they cannot openly say so, and instead claim
to be critics of the very progress we are making that they have tried to thwart, and concoct crude
fantasies of communal violence for which they blame government. Or complain about the slow
pace of government when they have fought tooth and nail to delay, distort or dilute change.
Transition is unsettling. It is in the nature of the journey that we do not fully appreciate the destination
until we reach it. But the deliverables are already there, and stacking up. Just because we have every
right to be cautious of what our governments tell us does not mean we need to believe all the
disingenuous or ill-informed messages we receive on our phones, often from anonymous forces
with an agenda.
Nigeria has reached a defining moment. We have come a long way. The old order is terrified and will
employ all the old tricks and new to pretend that this is not the case, and that instead it is they who have
the solutions, when all too often they have been the problem. The current buzz in the communications
industry is that elections are won on emotions, not policies or track record. But let us look at the
facts, and the alternative – of a return to tried, tested, failed. Let’s not be fooled by the packaging,
no matter how slick the meme, the post, the advert, and instead, look closely at what is inside.
Like Nigeria, government is not easy. But if we are to have better, more stable and prosperous future,
we have no choice but to move forward.
– – K YA R I I S C H I E F O F S TA F F TO P R E S I D E N T M U H A M M A D U B U H A R I
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VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO DELIVERS HIS REMARK AT THE BOOK LAUNCH BY MEDIA SECTION
OF THE STATE HOUSE AT THE STATE CONFERENCE CENTRE ABUJA ON 16TH NOV 2017
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
#PMBAtWork: The
facts, the figures,
the images
Last year, we issued a 360-paged compendium, titled “Making Steady, Sustainable Progress
for Nigeria’s Peace & Prosperity. A mid-term score card on the President Muhammadu Buhari
Administration.”
Former Information Minister and Pro-chancellor & Chairman Governing Council, University of
Jos, Prince Tony Momoh, who reviewed it, described it as “incredibly clean, well-researched and
carefully packaged.”
This is an update, and there are more MDAs participating; so, it is bigger and richer.
As it was the other time, we are working as a collective. Permit me to recognise and appreciate
the contributions of the Buhari Media Organisation; Femi Adesina, Laolu Akande, Johannes
Tobi Wojuola, Bayo Omoboriowo, Sunny Aghaeze and Novo Isioro, all of the Presidential Media
Team and our technical partners (Taiwo Obe and Ogbenyi Egbe).
We urge you to make use of this compendium to spread the word to all the nooks and cranny
of our great country to show how this Administration has been achieving more with less.
Garba Shehu
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In barely three years, the administration
moved Nigeria closer to self-sufficiency in
rice, more than any administration before
it and just two years away from meeting
its target of production of 6 million tonnes
(MT) of milled rice.
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PRESIDENT BUHARI COMMISSIONS 1ST RICE
SEEDLINGS FACTORY IN CALABAR, CROSS
RIVERS STATE ON 26TH JUNE 2018
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The real green

revolution
Focus:
Make the agricultural sector the nucleus of the Federal Government’s diversification of the nation’s mono-
cultural economy, which is dependent on oil.
Policy
Agricultural Promotion Policy (APP), also known as the Green Alternative Policy, aimed at reforming
and strengthening the nation’s agricultural sector to not only produce enough for the country, but also
achieve national food security; essentially by redressing the country’s dependence on imports to feed
its bourgeoning population, through intensification of efforts to promote local food production that will
make the country attain its national food security objective, provide raw materials for its home industries
and enhance the nation’s potentials to export surplus produce, to earn foreign exchange. This policy is
pegged on four pillars: Food Security, Export Substitution, Job Creation and Economic Diversification.
Approaches
The ministry divided the country into ecological zonal belts where crops most suitable to each
zone based on comparative advantage were identified and made available to local farmers, willing
organisations and potential investors in agriculture and its value chains. In partnership with State
Governments, the ministry prioritised crop farming through focusing on expanding production of
rice, cassava, wheat, maize, soya beans and vegetables. For exports, attention was on cocoa, cassava,
oil-palm, sesame, cashew, gum arabic, and ginger.
In collaboration with various research institutes responsible for genetic improvement of crops,
the ministry succeeded in the production of breeder and foundation seeds for multiplication into
certified seeds for planting, just as budgetary provisions for seeds production improved. or seeds
production. These contributed greatly to the development of the seed industry which has improved
productivity by farmers while many seed companies are flourishing.
Herbicides, insecticides and other associated agrochemicals critical to enhancing farmers’ food
production were bought in large quantities and sold to the farmers at subsidised rate of about 50
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per cent cost of market value.
To promote mechanisation, the ministry collaborated with the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) in a Public-
Private Partnership (PPP) to establish the Agricultural Equipment Hiring Enterprises (AEHE), whereby vital
agricultural equipment (tractors and implements) are given to associations and agricultural cooperatives
with bankable business plans.
With the Federal Department of Agriculture as facilitators, the ministry also entered into a pact with the
Bank of Industry (BOI), under which cottage crops processing factories were built for selected investors.
To make farmers embrace mechanisation, processing equipment such as multi-purpose threshers, rice
mills and groundnut oil extractors were equally acquired in large quantities and sold to individual farmers
as well as cooperatives at subsidised rates – 50 per cent cost of market prices. Other simple equipment
acquired in large quantities and made available at subsidised rates are: reapers, power tillers, winnowers
cargo tricycles, planters and weeders.
The Agricultural Implements and Mechanisation Scheme (AIMS) is another intervention programme
designed to appoint and register agro-dealers and service providers in all local government areas of
Nigeria. The scheme which focuses on agricultural mechanisation and provision of farm implements
based on a PPP arrangement is to assist both the big and small holder farmers to enable them hire and
own tractors as well as stabilise agro inputs in seed, chemicals and mechanization to local farmers in a
way to promote and enhance traceability of sources of these vital inputs and accountability.
The Handy Harvesters’ Programme is another scheme targeted at youths in rural areas nationwide;
to equip them with modern agricultural implements such as agro harvesters, reapers, trenchers,
cassava planters, harvesters, yam heap tools to ease the burden of traditional ways of harvesting in
farms. The scheme is designed to inculcate mechanisation practice in the youths to enhance their
interest in agriculture by providing them affordable and accessible handy harvester implements.
Biodegradable packaging materials for various crops were also bought and sold to farmers at subsidised
rates in line with global best practice to prevent health hazards and maintain right quality of products
while handling such agricultural produce.
To increase production and post-harvest losses, at least one million small-scale farmers were trained in the
last three years in Good Agronomic Practices (GAP) and post-harvest handling of Crops.
The fisheries/aquaculture sector is also experiencing a sea change. See the evidence:
• Growth enhancement support for artisanal fishermen and fish farmers nationwide in which
fishermen redeem fishing nets, hooks and ice boxes at 50 per cent subsidy while fish farmers
redeem fingerlings free and fish feed at 50 per cent subsidy.
• Establishment of fish farm clusters for young graduates and women in each geopolitical zone
• Procurement and distribution of 2,000 smoking kilns nationwide to reduce post-harvest losses
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THE REAL GREEN REVOLUTION
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especially in the North East
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zone affected by Boko Haram
insurgency
• Development of fish cage

culture in the marine and
freshwaters to accelerate fish
production
• Climate change mitigation

projects for artisanal
fishermen nationwide
• Stocking of 50 selected
water bodies nationwide for
enhanced fish productivity
• Diversification and
development of culturable
fish species other than catfish
nationwide
• Certification and
standardisation of aquaculture farms nationwide
• Aquaculture empowerment programmes for retirees and unemployed youth nationwide
• Establishment of fish markets and processing centres in strategic locations nationwide
• Development of local fish feed programme using locally available raw materials to reduce
importation of imported fish feed
• National fishery and aquaculture data collection, collation and management
• Implementation of Vessel Monitoring System and procurement of 2 patrol vessels to check

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Nigerian marine waters in compliance
with UN, EU, FAO Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries
• Extension of FAO/UTF Sustainable Aquaculture System for Nigeria to 6 additional states of the
federation namely Adamawa, Benue, Kaduna, Kano, Nasarawa and Plateau
• Feed mills established to address some of the challenges in aquaculture development
• Encouragement and institutionalisation of the Public Private Partnership arrangement for the
development of artisanal fisheries and aquaculture

THE REAL GREEN REVOLUTION
• In 2017, the ministry introduced the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprise (LIFE), an
integrated programme meant to take meaningful life to rural dwellers by promoting community-
based on-farm and off-farm businesses. It is specifically designed as a model for job and wealth
creation among women and youths between 18 and 40 years in rural and sub-urban households,
and discouragement of rural-urban migration.
Add to these incentives the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI) and the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme
(ABP).
Indeed, 2017 signposted Nigeria’s Agricultural Revolution.
Gains
These initiatives have helped greatly in enhancing food production in the country.
In barely three years, the administration moved Nigeria closer to self-sufficiency in rice, more than any
administration before it and just two years away from meeting its target of production of 6 million
tonnes (MT) of milled rice. Within this period, the number of rice farmers increased from 5million
to over 11million; importation reduced by 92 per cent and rice import bills of $1.65billion reduced
yearly by 90 per cent, the highest ever of such decline. Local farmers and young persons who have
taken to rice cultivation have experienced good fortune even as local production continues to rise
with States such as Kebbi, Ebonyi, and Kano leading the pack in local production and mobilisation
of young farmers and women.
In 2017, 10million 50kg bags of fertiliser were sold at a low price of N5, 500: this feat has enabled
the country to make yearly savings of $200million in foreign exchange and N60billion yearly in
budgetary provision for fertiliser subsidies. At least a dozen comatose fertiliser blending plants have
been revived and are boosting local fertiliser supply.
Today, Nigeria is the largest world producer of cassava, with a total of 42 MT harvested from 3.13
million ha, and an average yield of 25 t ha-1. With the Cassava Change Agenda agricultural policy,
the ministry’s objective is that, by 2020, the country would have developed an efficient value-added
chain for High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF), Dried Chips, Starch, Sweeteners and Ethanol, not only
enough to meet local industries’ demands but also to earn foreign exchange for the country from
exports.
The ministry has also been doing a lot to bring about improvement in animal production. To this
end, a lease programme involving 14 livestock breeding and multiplication centres across the 36
states of the federation are being run in line with public private partnership arrangement.
In the same vein, 80 cattle breeders in Adamawa, Niger and Oyo States have been introduced to
a cattle breed improvement programme using artificial insemination method in which 230 cattle
were inseminated.
The ministry initiated Sector-
Focused labs to drive critical
sectors of the economy
towards realising the strategic
objectives of the ERGP.

VICE-PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO AND THE
MINISTER FOR BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING
SEN UDOMA UDO UDOMA AT THE POWER AND
GAS STAND AT THE EGRP FOCUS LABS OPEN DAY
N-SIP

BUDGET AND NATIONAL PL ANNING
Driving the
economy’s critical
sectors to ensure
sustained, inclusive,
diversified growth
for Nigerians’
maximum welfare
Established
November 2015, from the merger of the Budget Office of the Federation (BOF) and the erstwhile
National Planning Commission (NPC).
Mandates
Rendering policy advice to the Federal Government on all aspects of national development,
development of national plans (long, medium and short term), monitoring and evaluation
of Government policies and programmes, surveillance on the economy, coordination and
management of development cooperation.
B U D G E T A N D N AT I O N A L P L A N N I N G
Milestones
A. DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
i. ERGP
The Economic Recovery and Growth Plan 2017–2020 (ERGP) was developed and launched by
President Muhammadu Buhari on 5 April 2017. Aimed at addressing the country’s economic
challenges and laying the foundation for economic diversification, inclusive and sustainable growth,
it builds on the Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP), a short-term plan which the Ministry developed
in 2016 to drive the 2016 Budget.
Its Vision is to ensure sustained, inclusive, diversified growth, to achieve maximum welfare for all
Nigerians.
The plan has three key objectives: restoring growth from a negative trend in 2016 to 7% by 2020;
investing in our people by increasing social inclusion, creating jobs and improving the human
capital base of the economy; and building a globally-competitive economy. There are five key
execution priorities in the plan: stabilising the macroeconomic environment; achieving agricultural
transformation and food security; ensuring energy sufficiency in power and petroleum products;
improving transportation infrastructure: and driving industrialisation, focusing on Small and Medium
Scale Enterprises. The plan places emphasis on effective implementation and delivery.
ERGP Implementation Framework (ERGP-IF) was developed to facilitate the implementation of

the ERGP, and to guide annual budget preparation over the medium term (2017-2020). A Delivery
Unit has been established to work closely with the Implementation Unit in the ministry for its
effective implementation. Four Senior Special Assistants to the President have been appointed in
this regard to oversee the implementation of the key execution priorities of the ERGP.
Conduct of ERGP Focus Labs: The ministry-initiated Sector-Focused labs, fashioned after the
Malaysian Model, as part of its effort to drive critical sectors of the economy towards realising the
strategic objectives of the ERGP.
Three thematic areas - agriculture and transportation, power and gas, and manufacturing and
processing - were carefully chosen to accelerate investment and job creation. The central objective of
the labs was to unlock private investment commitments in these critical areas and create jobs. The
labs were conducted from 15 January-15 May 2018. Outcomes include: the identification of 164 projects
spread across the country’s six geo-political zones with total potential investment of US$22.5billion
and creation of 513,189 jobs by 2020. Out of this amount, US$10.9 billion worth of private investment
are classified as most ready to go. The investments are in agriculture and transportation - US$4.93
billion; manufacturing and processing - US$9.25billion and Power and Gas - US$8.57billion. Similar
labs will be conducted in, among others, entertainment and tourism, health and education.
ii. Development of Medium Term Sector Strategy (MTSS), 2017 – 2019

The Ministry coordinated the development of the MTSS for 14 large capital spending MDAs using

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VICE-PRESIDENT PROF YEMI OSINBAJO DECLARES OPEN

THE ERGP FOCUS LABS OPEN DAY AT THE INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA
THE MINISTER OF BUDGET AND NATIONAL

PLANNING SENATOR UDOMA UDO UDOMA
WITH SSAS TO THE PRESIDENT ON EGRP
AT THE FOCUS LABS OPEN DAY
CBN GOVERNOR GODWIN EMEFIELE

GIVING A SPEECH AT THE EGRP FOCUS LABS
OPEN DAY
VICE-PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO ON A

TOUR OF THE VARIOUS STANDS AT THE
ERGP FOCUS LABS OPEN DAY

the Multi-Criteria Analysis Approach (MCA) to prioritise and select the capital projects for 2017-2019;
while the Rapid Appraisal Project Identification and Prioritisation System (RAPIPS) was used for the
remaining MDAs. The outcome of this process fed into the development of the ERGP, the 2017 and
2018 budgets.
iii. Development of Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) & Fiscal Strategy Paper
(FSP),2017 –2019
Developed by the ministry in collaboration with other relevant MDAs such as the Federal Ministry
of Finance and its departments and agencies, this provides the framework for the preparation of
annual budgets over a three-year period. Comprising the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework
(MTEF) and the Medium-Term Revenue Framework (MTRF). The 2017-2019 MTEF has been approved
by the National Assembly (NASS) and is consistent with Government’s fiscal strategies.
iv. Surveillance on the Performance of the Nigerian Economy

Along with the Periodic Economic Performance Reports, this tracks developments in the economy
to provide advice to the Government. The ministry had earlier produced Annual Economic
Performance Reports for 2015 and 2016. In addition, reports on the State of the Economy have been
consistently presented by the Hon. Minister to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) quarterly and as
when demanded.
v. National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan (NIIMP)

Government’s- determination to address the huge infrastructure gaps in all sectors of the economy
necessitated the development of NIIMP as a government blueprint for building world-class
infrastructure. The NIIMP is a 30-year (2014-2043) plan which seeks to support growth and sustainable
development of the economy, enhance quality of life of the citizenry, create jobs and improve
Nigeria’s infrastructure stock from the current 35% of GDP to a minimum of 70% of GDP BY 2043 in
line with international benchmark and for global competitiveness. Efforts were intensified towards
the operationalisation of the NIIMP. The key elements for the implementation of the NIIMP are being
finalised. The ministry is currently working closely with the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory
Commission (ICRC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
Sovereign Wealth Investment Authority (SWIA) and Pension Commission (PENCOM) to facilitate
the establishment of Public Private Partnership Project (PPP) Fund to provide a dedicated pool of
funds for packaging of bankable projects by MDAs. A working draft framework is being finalised. The
ministry is also collaborating with private sector partners to enhance the capacity of MDAs for delivery
of PPP bankable infrastructure projects. Major activities during the period under review include;
vi. Coordination of North East Humanitarian Activities

The ministry serves as the anchor for the coordination of the various humanitarian efforts in the
North East Region through the Inter-Ministerial Task Force on Rehabilitation of the North East and
Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative (PCNI). Remarkable success has been achieved in
curtailing the insurgency in the zone, both in terms of military success in securing the zone and return
of normalcy in the affected areas. The Ministry ensures harmonisation of activities of relevant MDAs
and Donor Agencies targeted at improving service delivery. Focus is on reconstruction/rehabilitation
of schools, roads, health facilities and communities destroyed by the insurgency; procurement of
drugs, tackling issues of nutrition and support for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). There is also an
ongoing effort to recharge the Lake Chad to return the region to economic prosperity in agriculture.
The ministry has also attracted more funding for the country from the Oslo International Conference
on Global Humanitarian Situation to support IDPs in the North-East and is currently in the process of
organising Oslo II. A comprehensive update on security architecture with a view to identifying issues
and challenges confronting the North East zone and guide interventions by various MDAs is being
carried out.
vii. Nigeria Asset Decision Support System (NADSS)

The Ministry is also working assiduously on the deployment of NADSS for Planning and Evidence
Based Decision Making. It is working closely with the Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (NIAF)
experts to operationalise the NADSS, a tool that will facilitate planning and evidence- based decision
making. The NADSS was excised from The Presidency and domiciled at the NBS and key staff have
been trained to man it.
B. BUDGET
Development of the 2018 Budget Proposal

Like the 2016 & 2017 budgets, the 2018 budget was prepared using the Zero-Based Budgeting
approach; which ensures that every item of expenditure in the budget is justified. With the
decision to return to the predictable January to December budget cycle, for transparency and
accountability that both recurrent and capital aspects of the budge are reported within the
same time frame, the Ministry had to work flat out to compress a 12-month activity into just
three months, to meet the October 2017 timeline for submission of the proposal, first to the
Federal Executive Council and then to the National Assembly. Despite the shortness of time, the
2018 budget preparation was completed in record time, even though it was laid at the National
Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari in the first week of November 2017.
The budget was also designed to expand partnership between public and private sectors to
mobilise development capital for growth. The Ministry also led Budget Bilateral Discussions with
Federal MDAs to ensure that proposed projects and programmes aligned with Government
priorities.
Another benefit of the January-December cycle is facilitating planning by other key players
in the economy, especially the private sector expected to make the bulk of the investments
necessary to achieve ERGP’s objectives. Thus, resetting to an agreed timeline will mean that
ongoing projects not fully funded in the 2017 budget (estimated at 40-50% at the point
of issuance of 2018 call circular) be rolled over into the 2018 budget. The 2018 Budget of
Consolidation was carefully prepared to capture these. The budget was, however, passed in
June 2018 and assented to by Mr. President. Owing to some distortions in the original estimate,
a supplementary budget has been sent to the National Assembly by Mr. President for approval.

DRIVING THE ECONOMY’S CRITICAL SECTORS TO ENSURE SUSTAINED, INCLUSIVE, DIVERSIFIED GROWTH FOR NIGERIANS’ MAXIMUM WELFARE
C. M A N A G E M E N T O F D E V E L O P M E N T C O O P E R AT I O N
Donor Coordination and Management of Official Development Assistance

(ODA) in Nigeria
In line with national development priorities, Technical Cooperation and Grant Aid Agreements
were concluded and signed with major bilateral/multi-lateral Development Partners, including the
European Union, USAID, United Nations System and Governments of China, Germany, Japan, India,
South Korea and United Kingdom. The interventions are usually in two forms - Technical Cooperation
and Grant Aid. Implementation of the Agreements is also being monitored to ensure alignment
with national development priorities and aspirations. Major activities under donor coordination and
management are as follows:
a. United Nations Development System (UNDS)/UNDAF III: In alignment with UN Global

SDGs 2030 Agenda and the Nigerian Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), the
Minister of BNP and the UN Resident Coordinator jointly signed the document Delivery as
One concept, for the successor five-year medium-term plan United Nations Sustainable
Development Partnership Framework (UNSDPF) 2018-2022, as a replacement for the
UNDAF III (2014-2017). The UNSDPF has three pillars: Governance, Human Rights, Peace and
Security; Equitable Quality Basic Services; and Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Growth
and Development.
b. European Union Support Programmes: The broad objectives of the FG/EU cooperation
are to foster sustainable economic and social development and to mount campaign against
poverty. Through the European Development Fund (EDF) and the European Investment
Bank (EIB), Nigeria benefited as follows:
i. Under the European Development Fund (EDF), Nigeria benefited immensely from
increased allocations of € 50 million, € 213.5 million, € 365 million, €552 million,
€677 million and €512 million, respectively under 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th and 11th EDF.
ii. Processes for commitment of the €512 million 11th EDF allocation, i.e. National
Indicative Programme (NIP) for the period 2014-2020 are ongoing.
iii. The National Indicative Programme (NIP) covers three Focal Sectors: Health,
Nutrition and Resilience (€123 m), Sustainable Energy and Access to Electricity
(€150m) and Rule of Law, Governance and Democracy (€26.5m)
iv. EIB €150m support for investment in fertiliser production
v. EIB €4.5m support to financial institutions in lending to micro and small enterprises
acceleration of off-grid solar project
vi. EU Support to Strengthening Resilience in Northern Nigeria in the sum of €42m

from December 2016 – December 2019
vii. EU Support to Energy Sector in Nigeria in the sum of €64.5m from August 2018 –
August 2020
viii. EU Support to Health Sector in Nigeria in the sum of €83.5m from August 2018
–August 2020; and
ix. EU Support to Technical Cooperation in Nigeria in the sum of €4.5m) from 2015 –
August 2020.
c. USAID-Supported Programmes: As part of the Development Objectives Assistance

Agreements (DOAA), Nigeria and United States initiated projects and programmes namely
Broadened and Inclusive Growth ($94,323,556.33); A Healthier, More Educated Population
($565,112,695.48); and Strengthened Good Governance ($42,600,000). The implementation
of the $2.3 billion Development Objectives Assistance Agreement between Nigeria and
USAID witnessed a major boost with the increment of $169million additional funding from
USAID. This brings the total to approximately $2.5billion for the five-year agreement covering
the three Development Objectives.
d. French Development Agency (AFD) increased their assistance to the country with
additional funding of €1million in the areas of Urban Development Project in Lagos State,
Greater Kano Water Supply, Greater water supply scheme in Plateau, Enugu and Ondo, and
improvement of power supply
e. German International Cooperation (GIZ): A total funding commitment of €47.6million

has been made in ongoing and new programmes in Nigeria. Agreement was signed in
November 2017 to implement and redirect idle funds in the Development Cooperation
agreed in 2016. Major programmes under GIZ are: €9.6million GIZ Pro-poor Growth and
Promotion of Employment in Nigeria Programme (SEDIN III), aimed at strengthening sectors
with high potential for employment and income generation in Niger, Ogun and Plateau
States; Financial System Development Support to improve the regulatory environment for
microfinance and the performance of selected microfinance banks to increase their MSMEs
lending capabilities; Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET); Trade Policy and
Facilitation; Value Chain Development and Nigeria Energy Support Programme (NESP), etc
f. UK-DFID: In 2017, the United Kingdom through DFID increased its intervention in Nigeria by
extending two existing programmes and introducing two new ones. The programmes being
executed under DFID include: Humanitarian Assistance in the North East with financial
commitment of £33.5million; Public Sector Accountability (PSA) programme £100million;
National Malaria Programme 2 (SUNMAP 2) £50million to compliment SUNMAP 1; and A 5 –
year Anti-Corruption Programme designed to address capacity gaps in the area of intelligence
gathering, investigation, prosecution and judicial determination with a cost estimate of
£100million, and also Partnership to Engage Reform and Learn (PERL) programme in the
sum of €37.5m
g. Japan Activities in Nigeria via Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA):

Currently, Japan’s interventions in the country amounts to $350.1million for loans, $46.4million
for grant aid, while technical cooperation amount to $19.8 million. The Technical Assistance
Programme involves training of Public officers in Japan, and provision of equipment. The
Grant Aid was for Security Projects (2017 Peace Support Operation for Paramilitary and
Military Project). Others include:
• Water Sector Project for Non-Revenue Water in FCT Abuja (2014-2018)
• Agriculture Rice Project in Nasarawa
• Education Project Grant Agreement signed in 2017 for construction of additional

classrooms for primary schools in Oyo State
• N624million Grant Aid Agreement on Economic and Social Development Projects

signed in November 2017
h. Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA): Various training programmes for

Nigerian government officials were conducted in South Korea in e-Government System,
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Electoral Laws and System, Rural Women and Youth
in Nigeria, Vocational Training for Teachers, etc
i. International/Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs/NGOs): The ministry is

responsible for documentation and coordination of the activities of the INGOs and NGOs. New
INGOs/NGOs were registered for operation in Nigeria while several had their Memorandum
of Understanding renewed; including Africare; Oxfam; Medicines Sans Frontiers-Spain and
France; International Youth Fellowship; and MacArthur Foundation. In the last one year,
12 applications from INGOs and 41 from NGOs were received. Renewal of Cooperation
Agreement with 3 INGOs, while 7 others have been processed and awaiting finalisation and
execution. The ministry had also assisted 63 Expatriate staff of Donor Agencies and secured
necessary immigration and working documents in Nigeria.
j. Coordination of the Review of National Policy on Nutrition - (Revision and Launch): The
ministry coordinated the review of the National Nutrition Policy to add value and strengthen
the synergy among sectors in the nutrition sub-sector. The Wife of the President; Hajiya Aisha
Buhari launched the Policy document.
k. Coordination of FG’s Social Investment Programme (SIP): The ministry is the Accounting
MDA for the SIP aimed at reducing unacceptable level of poverty and socio-economic
vulnerability in the country. The programmes are: Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), the
Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, N-Power Job Creation Programme, Government
Economic Empowerment Programme (GEEP), etc. (See infographics for their milestones).
l. Coordination of the State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR)

Project, funded by the World Bank in partnership with the European Union (EU), for four
Niger Delta States of Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Rivers, by a concessionary interest-free loan
of US$200million from the World Bank and a grant of US$78.4 million from the European
Union. It is aimed at enhancing opportunities for employment and access to socio-economic
services, while improving public expenditure management systems in the participating
States.
PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE SECTOR:

As it had done in 2015, 2016 and 2017, the ministry (representing the public sector) and the
Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) - representing the private sector - the ministry will
co-host in October 2018 the 24th edition of the Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#24).
D. N AT I O N A L E C O N O M I C M A N A G E M E N T C O O R D I N AT I O N
• Coordination of State-FG Economic Relations: The ministry serves as the Secretariat for the
National Economic Council (NEC) which is strategic for strengthening economic cooperation
and management between the Federal Government and the States. Chaired by Vice President
Prof Yemi Osinbajo, NEC has recorded a lot of economic policy decisions because of high
attendance by members. These include:
• Payment of N535billion refund to States on Federal Roads (18 September 2015)
• NEC approved $150 Million out of the $400 Million NLNG dividend to be shared among the three
tiers of government, and invested the balance of $250 million in the NSWF to increase its capital
• Budget Support Loan Facility was approved by NEC to assist States settle outstanding staff
salaries, pensions and other liabilities. So far, 35 States apart from Lagos have benefited from
the facility to the tune of N1.64trillion. The bailout was released in trenches of N200billion (2015),
N441billion (2016) and N1trillion (2017).
• Fiscal Sustainability Plan (FSP) was introduced by the Federal Government in 2016 in
collaboration with States as part of measures to tackle the 2015-2016 fiscal crises from the
decline in revenue and budget cuts. The World Bank in collaboration with the FG is also working
to assist States improve their fiscal sustainability. The programme was designed to support
States strengthen fiscal performance and sustainability, with the total sum of USD 750million as
support to the 36 States for a period of four years.
• Paris Club Refund partial settlement of States long-term claims relating to over- deduction
from the Federation Accounts allocation for external debt servicing for 1995 and 2002. So far, a
total of N760.17 billion of the refund has been disbursed to the States.
• Export Promotion Drive: Partnership between the FG and States on export promotion was
introduced. It is an initiative aimed at replacing oil as the major source of foreign exchange
earner by growing non-oil exports from the present $5 billion approximately to $30billion by
2025. From the export potential, Nigeria intends to further add extra $150billion minimum to
Nigeria’s foreign reserves cumulatively from non-oil exports over the next 10 years, create at least

THE WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT MRS AISHA BUHARI

ON HER INVESTITURE AS THE NUTRITION
AMBASSADOR OF NIGERIA
MRS AISHA BUHARI, FLANKED BY MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE THE WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT MRS AISHA BUHARI
DR AUDU OGBEH, MINISTER OF STATE BUDGET AND PLANNING BEING CONDUCTED AROUND EXHIBITION STANDS
MRS ZAINAB AHMED AND ITS PERMANENT SECRETARY AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE NATIONAL FOOD AND
NUTRITION POLICY
JEFFERY HUNT
A PINK TOURALINE GEMSTONE MINED NEAR
IBADAN, OYO STATE: A LUCRATIVE NON-OIL EXPORT
500,000 additional jobs yearly as well as lift 10 million Nigerians out of poverty.
• Social Investment Programmes introduced by the FG to reduce poverty and socio- economic
vulnerability in the country. Funds were appropriated by the FG in the annual budgets to ensure
smooth implementation of the programme in close collaboration with the States.
• Social Protection Policy: The National Social Protection Policy was approved by FEC in July 2017
and got President’s assent in February 2018. The policy has been domesticated in 4 States (Osun,
Ondo, Jigawa and Zamfara) and others are already in the process of domestication with the
assistance of the ministry. The ministry has also provided a guideline for domestication of the
policy to states. A Technical Working Group has been set up to develop the costing of the policy.
Currently, there is an ongoing mapping of Federal Government social interventions in 12 States
covering the first phase of the project.
• Coordination of Sector Policies: Reviewed and produced MDAs sector policies for Federal
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment National Trade Policy and Strategies; Culture and
Tourism Policy and Nigerian Promotion Council Policy and Strategies.
• Coordinated the phase I assessment of Free Trade Zones in four geo-political zones of the country.
• National Competitiveness Advisory Council was set up by NEC to partner with private
sector to implement and debottleneck projects which can accelerate industrialisation. Specific

target of increasing output and boosting GDP, enhance Trade Infrastructure and support exports
has been set. The NEC Committee is collaborating with the Presidential Business Enabling
Environment Council (PEBEC) Secretariat to expedite action on elimination of artificial barriers to
trade. Consequently, Nigeria moved up by 24 steps in the global index of ease of doing business
from 169 to 145.
• In addition, the ministry has continued to forge stronger links with the States in terms
of Development Planning through organising annual Joint Planning Board/National Council
on Development Planning (JPB/NDP) meetings. The 2017 meetings were held in Minna,
Niger State with the theme “The Economic Recovery and Growth Plan: Roadmap to Inclusive
Growth, Resilient and Competitive Economy”, to further seek ways of effective collaboration in
implementation strategy for the ERGP, especially at the sub-national level. The 2018 edition was
held in Ogun State from 29-31 August.
E. M O N I T O R I N G A N D E VA L U AT I O N
The ministry has been involved in physical monitoring of FGN’s capital projects/investments in
the annual budgets; to ensure accountability for actions, value for money, citizen feedback and
to collect information which demonstrates good governance. For the 2016 and 2017 Full Year
Budget Implementation Monitoring and Performance Report, please visit the ministry’s website
(nationalplanning.gov.ng).
• Capacity Building for staff of Planning, Research and Statistics (PRS) in the MDAs: The
ministry provided capacity enhancement towards improving the productivity of the staff of the
PRS departments for monitoring, evaluating and reporting of Budget and project performance.
The capacity building has contributed in improving the skills of the PRS staff towards improved
service delivery.
• Strengthening of the Management Information System/Geographical Information

System (MIS/GIS) Systems in MBNP The Ministry has strengthened the MIS/GIS systems. This
is to enhance information and data management. The system is to provide real-time data on
performance of budget and projects and enhance decision making.
• Support to the Federal Government Social Investment Programme (SIP): The ministry
worked with the Delivery Unit in the Office Vice President. Technical support on monitoring
and evaluating was provided in the development of results framework for the Social Investment
Programmes. Performance Indicators for tracking of deliverables were developed.
NATIONAL SOCIAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
Buhari’s Advances in Social

Investments
The Buhari administration’s Social Investment Programme is the largest and most ambitious social
investment programme in Nigeria’s history. The sum of N500 billion was provided for it in both the 2016
and 2017 budgets. But the total spend so far, in both cycles, is closer to N250 billion, and that’s from both
budgets.
The programme has four components.
1. Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP)
2. Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT)
3. Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP)
• MarketMoni
• FarmerMoni
• TraderMoni
4. N-Power job scheme
In all the schemes, monies are paid directly to the beneficiaries.
HOME-GROWN SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME

Now feeding over 9 million primary school pupils
• The Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSF) aims to deliver school feeding to young children with
a specific focus on increasing school enrolment, reducing the incidence of malnutrition (especially
among the poor and those ordinarily unable to eat a meal-a-day), empowering community women
as cooks and by supporting small farmers that help stimulate economic growth.
• 26 States now participating in Home-Grown School Feeding Programme.
• The list of 26 States currently on HGSF are: Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo (South East); Akwa
Ibom, Cross River and Delta (South South); Osun, Oyo, Ondo and Ogun (South West); Benue, Niger
and Plateau (North Central); Kaduna, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto (North West); Bauchi,
Gombe, Borno, Jigawa and Adamawa (North East).

HGSF COOKS AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN AKWA IBOM STATE
• The number of pupils currently being fed through HGSF are over 9. 2 million pupils.
• The number of cooks engaged to prepare the meals are 96,972 cooks.
• The number of small-scaled farmers that supply the locally sourced ingredients for the meals are
estimated to be over 100,000 farmers.
• The number of public schools currently being reached by HGSF are 49,837 schools.
• Over N66 Billion paid out so far to the 26 participating states.
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER:

Almost 300,000 Nigerians now receive N5,000 monthly.
• The programme is currently implemented in 26 States + Borno IDPs and 297, 973 beneficiaries in 19
States + Borno IDPs have received payment from inception to date. A total of 2,530 Cash Transfer
Facilitators have been trained and 3763 groups and cooperatives have been formed.
• The following states are currently receiving payment: Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Borno,
Cross River, Ekiti, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Kwara, Nassarawa, Niger, Osun, Oyo,
Plateau, Taraba.
• The programme provides targeted monthly Base Cash Transfer of N5,000 to ……the poorest and most
vulnerable households in the country, with the sole aim of graduating them out of absolute poverty.
• To ensure that beneficiaries establish a sustainable means of livelihood before graduating out of
N-SIP

The National Social Investment Programmes (N-SIP)

N-POWER. NHGSFP. NCTP. GEEP
The National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) is a portfolio of programmes created in 2015 and launched in 2016 by the Federal Government
of Nigeria to deliver socio-economic support to the disadvantaged Nigerians across the Nation.
Job Creation and Youth

Employment (N-Power) Steering Committee Chaired
Target: by the Vice President
Graduate Category: 500,000
Non-Graduate Category: 100,000
8 Regional Innovation Hubs
1,000,000 N-Power Junior Pupils
National Social Investment
National Home Grown School

Feeding Programme (NHGSFP)
Target:
5.5 million children
Development of Community
Value Chain and Secondary
(NASSCO) NPOWER - (GEEP)
9.76 National Social

Safety Net
Programme
Job Creation Programme
Technology Hubs
N-Power Junior
Government
Enterprise and
Empowerment
million Programme
National Cash Transfer

Programme (NCTP) • National Cash Transfer (NHGSFP)
Target: Programme (NCTP) National Home Grown
1 million Poorest Households School Feeding
• Youth Employment and Social Programme
Government Enterprise Support Operation (YESSO)
and Empowerment
• Community Social Development
Programme (GEEP) Project (CSDP)
Target:
1.66 million micro, small and
medium enterprises
Strategic Objectives
Increase the poor and vulnerable households with access to income/livelihood by

providing access to targeted funds, thereby improving household ability to absorb
economic shocks
Reduce inequalities and wide disparities
Increase access to education and health services, as well as empowering vulnerable

sectors thereby improving the quality of life index
Reduce rate of youth unemployment, linking interested volunteers to address

existing gaps
Eradicate malnutrition in school age children by establishing a sustainable school

feeding program
Provide affordable credit for MSMEs thereby increasing business revenue and
facilitating market linkages
9.76 million Stimulate productivity and growth, especially in our rural communities
Bringing into visibility those who have never before been registered on any platform
by capturing identities as required by our laws, for proper planning
Promote access to financial services and increase rate of financial inclusion
the programme they are continuously supported, mentored and coached to form savings groups by
trained Cash Transfer Facilitators in every ward who visit them weekly to provide capacity building
on life skills and basic financial knowledge as well as nutrition, hygiene, livelihood and sanitation
information.
• Environment: Beneficiaries (household members 18-40 years) are expected to plant and maintain
woodlot or home garden, practice erosion control or maintain household sanitation depending on
what the state selects.
• From inception to date 297,973 households have received payment.
• Total number of people captured in the National Social Register as at June 2018 is 503,552.
• Total amount paid to beneficiaries from inception to date (December 2016 to June 2018)
N12,835,110,000.00.
• The number of beneficiaries that have undergone awareness raising exercises to improve their
wellbeing is 297,973 beneficiaries
• The number of beneficiaries that are engaged in capacity building activities to sustain their livelihood
are 147,179 households.
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISE AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME

(GEEP):
Over *1.1* million beneficiaries till date - market women, traders, artisans, farmers - across all 36 States
and the FCT
• Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) is an critical tool for financially
empowering micro businesses, (artisans, market women) and petty traders at the base of the pyramid.
• GEEP, with three loan products (MarketMoni, FarmerMoni, TraderMoni) has given N27.4 billion
in interest-free loans ranging from N10,000 to N350,000 disbursed to more than *1.1* million market
women and men, artisans, farmers, and petty traders across all 36 States of the country and the FCT.
Under GEEP, 56% of the loans have gone to women.
• GEEP comprises of FarmerMoni, MarketMoni and TraderMoni
{{ Loans disbursed (MarketMoni) – 347,458
{{ Loans disbursed (FarmerMoni) – 5,200
{{ Loans disbursed (TraderMoni) – 709,101
FA R M E R MO N I
• FarmerMoni loans start at N300,000 and are for farmers in farming clusters, via farm aggregators.
A BVN, farming cluster cooperative, cluster management, and end-to-end process up to off-take
agreements are required for FarmerMoni. The loans are disbursed to the farmers’ bank accounts, but

the aggregator regulates the use of funds to ensure inputs, fertilisers and farming best practices are
provided.
MARKETMONI
• MarketMoni is a 6-month interest-free credit of between N50,000 and N300,000 for small businesses
- medium-scale traders, market women, artisans, and youth in market associations - under the
auspices of their cooperative societies. The cooperative societies help to ensure that these sums are
returned. There are currently close to *350,000* small businesses that have accessed *MarketMoni*
loans.
TRADERMONI
• TraderMoni - 2M petty traders to get N10,000 interest-free loans by December 2018
• TraderMoni is a microcredit loan for the petty traders, enabling 2 million petty traders with N10,000
collateral-free microloans for their businesses by the end of the year. TraderMoni is designed to
meet the need of the larger population of Nigerian petty traders at the bottom of the pyramid who
do not meet the more stringent criteria of BVN, bank accounts, market associations, etc required for
bigger MarketMoni loans. Qualified petty traders start at N10,000 disbursed to wallets on their mobile
phones.
• Under the scheme, beneficiaries automatically qualify for higher facilities of 15,000, N20,000, N50,000,
and N100,000 successively, as long as they repay each within the stipulated time period. Each loan is
repayable over a period of six months.
• The micro-credit scheme was first formally launched on August 7 in five markets in Lagos State -
Mushin, Ikotun, Agege, Ketu, and Abule Egba areas.
• TraderMoni has commenced enumeration of qualified petty traders and disbursements nationwide.
The programme has however been formally launched in 23 states as follows:
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{{ Katsina (September 1)
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{{ Kogi (September 8)
{{ Cross River (Sept 12)
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YEMI OSINBAJO TALKING TO A TRADERMONI RECEPIENT AT A LAGOS MARKET
{{ Abuja (September 19)
{{ Imo (September 22)
{{ Ogun (Oct 16)
{{ Borno (Oct 18)
{{ Bayelsa (Oct 22)
{{ Ondo (Oct 22)
{{ Plateau (Oct 22)
{{ Yobe (Oct 22)
{{ Bauchi (Oct 23)
{{ Jigawa (Oct 23)
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{{ Anambra (Oct 24)
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{{ Zamfara (Oct 24)
• The Buhari Administration is delivering TraderMoni to take financial inclusion down to the grassroots,
the bottom of the pyramids, considering the daily contribution of millions of petty traders to economic
development.
THE N-POWER PROGRAMME

500,000 young Nigerian graduates employed under the scheme
• The scheme is the largest post-tertiary employment programme in Africa, comprising N-Power
beneficiaries that are paid a monthly stipend of N30,000 and are deployed as volunteers into various
sectors of need in the public space, such as health, agriculture, education and public finance.
• The N-Power is a job employment and empowerment scheme for hitherto unemployed Nigerian
graduates under the Buhari Administration’s National Social Investment Programmes (N-SIP).
• The N-Power programme, our graduate employment scheme now employs 500,000 young men and
women in every local government of Nigeria.
• The N-Power scheme commenced in 2016 and has beneficiaries in all the LGAs of the 36 States of the
Federation and the FCT.
• It has so far provided jobs for 500,000 hitherto unemployed young Nigerian graduates nationwide.

HARDWARE TECHNICIANS AT A NPOWER TRAINING WORKSHOP
• All N-Power beneficiaries were given the opportunity to select and own electronic devices/tablets for
continuous learning as they grow, depending on the selected vocations of entrepreneurship, and to
boost the Knowledge Economy.
• A web-based application was used to select candidates and so provided a level-playing ground for
all applicants with no room for favouritism.
• The N-Power Programme, we have been able to offer skills development programmes digitally to
over 500,000 young Nigerians between the ages of 18 and 35.
• Based on conservative projections, the N-Power scheme would provide jobs for at least 10 million
Nigerians by 2023.
The Nigerian economy has
now rebounded and
responding positively to the
CBN policies as indicated
by the positive trajectory
of most economic indicators

GODWIN EMEFIELE, GOVERNOR, CENTRAL
BANK OF NIGERIA IN A HANDSHAKE WITH
YI GANG, GOVERNOR, PEOPLE’S BANK OF
CHINA AFTER SIGNING PBOC-CBN BILATERAL
CURRENCY SWAPS AGREEMENT
New forex policies

elicit more positive
economic outlook
and market
confidence
Background
From the onset of the Muhammadu Buhari Administration in May 2015, it was faced with multiple
macro-economic travails; resulting from prolonged decline of crude oil prices, restiveness in the
Niger Delta, and challenges of Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. This led to a shortfall of
government revenue, rising inflation, unemployment, escalating domestic debt and mounting
demand pressure in the Nigeria foreign exchange market. The deteriorating economic
fundamentals precipitated into a weak revenue base and unmet oil production target as oil
exploration in the Niger Delta was disrupted by militancy. Consequently, crude oil production fell
to as low as 1.63 million barrels per day (mbpd) in the third quarter of 2016, as against a target of
2.20mbpd in 2016 budget projection. There was also huge reversal of portfolio investments and
low foreign exchange inflows from autonomous sources. The mounting demand pressure in
the foreign exchange market led to disequilibrium in the exchange rate at the foreign exchange
market as FX demand continually outstripped FX supply. As a result, real growth of the Nigerian
oil and non-oil sector fell, while Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted considerably. Finally,
the economy went into recession in the third quarter of 2016.
The CBN initiated various policies, especially foreign exchange policies, to address the ensuing
challenges. In June 2016, to enhance efficiency and facilitate a more liquid and transparent
foreign exchange market, a new foreign exchange policy (the flexible exchange regime) was
introduced to replace the managed float methodology. The new policy allows for a single
market structure through the autonomous interbank foreign exchange operating with
market-determined exchange rate with the CBN participating in the FX market through
direct interventions in the interbank market or by dynamic secondary market intervention

mechanisms.
To implement the policy, the CBN removed tight currency control on the naira, leaving market
forces to determine the value of the currency. On the take-off of the new regime, the CBN
cleared the backlog of demand of US$4.02billion. Under the new regime, the value of the naira
in the Inter-bank FX market is largely driven by the forces of demand and supply. The CBN, on
the other hand, intervenes directly in the inter-bank market to boost liquidity in the foreign
exchange market.
Windows and products

To promote global competitiveness of the foreign exchange market, the interbank market was
supported by the introduction of various FX windows and additional risk management and
hedging products, were offered by the CBN to deepen the FX market and boost FX liquidity
and financial security. These include:
• Wholesale/Retail Special Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) window.

Dedicated to the payment for all LCs and BCs (New and matured) for critical sectors; Raw
materials and Machinery, Agriculture, Airlines and Petroleum Products.
• Invisibles window. To cater for FX needs for Business and Personal Travel Allowances (BTA/PTA),
sales for school fees, hostel accommodation, maintenance allowance and medical expenses
abroad.
• Small and Medium Enterprises window. For the payment of small-scale importation of
US$20,000.00 and below per quarter, subject to completion of form Q supported with Proforma
Invoice and importer’s BVN.
• Direct sales to BDC in addition with sales to BDCs by DMBs and Travelex (this resulted in the
appreciation of Naira at the BDCs’ market)
• Window for port charges’ payment for oil marketing companies.
Investors’ and Exporters’ (I & E) Foreign Exchange window

This window was introduced in April 2017, in a continuing effort to deepen the foreign exchange
market and accommodate all FX obligations. It was aimed at boosting liquidity in the FX
market and ensure timely execution and settlement for eligible transactions and facilitating
the effectiveness of the Naira float regime. Its essence was to increase further transparency and
sustain gains made by the floating of the Naira. The main characteristics of the I&E window
include:
• Price discovery

N E W FO R E X P O L I C I ES E L I C I T MO R E P O S I T I V E ECO N OM I C O U T LO O K A N D M A R K E T CO N F I D E N C E
• The exchange rates of transactions in the window are agreed between authorised dealers and
their counterparties
• Window operated by willing buyers and willing sellers
• The CBN intervenes either to buy or to sell
• Quote or demand on the window are transaction-based
• Adoption of the Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange rate fixing (NAFEX) for pricing
Transactions eligible to access the Window include:
• Invisible transactions excluding international airlines’ ticket sales remittance
• Bills for collections
• Any other trade-related payment obligations at the instance of the customer.
Major participants at the I & E Window include portfolio investors, exporters of goods and
services who receive export proceeds in foreign currencies, authorised dealers and any other
parties with foreign currency to exchange to naira. The CBN participates in the window to
promote liquidity by selling or buying FX at the window and to ensure professional conduct.
The exchange rate at the window is determined by the forces of demand and supply. To provide
greater price discovery mechanism to the window, FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange (FMDQ)
was charged with polling buying and selling rates and other relevant information from the
major participants in the market to provide participants with the requisite price discovery, and
the CBN with the indicative market depth.
A new foreign exchange fixing was developed for the window, called ‘the Nigerian Autonomous
foreign Exchange fixing’ (NAFEX), which are published at the www.fmdqotc.com on daily basis.
The exchange rates for all transactions at the window are agreed between authorised dealers
and their counterparties (i.e. it is a willing-buyer and willing-seller market determined rate).
The CBN intervenes to buy or to sell, as it deems fit, in the window.
All transactions must be trade-backed. Interbank purchases from the window are to be sold
by the buying authorised dealer to its customers for permitted/eligible transactions with
appropriate documentation.
Authorised dealers are to hold FX positions subject to their respective Foreign Currency Trading
Position limits (FCTPL).
Funds bought by one authorised dealer from another, in the interbank market, must not be
held in position overnight by the buying authorised dealer or sold to another authorised dealer.
All inter-bank transaction at the window is subject to a maximum of N1.00 spread.
Within the time it was introduced to year end December 2017, inflows from the window
amounted to $12.89 billion, while turnover of transactions amounted to $23.92 billion.
Non-deliverable Forwards Naira-settled OTC FX futures

In collaboration with Financial Markets Dealers Quotation OTC Plc (FMDQ), this was introduced
in June 2016 to further enhance the success of the CBN flexible exchange rate regime. The
product was aimed at enhancing market liquidity. It is a non-deliverable forward where parties
agree to an exchange rate for a pre-determined date in the future, without the obligation
to deliver the underlying US dollar (notional amount) on the maturity date. At maturity, it is
assumed that both parties would have transacted at the spot market rate. The party that would
have suffered a loss with the spot FX rate will be paid a settlement amount in naira. This ensures
that both parties enjoy the rate that had been guaranteed to each other through the OTC FX
Futures.
The OTC FX futures encouraged end-users to spread out their demand for Spot FX deals as
they were able to lock down the exchange rates of future FX requirements. This was important,
particularly as it has the potential to eradicate the incidence of constant frontloading of FX
demand and minimise the disequilibrium in the FX Spot market. The product allowed end-
users to make better judgment as to the timing of accessing the spot market. It was particularly
beneficial for end-users as they now can hedge risk associated with significant exchange rate
movement in the future, which in turn helped to reduce demand pressure in the FX Spot
market.
It also helped to improve the business planning of practice of end-users and FX sellers, as the
future exchange rate is guaranteed through the OTC FX futures.
The OTC FX Futures has helped to attract significant volume of capital flows to the Nigerian
fixed income and equity markets as investors’ returns can be enhanced and FX exposure are
hedged as Foreign Portfolio investors (FPIs) can use the OTC FX Futures to hedge against risk
of FX volatility and protect their capital. Between June 2016 when the product was introduced
and 25 April 2018, US$12,959.31million was traded at the Futures market; US$9,125.36 million
matured, while outstanding stood at US3, 833.94million.
The Bi-lateral Currency Swap Arrangement (BCSA) with China

CBN and The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) on 27 April 2018 executed the PBoC-CBN Bilateral
Currency Swaps Agreement (BCSA) which allows for the purchase, sale and subsequent
repurchase and resale of the Chinese Yuan (CNY) against the Naira and vice versa. The BCSA
is to help facilitate trade and direct investment between Nigeria and China, carry out business
transactions without recourse to USD, thus enhancing ease of doing business.

L-R O. J. NNANNA, YI GANG AND EMEFIELE
A currency swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange cash flows in different
currencies at a predetermined rate for specified terms and conditions. It enables two countries
or institutions to exchange payments in one currency for the equivalent amount in another
currency to fast track trade and investments.
Currency swaps also provide liquidity support to financial markets, and hedge against exchange
and interest rates risk and in some cases avoidance of transaction costs and taxes. The initiator
may be required to pay interest on the amount exchanged at the end of the transaction, which
can be fixed or floating. Interest rates are usually the prevailing interbank lending rates in both
markets.
The negotiation for the Nigeria-China Currency Swap Agreement started on 12 April 2016
between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari in Beijing,
China. During the visit, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited and the CBN
signed a deal on Yuan transaction. In recognition of China’s strategic importance, the CBN had
as far back as 2014, increased the Chinese Yuan portion of its external reserves from 2.0 per
cent to 7.0 per cent. In 2014, the world recognised the Renminbi (Yuan) as a likely global reserve
currency, which made countries such as Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe to integrate the
Chinese currency into their financial markets.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report on foreign trade for 2017Q4 revealed that, Nigeria
had the highest imports of N465.13 billion from China which is 22.0 per cent of the country’s
total imports. On their part, the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC)
handles many big infrastructural projects in Nigeria including the Lagos–Ibadan Railway Line
and Mambila Hydroelectric Project. There are many other Chinese companies handling some
projects in Nigeria. Similarly, merchandise trade between China and Nigeria reached a record
high of N2.0trillion in 2017 (8.7% of total merchandise trade), thus making China, Nigeria’s third
largest trading partner after India and the United States (accounting for 12.5% and 10.8% of
merchandise trade, respectively). However, the Balance of Trade is heavily tilted in favour of
China; imports from China in 2017 (N1.8trillion) was 8.1 times Nigeria’s export (N220.6 billion)
and accounts for 20.90 per cent of total imports in the last five years. This is clearly suggestive
of Nigeria’s growing dependence on imports from China, reinforcing the importance of this
currency swap agreement for Nigeria’s import-dependent manufacturing and trade sectors
which jointly contribute 27.8 per cent to GDP.
Having reviewed and agreed on the terms and conditions of the bilateral currency swaps, the
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, led a delegation on behalf of the
Nigerian government on 27 April 2018, to sign a three-year agreement with his counterpart, the
Governor of the Peoples Bank of China, Mr. Yi Gang, who represented the People’s Republic of
China. The signing was held in Beijing, China and the amount involved was Renminbi (RMB)
15.0billon or N720.0billon (about U$2.5 billion), which could either be extended by mutual
consent at expiration in 2021 or reversed. The aim is to provide liquidity to both Nigerian and
Chinese businesses.
The agreement helps in i) reduction in cost of funding as invoicing and settling cross-border
trade and investment in a third-party currency, carries an added degree of foreign exchange
risk ii) hedge against exchange rate volatility as the BCSA must specify that the exchange rate
for initiating and terminating a transaction should be the same iii) help Nigeria defend itself
against a liquidity crisis by swapping its currency with the Chinese currency iv) help Nigeria
shore up its exports and reduce its trade deficit and reduce pressure on the Naira as well as the
USD v) provide confidence to the market and prevent excess volatility in financial and foreign
exchange markets; and market participants know that the Bank can easily access currency of
the swap partners, if need be vi) enable the setting up of a clearing bank thereby making it a
first step to making Nigeria becoming a West African hub for the fast-rising RMB vii) encourage
cooperation and exchange between the two countries and help the development of mutual
trade and investment viii) help in monetary policy implementation as the Bank gets another
currency it can use for monetary policy ix) help Nigeria reduce exposure to interest and exchange
rate risks and x) aid efficient settlement of cross-border trade and direct investment in RMB.
Benefits of the FX policies

The new FX policies have calmed the market as every sector of the economy now has easy
access to FX through the various windows. Specifically

• The I & E window has attracted foreign investors, as seen in the bolstering autonomous foreign
exchange inflows into the country as confidence in the Nigerian economy is renewed.
• Increase in the activities of portfolio investors and exporters in the Fx market, thus creating
liquidity and price discovery
• The flexible exchange rate regime, especially with the introduction of the I & E window has
brought about rate convergence,
• Narrowing spread between the official and parallel market rates
• Appreciation of the Naira following the increased supply of foreign exchange to end- users.
• The increased inflows from soaring activities in the foreign exchange market because of steadied
flow of foreign exchange, have reinvigorated a more positive economic outlook and market
confidence.
• The Nigerian economy has now rebounded and responding positively to the CBN policies as
indicated by the positive trajectory of most economic indicators.
• Under the bilateral currency swap, importers of goods from China will no longer have need to
convert Naira to Dollar and then to Renminbi but will convert their funds directly from Naira to
Renminbi thereby reducing pressure on the Dollar. It will benefit Nigerians in facilitating trade
as settlement of all trade obligations enteby importers and exporters of the two countries will
become seamless. In addition, the inflow from the draw-down on the swap will help to boost
accretion to reserve, with long-term attendant effect on price stability.
Economic development impact of CBN’s FX policies

i. GDP Growth Impact - The aggressive implementation of the CBN FX policies has continued
to impact on the Nigerian financial markets positively and the overall economy in general. The
economic challenges which lingered in the final quarter of 2015 and in most part of 2016, has
now abated, majorly in response to new policies of the CBN and the current administration
led by President Muhammadu Buhari. The economy which recorded five consecutive GDP
contractions, beginning from Q1 2016 culminating to Q1, 2017, has rebounded, in response
to the implementation of the various CBN policies in collaboration with the fiscal authority.
Consequently, the tide of exchange rate volatility was contained, while major economic indices
turned positive and optimistic.
Macroeconomic data from NBS showed that activities have continued to firm up in recent
months, as seen in the continuous rising levels of Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), rising to
as high as 56.90 index points in April 2018, from a low of 44.70 index points in February 2017.
Indicating expansion in the manufacturing sector for 13 consecutive months, while headline
inflation has also fallen for 15 consecutive months, from a peak of 18.72 per cent in January 2017
to as low as 12.48 per cent in April 2018. In the same token, after five quarters of consecutive
GDP contraction, the trend of negative GDP growth was reversed in the second quarter of 2017
with renewed foreign exchange management policies by the CBN, and a focus on promotion of
private-sector-led growth towards ensuring adequate FX availability for private businesses and
critical sectors. The agricultural sector’s growth was reinvigorated as the sector’s contribution
to GDP growth from 21.43 per cent in the first quarter of 2017 increased to 26.13 per cent in the
final quarter of 2017. Aggregate GDP growth also turned positive of 0.55 per cent in the second
quarter 2017 and was sustained in the positive territory in the final quarter of 2017 at 2.11 per
cent, driven by sustained growth in the agriculture sector and intensified private sector activities,
arising from availability of foreign exchange to support imports.
ii. Exchange Rate stability - The impact of the current CBN FX policy of direct sales intervention
in the various segments of the market and the inherent price discovery mechanism of the
Investors’ and Exporters’ window is evident in the relative exchange rate stability and narrowing
spread between the windows. With this development, the exchange rate of the naira against the
USD at the parallel segment of the foreign exchange market which went as high as N490.00/
US$ in January 2017, has significantly declined, closing at N362.00/US$ as at 30 April 2018.
iii. Soaring Investors’ Activities at the I&E window – The Nigerian economy has also benefitted
monumentally from this window which has attracted huge inflows from foreign investors,
thereby bolstering autonomous foreign exchange inflows into the country as confidence in the
economy is revamped. Within one year of its introduction, inflows from the window amounted
to $25.17billion, while total turnover of transactions in the window has soared to $47.14 billion.
iv. High volume of activities at the Naira-settled OTC FX Futures – This has significantly
impacted on the ease of consummating business and FX availability. As the product helped
end-users to stem demand in the spot market as they are now able to lock down the exchange
rate for future requirements. More so, the OTC Futures has helped to attract significant capital
flows to Nigeria’s fixed income and equity market as returns can be enhanced and FX exposure
are hedged as foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) are able to use the OTC FX Futures to hedge
against risk of FX volatility and protect their capital. Since the product was introduced in
2016, US$12,959.31 million has been traded at the market; US$9,125.36 million matured, while
US$3,833.94 million remained outstanding as at 25 April 2018.
v. Accretion to Reserve – Another remarkable impact of the CBN, especially the I&E window,
is the recent accretion to the nation’s foreign reserve. The window has considerably boosted
investors’ confidence in the market, thereby spurring significant amount of capital inflows into
the Nigerian financial market. The effect was huge accretion to the nation’s external reserve.
Consequently, the Nigerian Foreign Reserve which stood at US$23.811billion in October 2016,
closed at US$47.471 as at end April 2018.
vi. Critical sector Forex Intervention sales – The CBN foreign exchange policies of secondary
market interventions sales (SMIS) has tremendously enhanced FX availability for critical sectors
(Agriculture, Airlines, Petroleum and Raw Materials and Machinery). From January 2017 to end-
April 2018, the CBN has disbursed US$17.04billion, through its weekly Wholesale and bi-weekly

Retail Interventions sales, to businesses in these critical sectors of the Nigerian economy. This has
helped in stimulating productive activities in the various sectors, as evidenced in the continued
recovery of the sectors and increasing percentage contribution of the sectors to GDP growth for
the four consecutive quarters of 2017, as well as in Q1, 2018.
vii. Foreign exchange availability for Small, Medium Enterprises and for Invisibles
transaction. This window for the payment of small-scale importation of US$20,000.00 and
below, subject to completion of Form Q supported with Proforma Invoice and importer’s
BVN, as well as, FX window for Invisibles to cater for FX needs for Business and Personal Travel
Allowances (BTA/PTA), sales for school fees, hostel accommodation, maintenance allowance
and medical expenses abroad, has greatly enhanced FX availability at the small and retail end.
From the inception of the windows in February 2017, $1.58billion and US$1.95billion have been
disbursed for SME’s and Invisibles transactions, respectively, out of which, US$912.99million and
US$1.003billion, respectively, has been fully utilised.
viii. A Bullish Capital Market – Because of the various FX policies, the Nigerian capital market has
sailed speedily on the path of full recovery. In the last 18 months, investors’ confidence in the
market has been considerably high, with high levels of activities at the floors of the Nigerian Stock
Exchange (NSE). These increased activities, arising from a careful coordination of monetary and
exchange rate policies, has led to sustained rally of equities at the NSE. Over the past 22 months,
investors have accumulated sizeable capital gains. Aggregate market value of all quoted equities
at the NSE closed at N14.948trillion at end-April 2018, compared with a value of N10.165trillion
as at end-June 2016, when the Nigerian foreign exchange market was reviewed. The 22-month
performance is a confirmation that the Nigerian economy is speedily becoming an investment
destination of choice. With April 2018 inflation currently at 12.48 per cent and the upper corridor
of the benchmark interest rate at 16 per cent ((MPR + 200 basis point i.e Standing Lending Facility
Rate), average inflation and interest-adjusted returns at the NSE for the period is estimated at
18.57 per cent.
In conclusion, the Nigerian foreign exchange market has turned in an impressive performance,
as the economy remains on track to full recovery. Major economic indexes have turned positive.
The volume of transactions in the FX market, especially at the autonomous segment, has
remained remarkably high. The recent success notwithstanding, in the months ahead, the
CBN will remain focussed and committed to actualising its main objective of price stability.
The Bank believes that as it sustains its policy of exchange rate flexibility and remain resolute
in the implementation of its various FX policies, further increase in Nigeria economic activities
at the various sectors will be achieved, as well as increase in foreign exchange inflows from
autonomous sources into the Nigerian market. This will no doubt lead to greater stability,
prosperity and enhance general economic well-being of Nigerians.
Anchor Borrowers’
Programme and other
schemes
Section 31 of the CBN Act of 2007 mandates the Bank to carry out the developmental function to
complement its core functions. That is, promoting the development of money or capital markets, or
of stimulating financial or economic development of the country. In this regard, the Bank has over the
years designed policies and programmes aimed at stimulating finance for real sector enterprises. These
involve creating an attraction for financial institutions, thereby motivating them to support investments
in critical sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, power, services and exports.
The developmental function of the CBN is delivered through intervention policies and programmes or
schemes which address various dimensions of real sector financing, including availability, adequacy,
affordability and term structure.
In the current administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari, the following schemes have been
introduced, after wide consultations with private and public sector stakeholders.
A G R I C U LT U R E
i. Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) (2015): Introduced to create a linkage between processing companies (anchors)
and smallholder farmers to boost production and processing of agricultural commodities, stabilise input supply to
agro-processors and address the negative balance of payments on food.
ii. National Food Security Programme (NFSP) (2016): Designed to provide financing for off-taker companies to support
the Federal Government’s Strategic Grain Reserves. The funding is used to mop up and procure grains, and to fund
commercial farming and processing.
iii. Paddy Aggregation Scheme (PAS) (2017): This is a short-term working capital facility introduced to boost the capacity
of integrated rice millers to buy paddy during harvest period when prices are lowest. This should bring down the high
cost of local rice, making it more affordable relative to imported and smuggled brands.
iv. Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme (AADS) (2017): The intervention was designed to engage a minimum
of 10,000 youths per state and the FCT in agricultural production across the country and promote food security, job
creation and economic diversification. Focus is on crops where states have comparative advantage.
INDUSTRY
i. Textile Sector Intervention Facility (TSIF) (2016): The facility was aimed at reviving the cotton, textile and garment
industry. The fund facilitates takeover of existing debts and provides additional long-term loans and working capital

SHUTTERSTOCK
A COMBINE HARVESTER REAPING RICE FROM A NIGERIAN FARM
to existing companies.
ii. Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI) (2017): Introduced to facilitate the local production of 1 million metric tonnes
(mmt) of blended Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium (NPK) Fertiliser and 0.5 mmt for the dry season, yearly.
iii. CBN-BOI Industrial Facility (CBIF) (2018): Established to provide concessionary finance for expansion and diversification
of the industrial sector as well as attracting new investments and re-investments in value-added projects.
M U LT I - S E C T O R A L
i. Exports: Non-oil Export Stimulation Facility (NESF) (2015): A financing scheme to improve access of exporters to
concessionary finance for expansion and diversification of the non-oil export basket.
ii. National Collateral Registry (NCR) (2015): An institutional intervention established to unlock access to credit, which
has always been a constraint to MSME development in Nigeria. The NCR is a public registry of ownership of assets,
allowing financial institutions register priority interests in moveable assets used as collateral for loans by MSMEs. This
will deepen credit delivery to MSMEs and enhance productivity and output.
iii. The Youth Entrepreneurship Development Programme (YEDP) (2016) Introduced to enhance the deployment of the
ingenuity and resourcefulness of Nigerian youths for maximum economic development.
iv. Inter-sectoral: Agribusiness/Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS) (2017): Designed as a
voluntary initiative of the Bankers’ Committee to support the Federal Government’s efforts and policy measures to
promote sustainable economic development and employment generation; improving access to affordable financing
to MSMEs, particularly those operating in the formal sector of the economy.
v. Financial Inclusion: Shared Agent Network Expansion Facility (SANEF) (2018): Medium-term funding facility geared
towards enhancing the capacity of CBN-licensed Super Agents and Mobile Money Operators (MMOs) to roll out half a
million agent networks across the 774 local government areas in the country; to promote financial inclusion in Nigeria.
vi. Non-interest interventions: Interventions complying with Sharia or Islamic law, which prohibits riba or usury, and
applied through Mudarabah (profit sharing and loss bearing), Wadiah (safekeeping or safe custody), Musharaka (joint
venture), Murabahah (cost plus), and Ijara (leasing).
POWER
i. Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading – Payment Assurance Facility (NBET-PAF) (2017): A bridging facility through which NBET
Plc. provides a minimum level of payment to power generation companies to enable them meet their obligations to
gas suppliers, with a view to increasing power generation.
GAINS
i. The Bank’s support to the agricultural value chain has resulted in progressive decline in the nation’s major food
import bill from US$3.23billion in 2014 to US$0.59 billion in 2017 (Table 1). This represents an 82% decline in import bill.
Particularly, rice and wheat import bills decreased by 98% and 95% in the period respectively.
Table 1: Import bill of major agricultural products (US$) (2014 - 2017)
PRODUCT 2014 2015 2016 2017

Sugar 462,902,256.53 337,894,861.06 398,507,529.04 255,497,036.75
Milk 961,138,252.98 583,857,586.97 182,146,479.35 296,705,342.66
Rice 1,052,332,549.67 590,265,251.69 134,192,626.54 18,961,624.79
Tomato 750,254,558.00 586,984,676.38 113,291,183.52 16,330,166.51
Wheat 6,931,078.04 4,364,198.20 381,587.35 309,400.00
Total 3,233,558,695.22 2,103,366,574.30 828,519,405.80 587,803,570.71
SOURCE: CBN 2017
ABP added at least 2 million metric tonnes of rice to national production.
Increases in rice yields from an average of 1 – 2 tons/ ha to 4 - 5 tons/ ha and wheat yields from 1 – 1.3
tons/ ha to 2.5 – 3 tons/ ha.
₦81.95 billion disbursed to 365,760 farmers across the 36 states and the FCT.
• 10 commodities, including rice, maize, cassava, poultry and fish.
• Total area of land cultivated is 404,382 hectares.
• 1,092,000 direct and indirect jobs created.
Improvements in milling capacities of domestic rice companies including Umza, Labana, Mikap and

Coscharis, and establishment of new mills by WACOT and Crown Mills.
INDUSTRY
Results of the bank’s intervention in facilitating the successful implementation of the Presidential
Fertiliser Initiative:
• 11 fertiliser blending plants in the country have been resuscitated.
• Fertiliser price reduced to ₦5,500 per bag.
Under the Real Sector Support Facility, 1,800 jobs were created in the 11 projects financed.
Employment increased from 6,020 jobs to 7,688 (i.e. 28% job growth).
Capacity utilisation improved by 29% from inception to date.
M U LT I - S E C T O R A L
The National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) has promoted financial inclusion and an inclusive
economic system with the enrolment of at least 300,000 smallholder farmers for banking services,
hitherto excluded from the mainstream financial system. These farmers can now save and access credit
for their production from the formal financial sysImprovement in financial inclusion has been further
enhanced with the introduction and promotion of Sharia-compliant interventions by the Bank.
POWER
The NBET-PAF has stabilised the electricity market to ensure the continued existence and operation of
generating companies and gas suppliers.
NEMSF has financed the recovery of 1,180 megawatts capacity through rehabilitation of 10 gas turbines
at Geregu, Transcorp Ughelli, and Ibom thermal power plants and three hydro-power stations (Shiroro
Dam, Jebba Hydro and Kainji Dam).
Settlement of legacy gas debts and interim rule period debts to encourage continued gas supply by
GasCos.
Facilitating the purchase of over 414,000 electricity meters.
Rehabilitation of 2,226kms of 11KV lines and 130km of 0.45KV lines.
Facilitating the procurement of 70,435 nos. 500 KVA transformers and construction of 34 new distribution
substations and acquisition of 1 mobile injection substation under confirmed permitted utilisation by
the initiative.
SHUTTERSTOCK
National Addressing Policy
introduced, for efficient and effective
postal services to the country in the areas
of Legal Identity, Mails, Water Board,
Internet Business and Security

COMMUNICATIONS
Increased
effectiveness and
efficiency in the
sector
Milestones
• “e-Government Master Plan 2020” developed by the ministry in conjunction with Korean
Government. For efficiency, accountability and transparency by all Federal Government
Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
• National Addressing Policy introduced, for efficient and effective postal services to the
country in the areas of Legal Identity, Mails, Water Board, Internet Business and Security
• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigerian Communications Satellite

Limited {NigComSat) and Galaxy Backbone Limited, to address the issue of patronising
local content.
• MoU with Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4A1) renewed; to enable access to affordable
internet for all Nigerians.
• Nigerian National Broadband Council constituted; to provide evaluation of progress and

facilitate coordination and collaboration in the delivery of Nigerian National Broadband
Plan (NNBP) to realise new emerging opportunities.
• Action plan on Restructuring and Modernising NIPOST and Strategic Plan Document
Vision 2020 launched.
The agency created a template to elicit information
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on IT projects from all MDAs for clearance, based on
its mandate. The template is accessible online. At least
N10billion has been saved through compliance with
this process.
YOUNG NIGERIANS USING THEIR LAPTOPS AT

A TECHNOLOGY CENTRE IN JOS

NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY (NITDA)
Making steady
progress
with efficient
deployment of ICT,
nationwide
Established under the NITDA Act 2007
Supervising Ministry: Communications
Key appointment: Isa Ali Patanmi, PhD – Director-General/CEO
Mandate:
To regulate and oversee the development and efficient deployment of Information Technology
in Nigeria.
Roadmap and Action Plan

The Agency has 7 priority areas: IT Regulation, Capacity Building, Promotion of Government
Digital Services, Digital Job Creation, Local Content Development, Cyber Security and Digital
Inclusion.
Milestones
Based on these priority areas, NITDA developed an Action Plan which has been internalised by
all its personnel.
N AT I O N A L I N FO R M AT I O N T EC H N O LO GY D E V E LO PM E N T AG E N CY (N I T DA)
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YOUNG NIGERIANS USING THEIR LAPTOPS IN ABUJA
For its regulatory role, the agency created a template to elicit information on IT projects from
all MDAs for clearance, based on NITDA’s mandate. The template is accessible online. At least
N10billion has been saved through compliance with this process.
Surveillance has captured 100+ ICT projects.
410 MDAs and 105 tertiary institutions have been engaged to ensure compliance.
Enforcement of executive order 001: (MDAs website assessment conducted, and report
produced for improvement).
On data localisation and repatriation to ensure that all sovereign data, and data regulated
and hosted by the Government and MDAs are repatriated and hosted in Nigeria, the following
have been achieved:
• Increased hosting of significant Government data in Nigeria by several Government Agencies

in Galaxy Backbone Plc e.g. Budget Information Management System (BIMS), NPOWER portal,
FIRS Integrated Tax Administration Systems (ITAS)

M A K I N G ST E A DY P R O G R E S S W I T H E F F I C I E N T D E P LOY M E N T O F I C T, N AT I O N W I D E
• Draft framework for Data Classification and draft guidelines for data centre operations developed
• Because of increased local demand for data services as a direct result of operation of Guidelines,
Nigeria’s 1st Cloud Local Cloud services (CLOUDONGROUND) has been hosted by a leading tier-
3 data centre in Nigeria providing Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a
Service (DRaaS) to local companies in Nigeria.
• Stakeholder engagement with local OEMs in Lagos.
The Compliance programme to drive compliance with NITDA’s Nigerian Content Guidelines
and other Government circulars and ensure systematic compliance and strategic surveillance
of agencies (public and private) responsible for implementation of the local content programme
has made the Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP), as initiated by the Office for Nigerian
Content Development in ITC, to be restored as the clearing house for ICT procurements for
MDAs in line with the Federal Government Circular.
On local content development and promotion, as it did in 2015/2016, NIDTA successfully

hosted (in collaboration with other stakeholders) the 2017 edition of eNigeria, Nigeria’s annual
international summit on Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The theme for
the 2017 edition, attended by President Muhammadu Buhari, focussed on “Fostering Digital
Economy through Local Content Development and Effective Regulation.”
At the 2017 edition of the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) a consumer
computer and electronics trade show, exhibition, and conference which takes place yearly in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, NITDA successfully coordinated the Africa Investment Forum (AIF)
where many investors interacted with the Nigerian businesses and start-ups and indicated
willingness to partner with them.
Please visit nitda.gov.ng
PRESIDENT BUHARI ADDRESSING TROOPS DEPLOYED TO CURB THE ACTIVITIES OF
BANDITS AND CRIMINALS IN ZAMFARA AND NEIGHBOURING STATES UNDER
OPERATIONS SHARAN DAJI AND DIRAN MIKIYA, AT KATSINA AIRPORT ON 25TH AUG 2018

BAYO OMOBORIOWO
Aligned with the C-in-C’s vision to evolve a modern,
professional Armed Forces of Nigeria, well-trained
in all aspects of military operations, compact and
mobile, with adequate equipment, firepower and
communications, capable of fulfilling its constitutional
responsibilities, the ministry has provided political
leadership which has refocused, repositioned and
revamped the Nigerian military’s capacity to successfully
defend and deter external attacks and physical threats
by non-state actors
BAYO OMOBORIOWO

DEFENCE
Everything is
being done to
have a modern,
professional Armed
Forces of Nigeria.
Everything.
Mandate
Implementing Government’s policies to defend the territorial integrity of the country, its interest,
and well-being of the citizenry as well as strengthening international peace and stability.
Background
It must be said from the outset that the political will, commitment and support of the
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari, to the primacy of
national security, account for the remarkable successes so far recorded by the Nigerian Armed
Forces against insecurity and insurgency in Nigeria. These have redeemed the country’s image
and have raised the confidence of Nigerians in the Armed Forces in guaranteeing their safety
and security.
The C-in-C’s vision is to evolve a modern, professional Armed Forces of Nigeria, well-trained in all
aspects of military operations, compact and mobile, with adequate equipment, firepower and
communications, capable of fulfilling its constitutional responsibilities.
Aligned with this vision, the ministry has provided political leadership which has refocused,
repositioned and revamped the Nigerian military’s capacity to successfully defend and deter
DEFENCE
external attacks and physical threats by non-state actors, particularly in the degrading of Boko
Haram terrorists in Nigeria’s North-East reducing insecurity, crime and other criminalities in the
Niger Delta region and in other parts of the country.
Milestones
Operations
Effective engagement in some operations and exercises created across the country and which are
periodically reviewed from time to time to handle emerging challenges. They include Operations:
• Harbin Kunama
• Gama Aiki 1&2 Iron Force
• Sharan Daji
• Ayan Akpatima
• Delta Safe
• Safe Haven
• Safe Conduct Mesa
• Last Hope
• Crocodile Smile
• Phyton Dance
• Whirl Stroke 1 &2
• Last Hold
Military strength
Policy was renewed and personnel welfare programme revamped to make the Armed Forces
meet the modern challenges of the 21st Century warfare and the contemporary security
challenges in the country.
The nation’s defence policy has been reviewed to meet up with global security challenges.
Incentives
The Armed Forces Council headed by President Buhari approved the Harmonised Terms and
Conditions of Service for members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE TO HAVE A MODERN, PROFESSIONAL ARMED FORCES OF NIGERIA. EVERYTHING.
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI WITH KATSINA STATE GOVERNOR AMINU BELLO MASARI AND AIR VICE
MARSHALL SAMPSON AKPASA, AIR OFFICER COMMANDING SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND,
NAF DURING THE PRESIDENT’S INTERACTIVE SESSION WITH TROOPS DEPLOYED TO CURB THE
ACTIVITIES OF BANDITS AND CRIMINALS IN ZAMFARA AND NEIGHBOURING STATES UNDER
OPERATIONS SHARAN DAJI AND DIRAN MIKIYA, AT KATSINA AIRPORT SHORTLY BEFORE
DEPARTING FOR ABUJA ON 25TH AUG 2018
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
DEFENCE
The ministry also ensures prompt payment of troops’ operations allowances and personnel
monthly emolument and that troops who have stayed for a reasonable time in the theatres of
operations are rotated and new ones inducted.
The ministry procured a Group Life Assurance Scheme for all members of the Armed Forces.
These incentives have ensured that, in any eventuality, the immediate families of members of
the Armed Forces are adequately taken care of.
More barracks have also been built and renovated across the country by the three services.
Newly initiated projects include the Gusau Barracks in Zamfara state, where for example, troops
were stationed immediately after civil war but lived in rented properties in over five locations
in densely civilian-populated areas. No doubt, this will endanger civil-military relations. It is a
different story in the last three years as the Phases 1 and 2 one of the barracks are already
completed with the third phase ongoing.
Add to this, the renovation of quarters for military personnel across the country, the renovation
and upgrade of most of the Army, Navy and Air Force schools to promote better learning
environment and new Command Schools and health facilities established across the six geo-
political zones in the country to improve a better working condition for members of the Armed
Forces of Nigeria.
Furthermore, a plan for the construction of 20 blocks of 320 flats barracks accommodation by
the ministry to ease the problem of personnel accommodation in Abuja is afoot.
Similarly, more hospitals were established, upgraded or renovated to first-class medical

standard. The 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna, the Nigerian Air Force Reference
Hospital Bauchi and the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital in Calabar. The 68 NA Reference
Hospital Yaba is also undergoing massive rehabilitation. So far, two phases of the project have
been completed with the third nearing completion. The medical facilities will render first-class
health services to its military personnel, their dependants and host communities. Similarly, the
Defence Health Maintenance Ltd under the Ministry of Defence continues to provide medical
support to serving and retired personnel across the country. Recently, the DHML was recognised
as the only Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO) out of 57 that met accreditation criteria
by National Health Insurance Scheme. DHML has established zonal offices in all the six geo
political zones to cater for medical needs of the personnel and the retirees.
This will improve civil-military relations. A similar hospital by the Nigerian Air Force was
completed and commissioned in Bauchi by President Buhari. This is in addition to four cancer-
screening centres established by the Nigerian Air Force at NAF Base, Maiduguri. Additionally,
in May 2018, NAF commissioned a Dialysis Centre and an emergency ramp at the recently-
established NAF Reference Hospital in Port Harcourt to further enhance healthcare delivery for
personnel, their families and civilians.
Serving and retired service men are feeling the humane touch of this Administration

To prepare a soldier for war, you should provide for his basic needs such as decent accommodation
and healthcare for his family – this is the philosophy that the minister has popularised in the
services.
Recruitment
There has been a steady increase in the recruitment and enlistment of suitable applicants into
the Armed Forces to enhance capacity to withstand the growing need for personnel and the
complex nature of counter-insurgency operations and other forms of criminality in parts of the
country.
In 2017, the Nigerian Army commissioned 72 medical doctors into its officer cadre, eight of
whom were consultants in various medical fields. There were also 26 lawyers, 21 public relations
specialists and 18 specialists in army aviation and engineering. Nineteen Protestant chaplains,
21 Catholic and twenty-three officers for Islamic affairs were recruited.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) trained over 7,000 personnel in Nigeria and abroad to enhance
service delivery and professionalism. More than 80 young pilots from the rank of Wing
Commanders to Pilot officers were trained against the previous practice whereby only very
senior officers formed the bulk of the fighter pilots.
In May 2018, NAF graduated the first set of 18 ab-initio student-pilots who were trained with the
recently-acquired five Super Mushshak trainer aircraft at the 401 Flying Training School, NAF
Base, Kaduna where another set of 26 student-pilots were inaugurated. Another 16 ab-initio
student-pilots including two female cadets graduated from the School. It is the first time that
Nigerian Air Force cadets of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna would graduate from
flying training before being commissioned as officers.
Recall that the first batch of 10 brand new Super Mushshak aircraft procured from Pakistan
which fitted with digital glass cockpit in line with current practice in the global aviation industry
had earlier been delivered. The configuration of the aircraft would enhance transition to higher
performance and lay good foundation for the fighter pilots whose training were completed less
than a year after the aircraft was inducted, meaning that returns on government’s investment
had started yielding dividend. This is unprecedented in the history of the Nigerian Armed
Forces as it is a major boost to its operational strength.
To bridge the educational and research gap in the Armed Forces, the Nigerian Army established
the Nigerian Army University in Biu, Borno State and got its operating licence in April 2018,
while the Nigerian Navy in December 2017 was granted a licence for the Admiralty University
sited in Ibusa, Delta State. The Aeronautics University of the Nigerian Air force will take up soon
in Kaduna.
ORBAT
Another major reform by the ministry is the review of the Order of Battle (ORBAT) for the Armed
DEFENCE
PRESIDENT BUHARI ALIGHTS FROM AN ‘ARA’ LOCALLY
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
MANUFACTURED ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS WHICH
HE COMMISSIONED DURING THE GRAND FINALE OF THE 2018
NIGERIAN ARMY DAY CELEBRATION IN MONGUNO BORNO
STATE ON 6TH JULY 2018
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI (RIGHT)

WITH CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF
LT. GEN. TY BURATAI (2ND RIGHT)
AND MINISTER OF DEFENCE
MONSUR DAN ALI (3RD RIGHT)

Forces to accommodate contemporary security challenges. Under the new Order, Division 6 in
Port Harcourt and Division 8 in Sokoto were established by the Nigerian Army with a plan to
have a Brigade in all the 36 states. The new Army Divisions will no doubt enhance security along
the neighbouring countries of Cameroun, Niger and Republic of Chad as well as in the riverine
areas of the Niger Delta. New units were similarly established in line with the requirements of
the new order of battle.
Under the arrangement, some specialised units such as the Motorcycle battalions were
established to enhance quick mobility especially in areas unsuitable for vehicular movements.
A K-9 sniper dogs’ battalion has been deployed in the North East. Additionally, the Nigerian
Army established many forward operational bases across the country to provide necessary
support to tactical operations and to cover possible security gap especially around the border
regions. One of the latest is the Fort Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State.
The Nigerian Navy has similarly expanded in line with the demand of the new ORBAT. A Naval
Outpost has been created and stationed in Lake Chad Basin and has since been operational.
Still on the new ORBAT, the NAF has established a Special Operations Command with Quick
Response Units located at Gusau, Owerri, Ipetu-Ijesha, Bauchi, Jos, Katsina, Owerri, Yola, and
some parts of Kaduna state to enhance base protection and quick response to nationwide
emergencies.
Procurement
Provision for soldiers’ comprehensive kitting is tailored along modern warfare requirements.
So, the ministry has been committed to procuring modern equipment for the Armed Forces
of Nigeria in its effort to improve the combat effectiveness and raise the morale of the troops.
To prevent abuse and under-hand dealings, in line with the anti-corruption stance of President
Buhari, there is a new government-to-government policy that guides arms’ procurement.
This new arrangement requires the Ministry of Defence to buy equipment and platforms directly
from the original manufacturers (OEM) thereby eliminating vendors and middlemen. This
guarantees the supply of cost-effective standard equipment as well as a complete elimination
of fraud and manipulation by vendors thus saving the government huge hard-earned foreign
exchange.
Other major projects embarked upon by the Armed Forces were the establishment of Nigerian
Army Resource Centre to serve as a think tank hub for the Armed Forces of Nigerian and the
nation in general. Furthermore, in line with government’s policy of encouraging local technology,
the Nigerian Air Force recently invented Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) nicknamed Tsaigumi
and was unveiled by the President. The UAV is capable of day and night operations with an
operational endurance more than 10 hours, a service ceiling of 15,000 feet and a mission radius
of 100km including a maximum take-off weight of 95kg while its payload is an electric-optic/
infrared camera system. The NAF has since expressed readiness to partner with Shell Petroleum
DEFENCE
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI (RIGHT) AND KADUNA
STATE GOVERNOR NASIR EL-RUFAI AT A PARADE DURING
THE GRADUATION OF SENIOR COURSE 40 AT
THE ARMED FORCES COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE,
JAJI, KADUNA STATE ON 26 JULY 2018
BAYO OMOBORIOWO

BAYO OMOBORIOWO
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI ACCOMPANIED BY COMMANDANT ARMED FORCES COMMAND AND
STAFF COLLEGE AVM LAWAL SHITTU ALAO PRESENTING A GIFT TO THE OVERALL BEST
GRADUATING STUDENT SQN LDR FREDRICK OYENUSI DURING THE GRADUATION
OF SENIOR COURSE 40 AT THE ARMED FORCES COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE JAJI,
KADUNA STATE ON 26TH JULY 2018
DEFENCE
Development Company to deploy the UAVs to secure critical oil installations in the Niger Delta.
The NAF has produced various calibres of Alpha jet bombs locally and overhauled Alpha jet
break systems assembly in collaboration with indigenous Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing
Company. Weather monitoring systems were also deployed at all Nigeria Air Force stations to
improve air safety.
Platforms and hardware

The state of the nation’s security assets has been of great concern as most of the platforms and
hardware of the Armed Forces had become worn out and obsolete. The last bulk purchase
of equipment was in 1982. However, tremendous efforts have been made to provide funds
for the acquisition of modern equipment for the Armed Forces to simultaneously confront
multiple security challenges such as terrorism, farmer’s clashes with pastoralists, killer-
herdsmen, pipeline vandalism, crimes, armed banditry, cattle rustling, border clashes between
communities, kidnapping, ethno-religious conflicts, trans-border criminal activities, amongst
others. To address contemporary security challenges in the country the MOD in the last three
years has taken the bull by the horn and has committed huge resources to improve military
platforms in the country. Within the period Mr President has released two Helicopters from the
Presidential Air Fleet to the Nigerian Air Force. This is in addition to the six helicopters earlier
transferred from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The Defence Minister, on behalf
of President Buhari, inducted four Mi-35 sophisticated helicopters from Russia deployed in the
ground attack in the North-East to boost the operations of the Nigerian Air Force which has also
produced hydraulic accumulator diaphragms for the helicopters locally.
The Federal Government procured Mine Resistant Ambush Protection vehicles, Armoured
Personnel Carriers Mine Sweepers and ammunitions of different calibre for the Nigerian Army.
Recently, some military personnel were trained on explosives detection and disposal by the
British Liaison and Support team at the theatre of operations in Maiduguri. In the Nigerian Navy,
the President commissioned more platforms in Lagos which include two new ships, NNS Unity
and CENTENARY from China and the locally-built NNS KARADUWA and Tugboat Commander
EDWIN UGWU and boats locally manufactured. At the commissioning of the ships, the
President praised Nigerian Navy’s inward-looking ingenuity to construct and improvise some
vital operational tools thereby complementing Federal Government’s efforts.
It is gratifying that these developments in Nigeria’s quest for platforms’ upgrade for combat
efficiency are coming when the sanctions imposed by the United States’ previous government
had been lifted. Nigeria can now procure military platforms from the United States. A recent
purchase of A 29 super Tucano aircraft from US-based on the new government policy of
government-to-government is a clear pointer to the improved relations. This has further
rekindled the new confidence of the international community in our human rights’ records
even though most of the so-called human rights issues against the Armed Forces of Nigeria are
spurious and cannot be substantiated.

Notwithstanding, the Ministry of Defence directed all military formations across the country
to establish a human rights desk to treat complaints promptly in furtherance of Nigeria’s
commitment to honour its obligations under various human rights treaties. Military personnel
also participated in a training on Human Rights Laws organised by the Nigerian Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) and the United Nations Committee on Human Rights (UNCHR) at the
theatre of operations in the North-East.
The much-acclaimed Camp Zairo which was liberated two years ago and converted to a
training ground named after Late Lt. Col. Muhammad Abu-Ali, a fallen hero. As more mopping
up is going in the affected areas, it should be noted that no fewer than over 30,000 persons
mainly women and children including some of the seized school girls in Chibok and Dapchi
held hostage by the terrorists have been freed and united with their families.
The period under review witnessed landmark diplomatic shuttles which saw the minister
visiting over 20 countries to sign military agreements with those countries or he was invited
to share Nigeria’s experience in tackling insurgency. Last year, the minister and the Chief of
Defence Staff were invited by King Salman of Saudi Arabia to attend a meeting of Islamic
Military Counter-Terrorism Coalition with the U.S President Donald Trump in attendance. Last
year also, the minister attended a meeting of Sahara-Sahel countries in Abidjan, where it was
unanimously agreed that the next meeting should be hosted by Nigeria.
The Federal Executive Council has also approved the review of, among others, Memorandum
of Understanding with the U.K, Russia, Turkey and France and some African countries such as
Equatorial Guinea to cover maritime security. So far, the Public Private Partnership initiative
of the ministry to facilitate the development of Defence Industries Company of Nigeria into
a Military Industrial Complex is progressing well. Turkey, Pakistan, South Africa, Sudan and 14
other firms have shown active interest to partner with DICON. It is to the credit of the minister
that the ministry has recorded these achievements under very tight budget occasioned by the
challenging economic fortunes in the country.
If so much has been achieved in such circumstances, then much more should be expected, in
sunnier times.
DEFENCE
NAF
In the last three years, the
Federal Government has
facilitated an unprecedented
increase in the number of
NAF aircraft available for
operations. The last time the
NAF was able to induct such
a high number of new aircraft
into service was in the 1980s

Buoyed to soar, soar, soar
Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar was appointed on 13 July 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari as
Nigeria’s 20th Chief of the Air Staff (CAS). Highlights of the Nigeria Air Force’s achievements from then till
date follows:
DECIMATION OF THE BOKO HARAM TERRORIST GROUP

The acquisition of new platforms, Research and Development (R&D) breakthroughs and provision of
needed resources for the NAF by the Federal Government have greatly enhanced NAF’s capability to
decimate the Boko Haram Terrorist Group (BHTs). The NAF has therefore continued to provide close air
support; air interdiction; liaison flights within theatres of operation logistics re-supply of ammunitions,
water, food and medicine; medical evacuations as well as casualty evacuations to support operations by
surface forces. In addition, the NAF conducted several air raids independently in support of the Operation
LAFIYA DOLE, some of which include Operations RUWAN WUTA I – IV and Operation THUNDER STRIKE.
Besides, the NAF deployed Special Forces elements that are fighting side by side with other security
agencies in Sambisa forest and other theatres of operations.
AIRCRAFT ACQUISITION/REACTIVATION
In the last three years, the Federal Government has facilitated an unprecedented increase in the number
of NAF aircraft available for operations. The NAF has taken delivery of 18 brand new aircraft while 13
previously grounded aircraft have been reactivated. Some of the new platforms acquired include:
1. 10 x Super Mushshak trainer aircraft from Pakistan.
2. 4 x Mi-35M helicopter gunships delivered from Russia.
3. 2 x Bell-412 helicopters.
NAF
NAF TAKES DELIVERY OF TWO MI-35M HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS FROM RUSSIA
DEFENCE
NAF
NAF TAKES DELIVERY OF FINAL BATCH OF SUPER MUSHSHAK TRAINER AIRCRAFT FROM PAKISTAN
Additionally, 2 brand new Agusta 109 Power helicopters are being expected by 2019 while the Federal
Government has also released funds for the purchase of 12 brand new Super Tucano multirole aircraft
from the United States of America. The Federal Government further improved the NAF’s aircraft inventory
by handing over EC-135 and 3 Dauphin helicopters, previously being operated by NNPC, to the NAF thereby
enhancing operational effectiveness. Similarly, 4 Do-228 light transport aircraft, belonging to the Nigeria
Immigration Services but since grounded, have been handed over to the NAF and are already being
reactivated. The last time the NAF was able to induct such a high number of new aircraft into service
was in the 1980s. With the much- improved aircraft serviceability status, the NAF was able to conduct a
‘Weapons Meet Exercise’ in 2017 while still effectively meeting its other obligations in various theatres
of operations. The last time such a Weapons Meet exercise, which featured an array of combat aircraft
delivering weapons at an air range, held in the NAF was in the 1980s.
EXPANSION OF NAF STRUCTURE

In the past three years, the NAF has expanded its force structure for enhanced operational effectiveness
and administrative efficiency. In this regard, 2 new Field Commands and 2 additional HQ NAF Staff
Branches were created such that the NAF now has 6 Field Commands and 10 Staff Branches. The new
Staff Branches are the Medical Services Branch as well as the Communications and Information Services
Branch while the 2 new Commands are the Special Operations Command and the Ground Training
Command with Headquarters in Bauchi and Enugu respectively. Quick Response Groups and Wings
were also established in various remote locations across the country. The quick response units and
regiment groups, which are manned by NAF Special Forces, are in Agatu, Benue State, Doma, Nasarawa
State; Nguroje, Taraba State; Gusau, Zamfara State; Ipetu Ijesha, Osun State. Other places where the NAF
established new units include Owerri, Imo State; Kerang, Plateau State; Daura and Katsina, Katsina State;
Monguno, Borno State as well as in Sokoto and Gombe States. The idea behind the establishment of

these additional NAF field units is to add value to existing security measures by bringing security closer
to the people of Nigeria in the face of contemporary security challenges in Nigeria.
TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING

In line with one of the Chief of the Air Staff’s key drivers of human capacity development and result-
oriented training, the Nigerian Air Force has trained many officers and airmen/airwomen of the air and
ground crew categories. The NAF has trained and ‘winged’ 84 pilots alone in the last three years while
many other pilots are undergoing training. Of note is the recent completion of ab-initio training of pilots
in a record time of four months, a feat last recorded about three decades ago. Besides, it was the first
time in decades that NAF officer cadets would complete ab-initio flying training prior to commissioning
at the Nigerian Defence Academy. NAF has also trained many engineers, technicians, administrators,
ICT specialists, medical practitioners, Public Relations practitioners and artisans, amongst many other
specialties, in reputable local and foreign training schools.
FACILITIES BUILT TO ENHANCE TRAINING AND OPERATIONS

The NAF has built several facilities to further enhance training and operations effectiveness. The NAF
has built several electronic shooting ranges. While training facilities at the Military Training Centre in
Kaduna have been expanded to allow for a substantial increase in the number of recruits that could
be simultaneously trained at the Centre. NAF can now train 2,500 recruits simultaneously, as against
the previous 500; consequently, nearly 7,500 persons have been recruited in the past three years. While
enhancing the ability of the NAF to carry out its constitutional mandate, the massive recruitment has
also reduced the rate of unemployment in the country, in line with this administration’s focus on job
creation
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BREAKTHROUGHS

The NAF, in the last three years, has invested greatly in R&D so as to greatly develop indigenous
technological base and accordingly increase local content in service delivery thus reducing waste. The
number of NAF’s successful R&D breakthroughs is high and the list keeps growing. While other NAF R&D
projects are at various stages of completion, the successful R&D projects include the following:
1. The design and production of NAF’s first indigenous operational unmanned aerial vehicle named ‘Tsaigumi’
NAF
NAF DRONE ON THE RUNWAY
DEFENCE
2. Acquisition of patents right, from NOTAP, to produce Unmanned Ground Vehicle
3. Acquisition of patents right, from NOTAP, to produce Hydraulic Accumulation Diaphragm, which is a critical item
required to operate the Mi-35 helicopter gunship
4. Weaponisation of Mi-17 and EC-135 helicopters for deployment in the ground attack role
5. Successful installation of new guns meant for grounded Bo-105 Helicopter on the Bell-412 Helicopter
6. Design and production of a test bench for the Alpha Jet anti-skid system
7. Repair of Alpha Jet Engines locally by NAF Technicians
8. Local production of 30.1mm rockets
9. Repairs of gyros, radio altimeters and VHF/UHF radios, amongst other avionics components, for the Alpha Jet
aircraft and other aircraft types in the NAF inventory
10. Development of a universal test bench for small aircraft starter and alternators systems
11. Achievement of 100 per cent success in overhauling Alpha Jet brakes assembly in collaboration with Innoson
Vehicle Manufacturing Company Nnewi
PROJECTION OF AIR POWER BEYOND NIGERIA IN FURTHERANCE OF NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY

OBJECTIVES
As part of its constitutional role and in furtherance of Nigeria’s foreign policy objectives, the NAF projected
power beyond Nigeria’s borders in aid to civil power in Gambia and Sierra Leone. The deployment of two
C-130 aircraft to airlift troops of the Nigerian Army and men of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Services
to Senegal as part of the ECOWAS Military Intervention in Gambia (ECOMIG) as well as the deployment
of Alpha Jet aircraft and NAF Special Forces personnel projected a show of overwhelming force that
compelled President Yahya Jammeh to step down, thus ensuring peaceful transition of power in The
Gambia. Similarly, the NAF airlifted over 38,000 kilogrammes of relief materials, donated by the Federal
Government, to Freetown, Sierra Leone to alleviate the suffering caused by mudslide and flooding in
August 2017
i. Civil-Military Relations. To alleviate the sufferings of IDPs and as part of its overall strategy for counterinsurgency
operations, the NAF has been successfully undertaking various forms of humanitarian intervention schemes in the
North East and other parts of the country. For instance, the NAF established two Level 2 hospitals in Bama and
Dalori IDP Camps, with both hospitals fully-manned by NAF medical personnel. In addition, the NAF has continued to
conduct medical outreach programmes all over the country and has in the last three years provided free medical care
for well over 479,921 IDPs and other citizens. It has equally been conducting free surgical interventions for IDPs in their
camps and where necessary, airlifting them to NAF Reference Hospitals for surgeries and further treatment. Besides,
the NAF instituted a nutrition programme in the North East in which 1,000 school-going children are fed daily. This has
greatly contributed to the number of pupils who have returned to school in the area. The foregoing has strengthened
civil-military relations between the NAF and members of host communities thus engendering a sense of belonging in
beneficiaries of the people-centred enabling environment created by the Federal Government.

NAF
NAF
DIALYSIS UNIT, NAF MEDICAL HOSPITAL,
PORT HARCOURT
ii. Welfare: President Muhammadu Buhari

on 26 April 2018, commissioned a new
NAF Reference Hospital in Bauchi State. SENIOR NAF OFFICERS AT THE DIALYSIS CENTRE OPENING
The 60-bed hospital consists of an
Accident and Emergency Unit, Intensive
Care Unit, Twin Theatres, Radio Diagnostic Unit as well as Renal Dialysis, Ophthalmic, Dental, Physiotherapy, Maternal
and new born units in addition to a mortuary. It is also equipped with modern diagnostic and Life Support equipment
intended to provide medical care to critically-ill patients such as those wounded in combat. The NAF also upgraded
medical equipment at its various medical centres around the country. The NAF medical hospital in Port Harcourt
was also upgraded to a Reference Hospital. More so in the last three years, the NAF has renovated, remodelled
and constructed new schools and gymnasia across NAF units. It has also constructed several hundreds of blocks of
residential accommodation for its personnel, thereby increasing accommodation sufficiency in the NAF from about
35 per cent in May 2015 to over 60 per cent as at date.
iii. Barracks Youth Empowerment Through Agriculture: As part of measures to empower youths within the various
NAF Bases as well as to reduce unemployment while encouraging agriculture, the NAF initiated the Barracks Youth
Empowerment Through Agriculture (BYETA) programme. The scheme has been able to empower youths who have
successfully set up thriving fish farms, poultries and crop farms. The NAF also established cooperative societies,
which provide loan facilities for interested participants as take-off capital.
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
Although the Commission’s
enforcement efforts have
made enormous impact,
the EFCC has in the last
three years paid more
attention to its preventive
mandate with the
organisation of various anti-
corruption sensitisations.

PRESIDENT BUHARI COMMISSIONS THE
THECABLE.NG
NEW EFCC HEAD OFFICE IN ABUJA ON 15
MAY 2018

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)
Audacious push
against graft raises
the bar
“We were very proud in the Commonwealth when (President Muhammadu Buhari)
graced us by coming to the Tackling Corruption Together Conference in May 2916…
And I don’t think anyone would forget. When they asked him, what do you want out of
this and he said, I want my money back. I want my money back to the people of Nigeria.
And this has been a matter of great pride to us in the Commonwealth that we have
been able to assist Nigeria in getting its money back and in one year.
Nigeria has managed to get back more money than it has got back in 10 years before.
It recovered about three billion dollars. That is over five hundred billion Naira.
And that is money that can go to schools and housing and roads and I hope that we will
get even more money back together.
And I do applaud everything that the (EFCC) is doing…. I really applaud the acting
chairman because of the work that he has done.”
– BARONESS PATRICIA JANET SCOTLAND, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF

NATIONS.
This aptly captures the essence of today’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. With a
president who is unflinching on the fight against corruption and a chief executive who simply
wants to get the job done.
The Commission has been largely responsible for at least 80 per cent of assets recovered in the
last three years by the Federal Government of Nigeria, including the recoveries made possible
by the Government’s Whistle blower policy.
Apart from incredible cash recoveries in United States dollars, pounds sterling and other
currencies, other assets including houses in various parts of Nigeria and jewellery are not only
being recovered but also forfeited to the Federal Government.
The assets’ tracing and forfeiture efforts of the Commission are not limited to proceeds of illicit
activities domiciled in Nigeria. The identified offshore assets of suspects in money laundering
cases are also being identified and efforts are ongoing to ensure their forfeiture to the Nigerian
government.
The Commission is also actively involved in the efforts to repatriate other stolen Nigerian assets
abroad. This complicated exercise has seen the Commission engaging countries which are
believed to be nest of stolen assets. These engagements which have the backing of President
Buhari are already yielding positive results. Some of these engagements included participation
in the 8th Session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Prevention Against
Corruption (UNCAC) and 11th Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Assets
Recovery (WGAR) in Vienna, Austria, 21-25 August 2017; the 7TH Session of the Conference of
the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Vienna, Austria, 6-10 August 2017
and the Global Forum on Assets Recovery which held in Washington, United States from 4-6
December 2017.
While the recovery figures posted by the Commission are impressive, even more fundamental
is that the EFCC under President Buhari has reduced the impunity with which persons in
positions of trust steal our commonwealth. The restraint is enforced by the new consciousness
that that there will be consequences if caught. The agency has proven that there are no more
untouchables when it comes to fighting corruption. For the very first time in the history of
Nigeria, senior military officers including former service chiefs, serving and retired generals,
their civilian counterparts, former ministers, governors and politicians were investigated and
arraigned for allegedly diverting over two billion dollars meant for the procurement of arms to
combat insurgency in the North-East.
Not spared are senior legal practitioners and judicial officers caught in corruption web. Some
have been convicted while prosecution of some others are ongoing.
Speaking of conviction, the Commission has in the last three years recorded at least 603
convictions including of high-profile individuals; indicative of improved investigation and
prosecution by the agency.
Although the Commission’s enforcement efforts have made enormous impact, the EFCC has
in the last three years paid more attention to its preventive mandate with the organisation of
various anti-corruption sensitisations. They include the Clean Hands Campaign launched in
Abuja and across the Commission’s Zonal offices. The programme is designed to promote the
values of integrity and probity among the younger generation who will take over tomorrow’s
leadership. Still on the focus on tomorrow’s leaders, the Commission also embraced and
sponsored the Creative Youth Initiative Against Corruption, which was launched in October
2016 as a platform for children to express themselves against the evil of corruption using arts
and various talents.
The Commission organised the “Women Against Corruption” (WAC) programme which was

AUDACIOUS PUSH AGAINST GRAFT RAISES THE BAR
EFCC
EX-GOVERNOR OF TARABA STATE, JOLLY NYAME, SEEN HERE DURING HIS TRIAL, WAS
CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST AND MISAPPROPRIATION OF N1.64 BILLION
EFCC
SENATOR JOSHUA DARIYE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST AND CRIMINAL
MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS INVOLVING DIVERSION OF N1.162 BILLION STATE ECOLOGICAL FUNDS
EFCC
EX-GOVERNOR OF KANO STATE IBRAHIM SHEKARAU, ARRIVING COURT TO ATTEND HIS
TRIAL FOR CONSPIRACY AND MONEY LAUNDERING
flagged-off in December 2016 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, with the Wife of
the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari as a Co-convener and Guest of Honour. The same programme
was also rolled out in February 2017, in Lagos with wives of all the South-West Governors and
notable society women present at the event.
The Commission also hosted the ﬁrst Anti-Corruption Summit, on 27 March 2017 at the EFCC
Academy, Karu, Abuja, tagged “Building National Anti-Corruption Consensus in a Multi-
Agency Environment”.
In October 2017, the Commission in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute (NJ)
hosted a two-day capacity workshop for justices, judges, prosecutors and other stakeholders in
the judicial system, on the NJI premises.
These interventions are in addition to the other programmes currently being broadcast on
some television and radio stations and the audacious use of the social media as vehicles for
mobilisation and information dissemination.
Global confidence in the EFCC in the last three years is on the increase as several donor
organisations and foreign law enforcement agencies are now eager to synergise with the agency
in the fight against corruption. This is opening fresh lines of partnership and collaboration with
the attendant benefits for improved capacity.

AUDACIOUS PUSH AGAINST GRAFT RAISES THE BAR
Internally, the EFCC under the current leadership has been reformed for improved performance.
The reforms include the recalibration of the agency’s operational architecture with the creation
of new units and departments.
Among the new units created are Procurement Fraud Unit, Foreign Exchange Malpractices
Investigation Unit, Capital Market and Insurance Fraud Unit, Cyber Crime Unit Forensic/Financial
Investigation Unit and Tax Fraud Unit.
The Asset Forfeiture Unit and the Cooperative Society were up-graded to full- fledged
Departments.
To improve accessibility of the Commission, new offices were created while the Maiduguri
office which was closed because of the insurgency in the North East has been re-opened. The
new offices are located in Ibadan, Kaduna, Benin and Uyo.
Even more fundamental was the completion of the Commission’s head office complex in
Abuja. The building which construction started in 2011 had been abandoned because of paucity
of funds until the appointment of Ibrahim Magu as chairman. He made the completion of
the project a top priority, which was achieved with the support of President Buhari and the
National Assembly. On 15 May 2018, President Buhari formally commissioned it, to the delight
of the personnel at EFCC, their friends and well-wishers.
Regarding personnel, the manpower available to the Commission has also been bolstered with
the recruitment of additional officers - Detective Assistants, Detective Inspectors and Detective
Superintendent cadres have already been trained at both the Airforce Base and the Nigerian
Defence Academy in Kaduna.
“I am lucky to be serving under a president that has demonstrated the will to fight corruption,”
declared Magu, on the strides made under his leadership.
Even the African continent agrees, as President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2018 was
declared as Africa’s anti-corruption champion in January at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while,
several months later, precisely in May, Magu was selected as chairman of the heads of anti-
corruption agencies in Commonwealth Africa.
STUDENTS IN CLASS AT FGGC KEANA, NASSARAWA STATE

EDUCATION
No compromise on
inclusive, equitable
and quality
education for all
Mandate
Facilitating a national education system through the coordination of policy development,
monitoring compliance with set standards and assuring quality education at all levels.
Vision: To become an economy model, delivering sound education for public good with a
strategic mission of fostering the development of all Nigerian citizens to their full potential
in the promotion of a strong, democratic, egalitarian, prosperous, indivisible and indissoluble
sovereign nation under God.
Milestones
Pegged on a pivotal transformational framework document – Education for Change: A
Ministerial Strategic Plan - which aligns with Sustainable Development Goals 4, to ensure
inclusive, equitable and quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all,
the ministry under the new dispensation, set out to achieve the following:
Increase access to inclusive, equitable and quality basic education through advocacy and
sensitisation and enforcement of the implementation for the free, compulsory basic education
in collaboration with state and local government levels and development partners
i. Reduce incidence of out-of-school children through increased focus on Almajiri, the

disadvantaged and vulnerable groups including girls and women as well as internally displaced
persons
ii. Improve enrolment and retention through the implementation of the Home-Grown School
E D U C AT I O N
Feeding Programme
iii. Enhance quality of teachers and education managers at all levels through improved education
and training, systematic capacity development as well as the launch and effective implementation
of National Teacher Education Policy
iv. Recruit, train and deploy 500,000 teachers, unemployed graduates and NCE teachers;
v. Revitalise Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) for skills acquisition in formal and
non-formal school session
vi. Develop and maintain a robust and credible National Education Data Management Information
System (NEMIS)
vii. Strengthen Education Quality Assurance of schools through effective inspection and supervision
in collaboration with states and local government;
viii. Expand resource base of educational financial for the provision of sustainable quality education
ix. Resuscitate robust and sustainable Scholarship Support Scheme to deserving students for
tertiary education
x. Improve infrastructure and provision of learning facilities at all levels of education for enhancement
of quality education delivery
xi. Conduct Monitoring Learning Achievement (MLA) on annual basis
xii. Review functional curriculum at all levels of education system for quality and functional education
xiii. Develop a 10-Year Strategic Plan for the Education Sector and
xiv. Increase enrolment into Polytechnic Education by removing the existing dichotomy in
remuneration and status between the B.Sc. Degree and HND certificate holders.
Improved funding, enhanced educational facilities and improved commitment to teacher

quality and classroom delivery have enabled access to education.
Construction and rehabilitation of classrooms complemented with the provision of furniture.

Whole school construction as part of UBEC direct intervention in the basic education sub-
sector.
Fast-tracking the implementation of Pre-Primary Education and the establishment of

Community Based Early Childcare Centres (CBECC) to enhance their transition to the Basic
Education, as well as reduce the incidences of Out-of-School Children and cost of child care for
working parents.

N O COM P ROM I S E O N I N C LUS I V E, EQ U I TA B L E A N D Q UA L I T Y E D U C AT I O N FO R A L L
A National Enrolment Drive Framework developed. Special education equipment for the
National Educational Diagnostic and Assessment Centre for children and adults with Special
Needs procured.
1 new Federal Polytechnic - National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) offering HND
Parliamentary Administration.
4 new State Universities
i. Edo University, Iyamho
ii. Eastern Palm University Ogboko
iii. University of Africa, Toru-Orua
iv. Borno State University
8 New Private Universities:
i. Anchor University Ayobo, Lagos State
ii. Arthur Jaris University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State
iii. Clifford University, Owerrinta, Abia State
iv. Coal City University, Enugu, Enugu State
v. Crown Hill University, Eiyenkorin, Kwara State
vi. Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo State
vii. Kola Daisi University, Ibadan, Oyo State
viii. Legacy University Okija, Anambra State
12 New Private Polytechnics
i. Millennium College of Health Technology, Akure
ii. Best Solution Polytechnic, Akure
iii. Lens Polytechnic, Offa
iv. The Polytechnic, Adoka
v. Calvary Polytechnic, Owa-Oyibo
vi. Trinity Polytechnic, Uyo
E D U C AT I O N
DOUG LINSTEDT

vii. Al-Hikma Polytechnic, Karu
viii. Marist Polytechnic, Emene–Enugu
ix. Global Polytechnic, Akure
x. Sure Foundation Polytechnic, Ikot Akai
xi. Pogil College of Health, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State
xii. Newgate College of Health Technology, Minna, Niger State
In line with best practices, the ministry is encouraging Nigeria’s institutionalisation of open
learning. The Open Distance Learning platform is improving access and the Nigerian Research
and Education Network (NgREN) has proved to be a valuable service to higher education in
the country.
Quality Education
The Buhari Administration has exhibited not only the required political will but also committed
the required resources to guarantee improved outcomes in education across all levels.
Efforts are channelled towards teacher capacity development, developing guidelines for the
implementation of Model Cluster Schools for teacher professional development and periodic
reviews on the modalities for its implementation for effective service delivery.
Supporting UBEC’s efforts at the basic education level, the Federal Government has invested
at least N7billion into the UBE Professional Teacher Development Programme, culminating in
the training of no fewer than 31,520 teachers across Nigeria and the improvement of teaching
proficiency in our basic education institutions.
To improve the teaching-learning process, amongst other things, copies of the revised Basic
Education with 34 Trade subjects and the new Senior Secondary Education curricula were
distributed to schools nationwide and the e-curriculum launched to increase easy access to
the document. Financial literacy is also being infused into the curriculum in collaboration with
the Central Bank of Nigeria. The training of teachers on the use of the curriculum is being
cascaded by the States.
For efficiency in teaching delivery in tertiary institutions, the National Teacher Education
Policy (NTEP) was introduced, while at the Basic Education level, massive monitoring of
projects including the Almajiri schools have been carried out. Schools for the girl-child under
construction are nearing completion.
Within the framework of promoting non-formal education, 32 schools for the nomads have
been rehabilitated and three vocational schools were established for training in fashion design,
as well as honey and Shea butter production. Sensitisation and advocacy have been carried out
E D U C AT I O N
in the States to garner support and commitment to ensure the payment of facilitators within
the framework of the Revitalising Adult and Youth Literacy programme.
History and girl-child education

The Ministry reintroduced Nigerian History into school curricula. In this regard the Nigerian
Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) supervised the disarticulation,
enrichment and printing of History Curriculum for Basic Education as well as the development
and printing of Teacher’s Guide for the implementation of the new curriculum.
Gender issues are among major concerns which have been prioritised by the Buhari
Administration. The ministry’s Gender Education initiative is aimed at eliminating gender
disparities in education especially at the primary and secondary levels and ensuring full and
equal access to quality education for both girls and boys in all parts of the country. During the
period under review, 390 persons including teachers, parents, Gender Desk officers, pupils and
students were trained on Institutionalization students’ Tutoring, Mentoring and Counselling
(STUMEC) in States with high gender disparity. In addition, fifty Mothers’ Associations and
Community-Based-Organisation members were trained on income-generating activities to
enable them to allow their girls (who are used for economic activities) to attend schools.
Quality in Higher Education

As it is in other levels of education, quality remains the major focus of the ministry in its tertiary
education interventions. The National Universities Commission (NUC), the National Commission
for Colleges of Education (NCCE) and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) carried
out accreditations aimed at streamlining programmes as well as inducing quality assurance in
Universities, Colleges of Education and Polytechnics. The e-curriculum for undergraduates was
launched and the postgraduate programme streamlined.
Steps have been taken at the highest level towards ensuring qualitative input that would
guarantee the highest enrolment standards at the tertiary level.
The National Examination Council (NECO) has also carried out seamless migration to strictly
online registration of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and Senior Secondary
Certificate Examination (SSCE) to online-offline which is more client-friendly.
(See also: JAMB:
Focus on Technical & Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has also been improved in
many ramifications in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Strengthening the system

Evidence abounds that the Buhari Administration has created an enabling environment for
effective education service administration and sustainable education system improvement.

Through the President’s visionary leadership, key initiatives have been entrenched in
strengthening the sector and improving the education system’s capacity to self-manage its
resources and ensure global competitiveness in all aspects of service delivery.
To obtain credible data for educational planning, the ministry has, with the support of UNICEF,
reviewed Annual School Census Completion Manual and conducted 2015/2016 Annual School
Census in 36 States and FCT; for statistics on out-of-school children, infrastructure, enrolment,
retention and completion rates.
At the basic education sub-sector, the Ministry has provided the required leadership leading to
the entrenchment of strategic planning as a foundation for UBE implementation at the State
level. Furthermore, efforts are being made to generate reliable data for planning at this level
through the National Personnel Audit of all UBE institutions targeting both privately-operated
and public-owned establishments. As part of its international collaborations, the Mmnistry
annually pays supplementary allowances to scholars at international level in 12 Bilateral
Education Agreement (BEA) countries while at the National level, scholars benefit from annual
allowances.
Tremendous advantages have already accrued to the sector and the country at large through
this administration’s robust investments in ensuring efficient education of our citizens as well
as effective harnessing of the potentials of our youthful population.
The ministry hopes that all well-meaning Nigerians will join in saluting to therefore joins all Mr.
President on the strides in the sector. The ministry shall remain resolute in continuing to deploy
all its human and materials to keep improving the sector for the benefit of all.
E D U C AT I O N
Change is being
DAILYPOST.NG
reflected in the
management of
resources, leading to
an increase in the
quantum of surplus

JOINT ADMISSIONS AND MATRICULATION BOARD (JAMB)
Unprecedented, breath-
taking changes earn new
leadership excellent score
Key appointment: Prof Ishaq Olarewaju Oloyede
Established: 1977.
Supervising Ministry: Education
MANDATE
Ensure uniform standards for the conduct of Matriculation Examinations and the placement (admissions)
of suitably qualified candidates into the nation’s universities, monotechnics, polytechnics, colleges of
education and innovative enterprise institutes in collaboration with tertiary institutions.
MILESTONES
QUARTERS 1 – 2 2017
• Successfully accredited 642 CBT centres; from 394 (2015) and 510 (2016). Thus adding 132 centres.
• 1,722, 236 candidates registered within one month, a 15% in registration. Exercise used to take as long
as six months.
• Expanded biometric fingerprint capture from 2 (2016) to 10 fingers (2017)
• Combined the eBrochure and eSyllabus into one CD-ROM; achieving a reduction in unit cost from
N450 to N80 and saved the nation more than N740m
• Introduced the 9-examination pad (initially introduced as 8-key in 2017) to ease the conduct of
examination for candidates not conversant with the use of a mouse.
• Successfully standardised the number of computers in each CBT centre to 250 with 10% backup (25);
aids planning and distribution of candidates.
• Successfully conducted the UTME examination for 1,692,230 candidates across 642 centres nationwide,
deploying 10 examination officials per centre with varying specialisations
• Results of all candidates not involved in any examination malpractice released electronically on
E D U C AT I O N
JAMB’s website
• After a post-examination analysis involving all examiners and stakeholders to assess reports and
recorded infractions, 71 centres were sanctioned for various malpactrices
• 160,290 Direct Entry candidates registered for 2017
• Seating capacity of JAMB-owned CBT centres upgraded from 120 to 250
• First-ever nationwide mock examination conducted for candidates to check their preparedness and
the readiness of the CBT centres. The no-fee examination had 52,433 candidates in attendance at all
centres nationwide
• Two data centres were designed and implemented to improve the security and delivery of examination.
• Secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) between the registration servers and registration centres
• Secure Virtual Private Network between examination delivery servers and the corporate headquarters
established. Achieved in close collaboration with the telecommunication companies
• Established and expanded the agency’s backbone infrastructure utilising fiber optics; ensuring that
redundancies were successfully put in place in case of failure
• Took ownership of all infrastructure used for registration and examination; ensuring internal
competence is developed.
• Agency’s connectivity network migrated from VSAT to Telco causing a 95 per cent reduction in internet
service costs and at least N1billion saved
• Innovations in service delivery, budget preparation and use of local technology and professionals in
compliance with Presidential Executive Orders 001, 002 and 003
• Refunded N5.2billion to the Federal Government representing gains made from vigorous cost
reductions in obligations and expenditure
• Contract renegotiation with service providers on registration from N650 per candidate to N200;
resulting in a savings of N765million
• Agency’s commission on cost of reading text renegotiated from N50 to N150; resulting a savings of
at least N180million
• Recovered agency’s funds and properties totalling more than N1.5billion
• Renegotiated bank charges from N500 to N300 achieving a cost saving of N345million
QUARTER 3 2017
• Introduction of the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), automating admissions across
all tertiary institutions nationwide; making electronic conduct of admissions on a single platform;

enabling candidates to either accept or reject provisional admissions, introducing a marketplace for
institutions to source for candidates for admission and ensuring adherence to examination criteria.
• UTME conducted in nine countries – Benin Republic, Ghana, The Gambia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia,
South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. Cameroun was missed because of the political
tension in the country leading to an imposition of curfew
• Reduction in the cost of registration for foreign candidates from US$200 to US$20, in line with
international best practices, led to an upsurge in candidates
• Examinations conducted successfully in two prisons, one in Kaduna and the other in Lagos, for
inclusiveness
• Examination conducted for at least 300 blind candidates; by the agency’s Equal Opportunity Group
• Established capacity to handle other examinations and professional consultancy services encouraging
CBT methods
• All services, innovations and examinations to examinations using technology carried out by service
providers and partners are now being done with active participation and collaboration of the
agency’s staff; encouraging increase in the capacity of staff
QUARTER 4 2017
• Registration for the 2018 UTME/Direct Entry made easy with candidates using mobile phones to
create profiles across all telecoms’ networks and electronic self-help for candidates
• Number of channels available to candidates to buy JAMB Application documents increased to

include POS and ATMs
• Introduction of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) enabled transactions to take

advantage of the BVN services available through the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS)
• Introduction of live picture capture in all registration centres to prevent identity-based malpractice.
• Further refund (of N2.6billion) to the Federal Government of Nigeria of more savings made from cost
reductions
• Enthronement of discipline, monitoring and transparency to make the workplace corruption-free.

Every corrupt practice efficiently detected and sanctioned through efficient detection and sanctions
of malfeasance
• Increased staff welfare for increased productivity
• To relieve the public of financial burden and increase support for Government the agency reduced
income from clients. Such as banning multiple payment for registration; no payment of both UTME
and Direct Entry forms by any candidate and putting payment point after code generation thereby
reducing paying candidates by over 300,000 (N1.65b)
E D U C AT I O N
NAN
QUARTER 1 (2018)
• 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)/Direct Entry (DE) registration completed with
1,652,825 candidates including the blind and prisoners enrolling
• JAMB Customer Browser for live network monitoring introduced to register all servers and computers
for use in the 2018 UTME examinations. This helped to identify 603 out of the 640 centres designed
for use for the mock examination
• Deployed the JAMB@40 Browser nationwide in 603 centres. The JAMB@40 browser is an upgrade
to the previous browser and include enhancements to ensure computers used for the examination
could not be used for any other purpose including malpractice during examination delivery.
• The 9-key keypad was integrated successfully with the JAMB@40 browser
• Moved the agency’s delivery servers to Linux Operating System to ensure better stability and security
in conducting the UTME. This improved the ease of conducting the examination as Technical Officers
found it much easier to administer examinations
• 605 Technical staff to be deployed to the field for examination delivery were given an all-encompassing
training. 648 people attempted the Stage 1 exam

• Live examination monitoring upgrades to the examination delivery software allowing the agency to
easily and in real time identify malpractices including IP fraud
• Mock UTME successfully conducted for 212,210 candidates across 603 centres nationwide
• 2018 UTME conducted for 1,622, 634 candidates across 598 centres nationwide
• Results for 1,581,897 candidates’ results released within a few days after the examination. Results of
28.548 candidates withheld.
CHALLENGES
Even as these remarkable achievements have been recorded, there are concerns regarding
i. Tackling the menace of examination malpractice
ii. Ensuring transparency in the mode of placement (admissions) of suitably qualified candidates into the limited
vacancies
iii. Lack of uniform academic calendar occasioned by crises and industrial action in tertiary institutions
iv. How to prevent parent-induced unwholesome activities to obtain illicit assistance. The need to reinforce provisions
of Examination Malpractice Act on presence of parents in and around examination halls
v. Lack of proper implementation of laws against examination irregularities
vi. Lack of sanctions against juveniles who are mostly involved in examination irregularities
vii. Persistent illegal admission and reluctance of institutions to disclose the full number of entrants thereby creating a
wide gap between the officially admitted and the matriculated students. Illicit economic and social benefits are the
targets.
The good news is that with the unwavering support and guidance of the President and the chieftains of
the Ministry of Education – the Minister, the Minister of State and the Permanent Secretary – the present
management would face these challenges down.
With the present management and the entire staff of the organisation, the future of higher education in
Nigeria is radiant.
ENVIRONMENT
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NATIONAL BIOSAFETY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (NBMA)
Working for strategic, safe

and sustainable use of
biotechnology in Nigeria
Established: 2015
MANDATE
Create and implement a regulatory framework for the safe practice of modern biotechnology in Nigeria
MILESTONES
(since inception)
• Accreditation of the National Cereal Research Institute, Badeggi and National Root Crop Research
Institute, Umudike to engage in modern biotechnology; thus, conferring regional leadership in
locally-driven research trials of GM crops.
• Confined field trials of Genetically Modified (GM) rice, cassava, soybeans, maize and cotton at
various stages of progress around the country. These crops promise lower production costs
and significantly-enhanced agricultural yield and should play a role in boosting large-scale
commercial agriculture in Nigeria, and consequently provide safe raw materials for industrial
growth, employment for Nigerians, food security, socio-economic development as well as foreign
earnings in line with the Federal Government’s quest
NBMA
for economy growth and recovery.
• Establishment of Nigeria’s first GM Detection and

Analysis Laboratory which is currently serving as
a technical hub for biotechnology students of
universities. Hitherto, GM foods and grains flooded
the country’s markets unregulated and untested.
• Consistent public awareness and engagement of

policy makers, scholars, farmers and the public on
the management of risks of modern biotechnology
based on scientific evidence. GM RICE MODIFIED FOR NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY,
WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND SALT TOLERANCE AT
NATIONAL CEREALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BADEGGI
ENVIRONMENT
• A critical mass of well-trained officers
NBMA
(nationally and internationally) in place to
enforce biosafety besides strong national and
international collaborations with MDAs, research
institutes, universities, international partners,
civil Society, etc, and opportunities for continual
training of officers; upgrade of biosafety facilities
for effective biosafety management; and
adequate institutional arrangement to enforce
biosafety
• Leveraging the Federal Government’s

commitment to youth employment and
empowerment, the agency successfully recruited
GM TRIALS FOR CASSAVA RESISTANT TO CASSAVA MOSAIC
VIRUS AND BROWN STREAK VIRUS AT NATIONAL ROOT and building the capacity of a cadre of young,
CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UMUDIKE
vibrant staff who are passionate about science,
agriculture and national development.
Approved Confined Field Trials in Nigeria:

• GM Cassava resistant to cassava mosaic virus and brown streak virus - at National Root Crops
Research Institute, Umudike
NBMA
INSIDE A GMO DETECTION AND ANALYSIS LABORATORY

W O R K I N G FO R ST R AT EG I C, SA F E A N D S USTA I N A B L E US E O F B I OT EC H N O LO GY I N N I G E R I A
NBMA
GROUP PHOTO OF NBMA ENFORCEMENT TEAM
• Africa Biofortified Sorghum: bioavailability of iron, zinc, protein and pro- Vitamin A at IAR
• GM rice modified for Nitrogen use efficiency, water use efficiency and salt tolerance at National
Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi
WACA will help Nigeria
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
reduce the vulnerability of its
coastal areas and promote
climate-resilient integrated
coastal management

EROSION, FLOOD AND COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
Keeping land degradation

in check
MANDATE
Co-ordinate, formulate and implement policies, programmes and projects aimed at preventing,
reducing and controlling land degradation arising from inland soil erosion, flooding, coastal and
riverbank erosion.
MILESTONES
• 151 erosion and flood control projects
• Installation of solar street lights and construction of boreholes in various states of the Federation
• In synergy and collaboration with all relevant stakeholders including NEMA, NIHSA, NIMET,
Federal Ministry of Works and Federal Ministry of Water Resources, carried out installation and
monitoring of web-based Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) in 307 locations - for adequate
to provide flood warning and reduce flood disaster impact and ensure prompt response to
impending flood. Establishment and monitoring of Web-Based FEWS with 307 locations (towns/
cities)
• Installation and monitoring of 17 community-based FEWS stations nationwide
• Installation and monitoring of 2 automated FEWS facilities in each of Ogun-Osun and Benin
Owena River Basin Authorities
• Submitted Concept Note to the World Bank on its West Africa Coastal Area (WACA) Management
Programme
• Undertaken joint visit to some affected coastal states (Lagos, Ondo and Akwa Ibom States) with
the World Bank officials
• Set out a working programme for the WACA; and had rewarding meetings with all the relevant
stakeholders in Nigeria to provide well-articulated synergy for the success of the WACA
programme in Nigeria. WACA will help Nigeria reduce the vulnerability of its coastal areas and
promoting climate-resilient integrated coastal management
ENVIRONMENT
CLEARANCE OF BLOCKED WATERWAYS BETWEEN DELTA, ONDO AND LAGOS SHOWING PRE-PROJECT CONDITIONS, WORK IN PROGRESS AND
FINISHED PROJECT STATUS
CULVERT AND DRAINAGE IN KURA IN MAGAMA LGA, NIGER STATE SHOWING PRE-PROJECT CONDITION AND FINISHED PROJECT STATUS
EROSION AND ECOLOGICAL CONTROL IN IFELODUN-OFFA-OYUN LGA, KWARA STATE, SHOWING PRE-PROJECT CONDITION, WORK IN PROGRESS
AND FINISHED WORK STATUS
EROSION CONTROL AND REHABILITATION OF A BRIDGE AT GITA, WAMBA LGA, NASARAWA STATE SHOWING PRE-PROJECT CONDITIONS, WORK IN
PROGRESS AND FINISHED PROJECT STATUS
GBOKO TOWNSHIP ROAD EROSION CONTROL AND MINOR REPAIR SHOWING PRE-PROJECT CONDITIONS, WORK IN PROGRESS AND FINISHED
PROJECT STATUS

K E E P I N G L A N D D EG R A DAT I O N I N C H EC K
GULLY EROSION CONTROL PROJECT AT ENUGWU-UKWU SHOWING PRE-PROJECT CONDITIONS, WORK IN PROGRESS AND FINISHED PROJECT
STATUS
GULLY EROSION CONTROL PROJECT AT UMUDIM, NNEWI, ANAMBRA STATE SHOWING PRE-PROJECT CONDITIONS, WORK IN PROGRESS AND
FINISHED PROJECT STATUS
GULLY EROSION CONTROL WORKS AT ENUGWU-AGIDI SHOWING PRE-PROJECT CONDITIONS, WORK IN PROGRESS AND FINISHED PROJECT STATUS
GULLY EROSION SITE AT AMUDA NEW LAYOUT WITH DRAINAGE AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION AT AMUDA AMACHI AFIKPO NORTH LGA, EBONYI STATE
SHOWING PRE-PROJECT CONDITIONS, WORK IN PROGRESS
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Quote: The GGW Programme in
Nigeria will remain the best option
for rural transformation and as
one of the platforms to achieve
the SDGs for Neutrality target.

NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE GREAT WALL (NAGGW)
Stemming land
degradation, promoting
alternative livelihoods
Nigeria is among the 11 countries which signed the GGW Convention in 2010 and started three years later
to implement the initiative.
The Great Green Wall initiated by Nigeria and adopted by the African Union (AU) is envisioned as
mechanism for the conservation and protection of natural resources with a view to achieving sustainable
development and particularly alleviating poverty in the Sahel-Saharan Region of Africa.
NAGGW was established as the main institutional framework to coordinate the implementation of the
programme in Nigeria and among others carry out the following:
• Provide baseline information to stakeholders for the implementation of the programme
• Formulate strategies and action plans for the implementation of the programme
• Coordinate efforts of agencies, organisations and institutions responsible for desertification towards
the attainment of the objectives of the programme
• Build capacity, knowledge and skills at Federal,

States and Local Community levels for the
effective implementation of the programme
• Establish appropriate machinery for monitoring

and evaluation of the programme and put in
place appropriate feedback mechanisms for
necessary action of implementing institutions
and stakeholders
• Ensure effective liaison with the African Union

Commission and Pan African Agency of the
Great Green Wall
• Serve as the focal point for the coordination NEWLY-ESTABLISHED SHELTERBELT AT JEKE, JIGAWA STATE
ENVIRONMENT
FOREST GUARDS RECRUITED AND TRAINED BY GGW
of interventions by regional, sub-regional and international organisations and agencies involved in

natural resources management in the drylands of Nigeria in the implementation of the programme;
MILESTONES
A F FO R ESTAT I O N A N D L A N D M A N AG E M E N T
• Production of 7,611,105 assorted forest and fruit tree seedlings
• Establishment of 643.46km shelterbelt
• Establishment of 254.7ha community woodlots
• Establishment of 307.5ha community orchards
• Establishment of 138 community tree nurseries
• Identification of over 500 farmers to be trained and participate in the on farm natural regeneration
project
P R O M O T I O N O F A LT E R N A T I V E L I V E L I H O O D S
Support for alternative livelihoods is one of the major components of the Great Green Wall Programme
with the following specific objectives:

S T E M M I N G L A N D D E G R A D AT I O N , P R O M OT I N G A LT E R N AT I V E L I V E L I H O O D S
• Diversification of income for the affected communities
• Reduction of rural poverty
• Generation of employment
• Reduction of pressure on land resources and land degradation
• Enhancement of rural economy
• Curtailment of social unrest and forced migration
• To support and promote alternative livelihood activities in the participating communities, the
following have been accomplished:
• Construction of 5 Skill Acquisition Centres for training of unemployed youths in various trades such
as carpentry, tailoring, bee-keeping, electrical and electronic works and computer maintenance
• Procurement of 200,000 improved date palm seedlings, which were distributed free to farmers to
enhance their incomes
• Establishment of 138ha vegetable garden.
Rural Infrastructure
• Provision of 157 solar and wind-powered boreholes as sources of water to ameliorate the impact of
drought.
GGW SKILL ACQUISITION CENTRE AT DANBATTA, KANO STATE
ENVIRONMENT
GGW SOLAR-POWERED BOREHOLE FOR WATER SUPPLY AT BACHAKA, KEBBI STATE
DRINKING WATER PROVIDED BY GGW AT ARABA COMMUNITY, SOKOTO STATE

S T E M M I N G L A N D D E G R A D AT I O N , P R O M OT I N G A LT E R N AT I V E L I V E L I H O O D S
GGW-CONSTRUCTED ANIMAL WATER DRINKING TROUGH AT MACHINA, YOBE STATE
• Distribution of over 25,000 improved woodstoves to rural women to reduce deforestation
Employment Generation
• 498 youths trained and engaged as forest guards
• About 50,610 engaged in planting and other related activities
• About 1099 engaged in drilling of boreholes
• Above all, since the inception of GGW, the living conditions of at least 3 million affected people have
been improved and over 100,000ha of degraded land have been rehabilitated. The GGW Programme
in Nigeria will remain the best option for rural transformation and as one of the platforms to achieve
the Sustainable Development Goals and Land Degradation for Neutrality target.
ABUJA CITY GATE MONUMENT

SHUTTERSTOCK
Payment of contractors ensured that
they returned to various abandoned
or ongoing infrastructure projects. This
revved up Abuja’s economy, saved jobs
and make the Territory liveable.
SHUTTERSTOCK
CONSTITUTION AVENUE, ABUJA

FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY AUTHORITY (FCTA)
Even with less

funds, the Capital is
alive, liveable – and
welcoming
Despite the reality of decline in statutory allocation, FCTA has been able to harness funds to
provide the needed infrastructure and public utilities as well as to improve the living conditions
of the residents.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Payment of contractors to the tune of N96billion ensured that they returned to various
abandoned or ongoing infrastructure projects around the Territory. This revved up Abuja’s
economy, saved jobs and make the city liveable. The following are now completed:
• Kubwa – Zuba Expressway, known as the Murtala Mohammed Expressway
• Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Expressway – Airport Expressway
• Bill Clinton interchange/ bridge which connects the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
and
• Aso Villa Roundabout Bridge which was initiated and completed by this Administration.
Pedestrian Bridges/Loops/Flank Roads.

In addition to road completions, at least 35 pedestrian bridges were either completed, or
provided with concrete walkways to make them usable by residents. Similarly, work is on to
provide lighting on them. In addition, various unconstructed ramps, loops, tangent and flank
roads which hitherto locked up major road intersections have been completed. Works at
advanced stages of completion include:
F E D E R A L C A P I TA L T E R R I TO RY AU T H O R I T Y (FCTA)
• Constitution and Independent Avenue (Roads B6 and B12), running from the National
Stadium to the Three Arm Zone and back
• Inner Southern Expressway (Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Expressway). The east portion
and west end of this road have been substantially done
• Bill Clinton Drive: The Federal Executive Council (FEC) recently approved the amount of N1.95
billion for the reconstruction and rehabilitation works on the road. Built more than 20 years ago,
it has since exceeded its lifespan
• Southern Parkway traversing the Central Bank, NTA and Muhammadu Buhari Way
SATELLITE TOWNS AND RURAL ROADS

Having significantly delivered on infrastructure projects in the FCC, the Administration has
expanded its focus to the satellite towns and rural areas. Consequently, the following major
works are either ongoing or substantially completed:
• Karshi-Apo Road: This road is designed to create alternative route to the city from that axis
• 1 5 k m A p o - W a s a R o a d Dualisation: Designed to pull up the Karshi Apo Road to the

heart of the city
• Nyanya-Gbagarape Road: Measuring 1.9 km, it is 80per cent complete and has rekindled the
economic and social lives of the community
• 16.5Km Kuje-Gwagwalada bypass road: traversing major agricultural farms and farmlands is
complete.
• Karu Satellite Town Infrastructure: FCTA secured approval of N2.6billion by the Federal
Executive Council (FEC) for massive construction of infrastructure within Karu Phase 2
• Shere-Galuwyi Resettlement Town Engineering Infrastructure: This include road

networks, drainages, boreholes, electricity etc. The hitherto abandoned estate is now alive again.
The 17km road links up the community to Bwari and Mpape
TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC UTILITIES

The Abuja Light Rail. The Administration met the two packages of the project at an average of
60 per cent completion and has driven it to 98 per cent completion. The rail transport would
open the corridor of 12 modern stations, for tourism, commerce, investment and job creation
1.2MW Lower Usuma Dam Solar Power Project: N46.5million was paid out to the Japanese
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as counterpart funding for the project designed to
improve power supply to the Lower Usuma Dam Water Treatment Plant. FCT has also benefitted
from the agency’s technical training programmes. Vandalism and the rationing of power by the

E V E N W I T H L ESS F U N D S, T H E C A P I TA L I S A L I V E, L I V E A B L E – A N D W E LCOM I N G
electricity transmission and distribution company led the Administration had to procure 22
generating sets as a stop gap measure during power outages
300 Units of Housing in Kaba District: The Administration has commissioned 300 housing
units in Capital Estate, in Kaba District on Kubwa Expressway executed by Abuja Property
Development Company Ltd. (APDC) and is building more
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

A number of tertiary -level medical facilities have been completed and opened for use by the
Administration and it has driven it to 98 per cent completion.
These include the Karu General Hospital and the Zuba Cottage Hospital. The Administration
has so far paid over N421 million towards the completion of the abandoned 220-bed Gwarimpa
General Hospital.
FCTA Drug Revolving Fund Scheme has been energised with a total of N2.94 billion while FCT
Staff Health Insurance Scheme, which had suffered neglect in years gone by, has been fully
funded with a total sum of N2.219Billion.
EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES

In 2017 alone, the Administration spent over N9.6billion on education development projects. In
addition, it paid out over N2.8 billion as counterpart funds owed since 2013 to both international
partners and the Universal Primary Education Commission since. In the same vein, over
N96million scholarship arrears owed FCT students were paid out.
In the period under review, it has established 15 Junior Secondary Schools, 56 primary schools
and26 ECCD (Early Childhood Care Development) centres.
• Nigeria/Korean Model School: The Administration has paid out all the necessary counterpart
funds for the completions of the Nigerian/Korean Model School which will commence operation
before the end of the year.
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND SAFETY NETS

Through the Abuja Enterprise Agency it has provided credit facilities ranging from N70, 000
to N2million to budding entrepreneurs. In this endeavour, the Administration targets to create
10,000 jobs by 2020, thereby reducing unemployment in the FCTA.
Similarly, the Administration has implemented the Federal Government’s Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises Development Fund (MSMEDF) by accessing its own allotment of N2billion
which it is disbursing to successful applicants.
Under the fund, FCTA has established 2150 different enterprises and promoted 250 cooperative
societies.
F E D E R A L C A P I TA L T E R R I TO RY AU T H O R I T Y (FCTA)
SHUTTERSTOCK
USAMA DAM
Training of 1000 Rural Youths on ICT and Mobile App Design. The Administration is pulling this
project off through a counterpart project with the UNESCO. In all, the FCT Administration paid
N96.7 million by way of counterpart funding to match UNESCO’s support of N42million.
PUBIC UTILITIES
The Greater Abuja Water Supply, which is a major project for the extension of water supply to
unreached loops in the FCT, has been awarded. Being executed in collaboration with the EXIM
Bank of China, the project, on completion, will extend water to 33 Districts in both Phases 2 and
3 of the Federal Capital City.
LAND ADMINSTRATION
In land administration, thousands of title documents, including Certificates of Occupancy (Cs of
O), Consents of Assignments and Subleases, have been cleared.
STAFF WELFARE
The Administration inherited a monthly wage bill amounting to over N4billion, and despite the
shortfall in revenue, the Administration has continued to pay the more than 27,000 staff of the
FCT Administration as at when due. Over 3000 staff of FCT Administration including former

E V E N W I T H L ESS F U N D S, T H E C A P I TA L I S A L I V E, L I V E A B L E – A N D W E LCOM I N G
Acting Directors were recently elevated to various grades following the 2016 promotion and
confirmation.
20 Senior Secondary Schools have been designated as Grade “A” schools and would now be
headed by Principals of the equivalence of Directors, on Grade Level 17, to stem stagnations
among teachers.

In the Agriculture sector, over 9000 farmers have benefitted from the CBN Anchor Borrowers’
Programme. The FCT Agricultural Development Project (ADP) continued to provide innovative
advisory services on global agricultural best practice technologies to about 200,000 farming
families. It has also strengthened the capacity of 2000 associations by way of training and
linkage to agricultural finance.
The FCT Minister similarly authorised the release of counterpart fund of N 200 million, for the
commencement of the World Bank Assisted Fadama III Project upon which over 200 farmers
have been registered. It has also launched the 2018 farming season with a release of subsidized
fertilizers, farm inputs and motorcycles for extension workers. valued at N250 million.
Budgetary appropriation has
leaped by over 70 per cent.
From the inception of the
Administration till date, over N1.5
billion has been allocated to the
Commission
NOMINAL ROLL DESK OFFICER TRAINING WORKSHOP

Re-energised to
perform statutory
functions
Established: 1996
Mandates
Ensuring fair and equitable distribution of posts in the public Services throughout the Federation
amongst indigenes of various states of the Federation and the Federal Capital territory;
Ensuring fair and equitable distribution of social services, economic amenities and infrastructural
facilities among the federating units throughout the federation.
Milestones
The President Muhammadu Buhari Administration has emboldened the Commission through
adherence of due process and rule of law in making MDAs to comply with the principle of
Federal Character either in procedure of recruitment or in the sharing and spread of projects
such as roads, power, housing, social and economic investment.
Capital Projects
Budgetary appropriation has leaped by over 70 per cent. From the inception of the Administration
till date, over N1.5 billion has been allocated to the Commission, enabling it to do the following:
a. Construction of FCC States offices in Abia, Anambra, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Katsina, Niger,
Plateau, Ondo and Delta
b. Renovation of 15 existing states offices that were dilapidated. These are: Adamawa, Bauchi,
Benue, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Ogun, Yobe, Kwara, FCT, Ebonyi and Sokoto.
c. Renovation and furnishing of new FCC Headquarters Complex for effective performance;
d. Advocacy programmes of sensitisation workshops across the six geo-political zones to
enable stakeholders appreciate the principle of proportional sharing as a panacea for peace
and stability in the country
e. Computerisation and automation of the new office complex to enhance ease of doing
business with our stakeholders.
The provision of the above facilities has enabled the Commission roll out the operational
guidelines towards achieving the equitable distribution of social services, economic amenities
and infrastructural facilities as it has now fully engaged relevant Ministries, Departments and
Agencies (MDAs) responsible for the provision of such services.
Recruitment
There is improved compliance by MDAs because of the enabling environment provided by this
government and the insistence of the President for all and sundry to adhere to the rule of law
and due process.
Some of the achievements in that regards:
NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS’ SEMINAR HELD AT AREWA HOUSE, KADUNA ON 5 JULY 2018

R E-E N E RG I S E D TO P E R FO R M STAT U TO RY F U N CT I O N S
SENSITISATION WORKSHOP FOR TRADITIONAL LEADERS, HEADS OF MDAS AND OTHER SELECT STAKEHOLDERS HELD IN KADUNA
a. From 2015 to date, the Commission monitored recruitment in 895 Federal Establishments
b. About 982 Certificates of Compliance have been issued to various MDAs for complying with
the SGF Circular on recruitment and the Commission’s Circular on Procedure for Recruitment.
In other words, States that are under-represented like Lagos, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Yobe,
Sokoto, Zamfara, Rivers, etc, are gradually closing the gap with about 1.8 per cent against 1 per
cent in many MDAs’ representation
c. The above exercises have resulted in tilting the balance of the Character Balancing Index to
a compliance level of 70 per cent
d. The policy of the Commission on management placement is more enforced than ever before
as more than 200 MDAs have been queried and asked to revert to the policy where each
geo-political zone must at least have a management staff with Directorate Cadre
e. The process being implemented on above considered government executive order on ease
of doing business in which request by MDAs is treated with dispatch.
THE MINISTERS OF POWER, WORKS AND HOUSE; BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING; INFORMATION; AND FINANCE
ADDRESS A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER A FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING AT ABUJA

Without doubt, these innovative
initiatives have immensely helped
Government to stabilise the
economy, putting it on the path of
sustained growth.
FINANCE MINISTER ZAINAB AHMED IN A MEETING WITH TUNDE FOWLER, CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL INLAND REVENUE SERVICE AND HIS TEAM

FINANCE
Bold reforms
help reboot the
economy
Mission
Initiation, development and aggressive implementation of innovative fiscal operations management
policies and initiatives aimed at redressing the economic fortunes of the country, as well as facilitating
the realisation of the Administration’s cardinal principles of transparency and accountability.
Initiatives:
Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) - key platform for ensuring controls and
effective oversight over the utilisation of public funds under the present Administration. Through
PICA, the ministry has placed stringent checks on the expenditure of government revenue to ensure
cost-effectiveness and accountability. Through the work of the PICA Team, many recoveries have
been made in fake subsidy claims, discoveries of financial misconduct in the Pension Transitional
Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), recovery of salaries paid to ex-Diplomats, etc.
Whistle blower Policy

Introduced in December 2016, to encourage public participation in the fight against corruption, by
exposing financial crimes and rewarding credible informants of such malfeasance. Working through PICA,
the ministry has received 8,373 communications because of the Whistle blower Policy on contract inflation,
ghost workers, illegal recruitment and misappropriation of funds. Out of the total communications, 1,231 are
whistleblowing tips. The ministry has undertaken 791 investigations, 534 of which have been completed.
Ten are under prosecution and four convictions have been secured.
Based on tips from Whistle blower, the Federal Government has recovered directly the sum of N7.8 billion,
US$378 million and GBP27,800. In May 2018, the Government paid N439,276,099.86 to about 14 whistle
blowers who gave specific tips on tax evasion. From the specific information provided on companies
which underpaid their taxes, the Government was able to recover the sum of N13.8 billion
FINANCE
VOLUNTARY ASSETS AND INCOME DECLARATION SCHEME

(VAIDS)
This was launched on 29 June 2017 as a revolutionary and bold reform initiative through which
citizens (tax payers) are offered a window of opportunity to regularise their tax status relating to
previous tax periods, without incurring penalties. Prior to its introduction, Nigeria’s tax compliance
record was abysmal: wit Tax Revenue-to-GDP ratio of 6 per cent, which has remained one of the
lowest in the world in comparison with countries in Nigeria’s peer group. The robust implementation
of VAIDS has seen an increase in the number of tax payers from 13 million before the assumption
office by Mr President to 14 million in 2016 and 19.3 million in 2018. Some local and foreign companies
are now disposed to the VAIDS initiative and have started to regularise their tax status.
Efficiency Unit
Established in November 2015 to reduce wastages, promote efficiency, ensure prudence and
add value for money in all government expenditures.
The Unit has made several achievements engaging and working with key Public Sector
stakeholders. They include:
i. Cost-cutting: On Travel & Transport, the Government has saved N34 billion for 2016 compared
to 2015 figures and a further N57 billion n 2017 compared to 2016. On Office Stationeries &
Computer Consumables, the Government saved N24 billion in 2016 as against the previous year
and a further N10 billion in 2017 compared to 2016
ii. Promoting transparency in payments: The E-Unit has recommended to the Accountant General
FINANCE MINISTER ZAINAB AHMED WITH MD/CEO OF NIGERIA LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG), MR TONY ATTAH AND HIS TEAM

BOLD REFORMS HELP REBOOT THE ECONOMY
of the Federation the use of debit cards by Government officials for payments instead of cash.
This would plug loopholes and improve accountability in spending.
iii. Procurements: The E-Unit has initiated some measures to improve the subsisting procurement
to generate savings using the government’s large purchasing power, improve transparency
in procurement and reduce the administrative costs associated with the process. Successful
outputs include:
a. Secured discounts ranging from 5-50% from airlines for local and foreign travels. Negotiations
continue with other airlines
b. Introduction of a Price Checker, a web-based platform which is being developed with the
Bureau of Public Procurement will provide a portal for vendors to upload prices of their
non-customised goods which MDAs will use for procurement, thereby providing more
transparency and eliminating sharp practices in procurement
c. Introduction of a circular on Framework Agreements by the BPP (in progress) which will
enable MDAs pull their demands for standard goods (bulk purchasing) thereby reducing
the administrative costs associated with the subsisting procurement and securing good
discounts from suppliers.
d. Harmonisation of the insurance of all Critical Assets/Liabilities of Government for all MDAs (in
progress). This will ensure that budgetary provision is made for insurance premium by MDAs
and that cover is procured timely and efficiently to avoid undue exposure of Government
Assets/Liabilities to insurable risks.
Treasury Single Account

Even where the Treasury Single Account (TSA) project was conceived by the previous administration,
its aggressive and successful implementation was midwifed by the Minister of Finance. Under this
initiative, all Federal Government’s accounts with commercial banks were transferred to a pool
account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), known as the TSA. The Office of the Accountant-
General of the Federation (OAGF), an agency of the ministry, had the statutory mandate to drive
the implementation of this policy with support from the CBN. The TSA has further brought about
transparency and effective tracking of Government’s revenues and blocking of leakages and abuse,
which hitherto characterised Public Finance Management in Nigeria. Other benefits of the TSA
include: to ensure availability of funds for the execution of government policies, programmes and
projects, control aggregate cash flows within fiscal and monetary limits, improve management of
domestic borrowing programme, enable investments of idle funds and improve transparency and
accountability in the management of all FGN receipts and have a consolidated view of Government’s
cash flow.
Undoubtedly, the implementation of the TSA Project has brought about enormous benefits to the
Federal Government and the Nigerian economy.
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Clearing of Inherited Pension Arrears

The Government has settled outstanding pension arrears up to March 2017, an unprecedent feat
commended by the various workers’ unions: N41.5billion was released by the ministry to pay off
outstanding pensions arrears of 2014, 2015 and 2016, while N12.5billion was paid out to clear pension
claims for up to March 2017.
DR M K DIKWA, SECRETARY, PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE ON CONTINUOUS AUDIT,

BRIEFING THE PRESS ABOUT THE REGISTRATION OF NITEL AND NTEL EX-WORKERS
FOR THE PAYMENT OF THEIR OUTSTANDING PENSIONS
DR DIKWA, SECRETARY, PICA, TAKING QUESTIONS FROM A LADY MAKING COMMENTS DURING THE PICA REGISTRATION
SOME OF THE NITEL MTEL EX-WORKERS EXERCISE IN KANO

Establishment of Development Bank of Nigeria

The MSMEs’ contribution to the country’s economic growth cannot be over-emphasised. However,
they seem to have access to only about 5 per cent of lending from Deposit Money Banks. In the 2016
Annual Meetings, the minister led the Nigerian delegation that negotiated with the World Bank
Group (WBG), African Development Bank (ADB) and European Investment Bank (EIB) for take-off
loan of USD1.3 billion (N396.5 billion) for the establishment of the Development Bank of Nigeria
(DBN). The CBN approved the Bank’s operating licence in March 2017, subject to the provision of a
minimum capital requirement of N100 billion and other conditions, which have since been satisfied.
The DBN is to provide loans to all sectors of the economy, including manufacturing, services and
other industries not currently served by existing development banks, thereby filling an important
gap in the provision of finance to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). As a wholesale
bank, the DBN lends wholesale to microfinance banks, which in turn on-lend medium to long-term
loans to MSMEs. The DBN already has a N5 billion line of credit to be accessed by MSMEs through
its partner institutions.
With DBN’s establishment, there will be greater long-tenured credit facility to MSMEs at minimal
borrowing costs.
ZAINAB SHAMSUNA AHMED, MINISTER OF FINANCE, WHO TOOK OVER FROM MRS KEMI ADEOSUN
ADDRESSING THE PRESS SHORTLY AFTER CHAIRING HER FIRST FAAC MEETING ON 25 OCT 2018
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Government borrowing
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has commenced the bold initiative of refinancing high cost
short-term domestic debt with relatively cheaper and longer tenured external debt, as part of its
overall Debt Management Strategy of progressively achieving an optimal debt portfolio composition
of 60:40 for Domestic and External debt respectively. Thus far, Nigeria has refinanced costly and short-
tenured domestic bonds with about US$3 billion longer-tenured Eurobonds. The implementation
of the debt refinancing strategy has already led to a reduction in the cost of domestic borrowing,
which has also reduced the cost of the country’s debt portfolio. In addition, it is also expected that
lower domestic rates will benefit corporate borrowers in accessing domestic capital from the banks.
An explainer from the Finance Minister:
“We do have a challenge on debt service to revenue. That is because the interest cost is quite high
and that is a function of two things. One is the fact that most of the debts were short-term, so we
are paying interests and compounding it. We have been refinancing treasury bills and issuing bonds.
We have been refinancing treasury bills in the domestic market and replacing them with longer
term debt in the international market. And this is reducing our cost of borrowing. This time last year,
Nigerian government was borrowing at an average cost of about 18 per cent but now it is 13 per
cent. We are working very hard on the debt service cost and of course revenue. The other leg of the
equation is Revenue. Debt Service as a percentage of revenue, you reduce your debt service and you
increase your revenue.
We don’t have infrastructure and we cannot afford to wait for oil prices to go up above $100 per
FINANCE MINISTER ZAINAB AHMED WITH CHRISTINE LAGARDE, MD, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND,
FLANKED BY CBN GOVERNOR GODWIN EMEFIELE (LEFT) AND FINANCE MINISTRY PERMANENT
SECRETARY, DR MAHMOUD DUTSE (RIGHT)

barrel before we fix power, roads and rail. Nigeria needs growth and jobs now and the way we can
accelerate job creation and growth in an economy is to provide the enabling infrastructure, improve
the ease of doing business, encourage the private sector to thrive, increase our tax base so that we
have more money in the public sector to then invest in education and health to then create jobs
in those sectors and that in itself has a multiplier effect on growth. So there is no cause for alarm
as far as Nigeria is concerned. We are using a well-managed very conservative debt strategy and
we continue to be very focused on concessional borrowing. The visit of the World Bank Executive
Directors to Lagos, Edo and Abuja was the first at that high level to Nigeria in 27 years they will come
to see Nigeria. This gives us access to a wider sum of concessional funds; they have expanded the
IBRD window so there is more money available. We will be proposing projects that will enable us
access those concessional long term money to drive growth and opportunities for Nigeria. Some of
the projects the World Bank Executive Directors came to see are around reconstruction of the North
East; they are doing budget support for Edo State, supporting education, railway and supporting
LAMATA Transport in Lagos State. These are things that will change infrastructure fundamentally
and that’s our strategy to drive development.”
Asset Tracking and Management Project

In 2016, the ministry launched the Asset Tracking and Management Project (ATM Project); enabling
the Federal Government, for the first time, to locate, identify, assess and evaluate all its moveable
and immoveable assets in real time. A Central Asset Register was also created and domiciled in
the ministry for recording the actual quantity, value, condition and location of all the capital
assets belonging to the Federal Government. These initiatives, in line with the requirements of the
International Public-Sector Reporting Standard (IPSAS), have become particularly relevant because
of the importance attached to capital expenditure by the current administration.
Fiscal Sustainability Plans and Budget Support Facility for States

of the Federation
In her quest to institute fiscal prudence, transparency and accountability in the management of
its resources, the ministry introduced the Fiscal Sustainability Plan (FSP). The FSP further seeks to
improve public revenue, through rationalising public expenditure, prudent financial management
and facilitating sustainable debt management. The Framework has 21 core action points, which
are expected to lead to the path of fiscal governance and sustainable economic growth. It’s
implementation by the States is a condition precedent for the States to access further Budget
Support Facilities from the Federal Government.
Without doubt, these innovative initiatives have immensely helped Government to stabilise the
economy, putting it on the path of sustained growth.
A PENSIONER ATTENDED TO BY A DOCTOR AT THE PTAD VERIFICATION, BAUCHI STATE

PENSION TRANSITION ARRANGEMENT DIRECTORATE
So that the labours of

workers are not in vain
Since the inception of this Administration PTAD has, despite funding challenges, been able to meet the
most-pressing obligation (which is monthly pensions) while gradually addressing payment of outstanding
arrears.
VISION
To be he model organisation for the delivery of innovative and sustainable pension services.
BACKGROUND
When the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) was created, it inherited a myriad of
problems from the old pension offices (Police, CIPPO, Civil Service and Boards Of Trustees of Parastatals
and Agencies) which were managed disparately, poorly and underfunded and, as at 2004, accrued a
pension deficit of over N2 trillion (USD 13 billion) . No formal database of pensioner’s records existed
and there were reported instances of ghost beneficiaries as well as allegations of pervasive fraud in the
operations of the offices.
Further, PTAD inherited incomplete payrolls from the old pension offices and has since November 2013
when it effectively took over pension payments, worked on building a comprehensive and credible
database of pensioners. The key activity for building the database is the biometric capture and verification
of 228,898 pensioners from the Police (16,013), Parastatals (101,315), Civil Service (99,645) and Paramilitary
(11,925) .
The establishment of PTAD, was necessitated by the need to reform the pension sector. Thus, through
every initiative and activity, PTAD ensures the effective and efficient administration of all these pension
sectors.
Since the inception of the Buhari Administration on 29 May 2015, PTAD has, despite funding challenges,
been able to meet the most-pressing obligation (which is monthly pensions) while gradually addressing
payment of outstanding arrears.
Through reform initiatives internally and externally, PTAD has strengthened the DBS pensions to ensure
that it does not revert to its old state of mismanagement and fraud.
ACTIVITIES AND GAINS

• Automation of payment processes and the use of Government-to-Person’s electronic payments platform: Manual
processing of pension payments had allowed fraudulent groups to thrive on pension scamming.
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All payments are now made through GIFMIS and REMITA such that staff of PTAD do not have access
to these funds. The funds are paid from PTAD TSA accounts at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
directly to the pensioners’ accounts through their banks. PTAD is therefore a 100% TSA-compliant
agency.
PAYM E N T P R O C E S S
• Verification/Digitisation of pensioner’s data and records for secure archiving: The conversion of thousands of
old physical pension folders to e-files through the verification, allows PTAD create a robust database
of all pensioners. The verification captures the biometrics, photo, and documentation details of
every eligible pensioner, such that they do not need to undergo the verification process again.
PAYMENT PROCESS
ONCE VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE, PAYMENTS ARE MADE ELECTRONICALLY VIA THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA – PTAD HAS
NO DIRECT ACCESS TO FUNDS
V E R I F I C AT I O N P RO C ESS F LO W
• PTAD began the verification of pensioners in December 2014 with the Police Pensions Sector which
was concluded in May 2015. The verification for Customs, Immigration and Prisons (Paramilitary)
Pensions was concluded by 31 August 2015. The Civil Service Pensions commenced in November 2015
and was concluded in December,2017. Currently the Directorate is conducting the PaPD verification
of its pensioners.
• During verification, pensioners are treated with care and empathy. The process of biometric
verification, on the other hand, ensures that only genuine pensioners are captured. All pensioners
who are on the inherited payrolls, identify themselves in person, verify the authenticity of their
documents, electronically capture and upload their finger prints, photos and documents to a secure
server for archiving within a short process time.
• Introduction of a client-focused service orientation that shows care and empathy during verification: Pensioners
had in the past been treated with disregard during the verification many had also been treated

VERIFICATION PROCESS FLOW
A PENSIONER ARRIVING AT A VERIFICATION CENTER WOULD GO THROUGH SEVERAL STEPS TO BE ADDED TO THE DATABASE
with disrespect in their bid to follow up on the payment of their outstanding entitlements. PTAD
introduced the concept of ‘pensioner care and welfare’, whereby pensioners are provided with a
conducive seating atmosphere during verification, food and water as well as wheelchairs for those
with mobility challenges. Mobile verification was conducted for infirmed pensioners at their homes
or hospital to ensure everyone is captured regardless of their health challenge.
• Computation of benefits: Using an automated computation tool, pensioners’ benefits are calculated
quickly and accurately using the available data provided during verification. The tool reduces errors
which arise from manual computation and provides a standard for determining entitlements across
all categories of pensioners under the DBS. The automated computation further reduces the number
of complaints resulting from human error during manual computation.
• Engagement of professional staff: A team of skilled and technology-aware staff manage the operations of
PTAD. Their ability to apply technology in all areas of operations has enhanced the Agency’s overall
organisational efficiency and productivity.
• Introduction of interactive stakeholder engagement sessions and communication: PTAD regularly holds
stakeholder meetings and workshops where important issues are raised and deliberated. Presentation
on new policies, processes and tools are also organised to ensure that pensioners have a clear
understanding of our activities and processes. Communication of pre-verification schedules and
processes are also communicated nationwide.
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PTAD OFFICIALS WITH PENSIONERS DURING VERIFICATION IN LAGOS
• Following the successful conclusion of the nationwide civil service pensioners’ verification in
December 2017, pensioners who did not show up were given up to the end of March 2018 to come
forward to be verified. A total of 24,021 who did not show up have now been suspended from the
payroll, amounting to a monthly savings of N495, 022,747.57 to government and approximately N6
billion per annum. Pensioners in the Diaspora who have written to update us through our High
Commissions and Embassies of their status will however not be affected.
• Conversely, 2,830 Civil Service Pensioners, verified in the North East between Nov 2016-Jan 2017, who
were wrongly removed from the payroll prior to the establishment of PTAD, were put back on the
payroll and paid their total arrears of N1,328,935,014.82 by June 2017.
• 8,564 Civil Service pensioners verified in the South-South between Jan-Feb 2017 were pay-rolled and
paid arrears of a total of N4, 984,219,446.99 from June -Dec 2017.
• Also, 7,969 verified pensioners from North Central and South West have had their complaints resolved,
their benefits recomputed and have been put back on the payroll.
• 5,382 Civil Service pensioners have been paid a total sum of N1.7bn outstanding pension arrears. These
pensioners are among the 7,969 Civil Service Pensioners who were enrolled on PTAD monthly payroll in
March 2018 with a total payment of N71.5m for the month.
• Between December 2017 and July 2018, PTAD has added 12,288 Civil Service pensioners to the monthly
payroll.

COM P R E H E N S I V E DATA M A N AG E M E N T
• In November 2016, 15,426 pensioners whose accounts did not have the required Bank Verification Number
(BVN) were identified in our data management and suspended from the payroll. The pensioners will only
be reinstated after provision of the BVN and due verification.
• A continuous quality assurance process is applied to identify any unqualified pensioner on the data base.
• PTAD is able to properly budget and accurately advise government of its outstanding pension liability each
year in line with the requirement of pension administration under the DBS.
INTERNAL ACTIVITIES
Under the direction of the Executive Secretary, Sharon Ikeazor, the organisation is being strengthened
institutionally through a number of initiatives and internal activities:
i. Condition of Service and Scheme of service has been ratified by Office of the Head of Service of the Federation.
ii. The development of PTAD’s Standard Operating Procedures – This procedural document represents a major
milestone for the Directorate. The document which shows who does what, when and how in PTAD will increase
efficiency, professionalism and accountability.
iii. The development of Pension Administration Policies – The Pension Policies ensure that all the Pension
Administration is standardised. The policies are put in place to ensure public funds are not misappropriated or
THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SHARON IKEAZOR JOINS THE PTAD MOBILE VERIFICATION TEAM TO VERIFY AN AILING PENSIONER
AT LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, IDI ARABA
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embezzled, and the organisation operates in line with global best practices.
iv. The development of PTAD’s Organisational Policies – Ensures that the pension administration is devoid of sharp
practices and corruption thereby providing cost savings to the Federal Government. Organisational policies shape
organisational culture and this impacts on the staff professionally.
v. Audit of all PTAD Staff - The Directorate in collaboration with the Office of the Head of Civil Service has conducted
an audit of all staff to ensure that staff in PTAD meet the requisite employment requirements. This is tied more
importantly to the desire of management to have a professional, highly skilled and motivated workforce.
vi. The Inauguration of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) – The Directorate is serious with its zero
tolerance on corruption and the inauguration of the ACTU backs the anti-corruption drive PTAD is championing.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS FOR 2016 – 2018

• The successful verification of over 109,308 Civil Service pensioners nationwide.
• Payment of full death benefits to 338 Next-Of-Kin (NoK) of deceased Civil Service Pensioners who
died after service.
• Following the verification and payroll enrolment, 174 War Affected Retired Police Officers (WARPO)
THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY WITH A PENSIONER AT THE VERIFICATION CENTRE IN MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE

were paid the sum of N571,568,819.30 as gratuity and arrears in October 2017. This is coming 17 years
after a pardon and amnesty was granted in 2000 by the Federal Government to the officers dismissed
in 1971 after the civil strife.
• Consolidation of over 253 disaggregated parastatals and universities and the subsequent cleaning-
up of their payrolls
• Adoption of a strict online payment regime using the Government Integrated Financial Management
and Information System (GIFMIS), which significantly reduces avenues for pension fraud
• Using the Biometric Verification Number (BVN) to weed out ineligible pensioners from the payroll,
which proved a masterstroke. Over 19,000 unqualified pensioners were removed from the payroll
• Payment of the outstanding 33% arrears for pensioners under the Paramilitary-Customs Immigration
and Prisons (full payment - 42 months), Civil Service (12 months outstanding), Parastatal (24 months
outstanding) and Police (full payment- 42 months)
• The incidence of pension fraud has significantly reduced.
• The new and efficient processes of PTAD have reduced the negative perception of pension
administration across the country.
• An Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) was inaugurated to tackle the issue of pension
scammers and fraud.
• Recovery of cash and non-cash assets of over N16billion from the Boards of Trustees (BOTS) and
Insurance Underwriters who were previously responsible for pension payment to Federal Government
Parastatals and the Universities.
• The Directorate has successfully opened a new liaison office in Damaturu, Yobe State to bring services
closer to our pensioners. In addition to the Yobe State office, we have state offices in Lagos, Benin,
Enugu, Kano, Kaduna and Sokoto.
M A J O R A C H I E V E M E N TS O F PA R A STATA L S P E N S I O N S D E PA RTM E N T
1. Focus on pay-rolling all pensioners of the defunct/privatised agencies.
Following the completion of the Civil Service Verification, the Directorate turned its focus to the
Parastatal Pension Department (PaPD). The verification of all pensioners under the Privatised/
Defunct agencies signified the 1st Phase of the PaPD verification project.
PTAD has made modest achievements in this regard and has recorded a significant milestone
with respect to the Privatised/Defunct Agencies. The Delta Steel Company located in Aladja,
Delta State was liquidated in 2005 and following the verification, the Directorate has successfully
verified, computed and pay-rolled 3537 of its pensioners. This ends the long wait (13 years) by the
workers of the privatised agency.
The list of other agencies where pensioners have been pay-rolled are:
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• Federal Housing Authority – 641
• Nigeria Defence Academy (Civilians) – 79
• Nigeria Reinsurance – 284
• NICON Insurance – 933
• NITEL/Mtel – 11,000
• New Nigeria Newspapers (NNN) – 470
2. Payment of the entitlements of Next-of-Kins to deceased pensioners of Health and Education sectors under the
PPVE scheme
The Directorate has succeeded in giving hope and survival to Next-Of-Kins of deceased
pensioners of the Health & Education sectors who after due verification and validation were
paid a total sum of NGN1,923,500,441.03 being the entitlements of the respective breadwinners
who had passed on while waiting in vain for their retirement benefits.
3. Recovery of cash and non-cash pension assets from insurance companies and brokers.
The Directorate has successfully recovered cash and non-cash pension assets totalling
NGN21.87bn trapped in various insurance companies and underwriters previously managing
the pension funds of the Universities and Parastatals. It is also striving hard to ensure the
recovery of the outstanding assets with these companies to enable it liquidate the huge
unfunded pension liabilities inherited from the previous pension regimes.
VERIFICATION CENTRE AT ALAUSA, LAGOS STATE, CAREFULLY SELECTED TO ENSURE PENSIONERS’ COMFORT

AT T E STAT I O N S F ROM T H E P U B L I C (F ROM T W I T T E R)
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BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI AT THE ECOWAS-ECCAS HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT SUMMIT ON PEACE IN LOME, TOGO, 30 JULY 2018

The governments of Nigeria and
the United States of America
agreed to collaborate and
to ensure the repatriation of
looted funds by corrupt officials
domiciled in the U.S banks.
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI WITH GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL AT A PRESS CONFERENCE

DURING HER OFFICIAL VISIT TO NIGERIA, IN STATE HOUSE ON 31ST AUG 2018

FOREIGN AFFAIRS
In accord with the

rest of the world
Mandate
Formulation, articulation conduct and execution of Nigeria’s foreign policy as well as protecting
Nigeria’s interest; achieved with the aid of Nigeria’s Missions abroad. Specifically:
• promotion and protection of Nigeria’s national interest
• promotion of African integration and support for African unity
• promotion of international cooperation for the consolidation of universal peace and mutual and
respect among nations
• elimination of discrimination in all its manifestation
• respect for international law and treaty obligations
• seeking settlement of internal dispute by negation, mediation, conciliation, arbitration and

adjudication
• promotion of a just world economic order.
Milestones
Relations with the North and Horns of Africa
Following reports of ill-treatment of some Nigerians stranded in Libya because of human
trafficking, the Federal Government through our Mission in conjunction with multilateral efforts
by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and International Organisations for
Migration, was able to bring back at least 3,000.
President Muhammadu Buhari attended the United Nation’s Framework Convention on

Climate Change (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco, and that opened a new window in the
relations between Nigeria and Morocco.
FO R E I G N A F FA I RS
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI RIDING WITH THE KING OF MORROCO ON A RABAT STREET
On 15 May 2017, the minister led a Nigerian delegation to Rabat, Morocco and signed two MoUs
on the Joint Initiative on Morocco-Nigeria Gas Regional Pipeline between the Nigerian National
Petroleum (NNPC) and the Office National Des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) and the
second phase of Fertiliser Initiatives which led to the resuscitation of some fertiliser-blending
plants which produced about 1.3million tonnes of fertiliser and created chains of direct and

IN ACCORD WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD
indirect jobs.
In January 2017, Nigeria voted for the readmission of Morocco into the African Union on the
grounds of being a founding member of the OAU and a key African country.
The two countries are already implementing visa-free movement for holders of diplomatic and
official passport holders.
Economic Initiative
Further to the drive for economic growth in Nigeria the Vice President Yemi Osibanjo in
April 2018 launched the Nigeria Economic Diplomacy Initiative (NEDI). An initiative of the
ministry, NEDI is a platform to create a credible environment to grow the Nigerian economy.
It is also a mechanism for match-making and connecting businesses. It is also part of Nigeria’s
commitment to Pan Africa and serves as a deal that would make Nigeria stand out as a country
with a view to integrate Africa.
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI AND PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY WITNESSING THE SIGNING OF
BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON NIGERIAN TRADE DEVELOPMENT BY THEN NIGERIAN
MINISTER OF STATE BUDGET & NATIONAL PLANNING HAJIA ZAINAB AHMED AND
BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRADE POLICY GEORGE HOLLINGBERY, MP AS HE
RECEIVES IN OFFICIAL VISIT BRITISH PRIME MINISTER IN STATE HOUSE ON 29TH AUG 2019
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI ON A WORKING VISIT TO
TURKEY WITH TURKEY’S PRESIDENT RECEP
TAYYIP ERDOGAN AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
ANKARA, TURKEY 19TH OCT 2017

PRESIDENT BUHARI WITH FORMER EMIR OF QATAR PRESIDENT BUHARI WITH US PRESIDENT TRUMP AT
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA ALTHANI THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON DC
AT STATE HOUSE, ABUJA, 1ST MARCH 2018
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI WITH THE VISITING PRESIDENT OF
FRANCE, EMMANUEL MACRON AT STATE HOUSE, ABUJA
PRIME MINISTER OF
THE NETHERLANDS
MR MARK RUTTE
WELCOMES
PRESIDENT BUHARI
TO A BILATERAL
MEETING WITH IN
THE HAGUE ON 16TH
JULY 2018
Relations with the United States of America and Cuba

The US government lifted the embargo of sale of military hardware to Nigeria with the sale in
2017 of 12 A-29 Tucano military aircraft and weapons to Nigeria. Ban on sale had been placed
in 2015 over alleged cases of gross human rights violation by the Nigerian military and other
security agencies.
The governments of the two countries agreed to collaborate and to ensure the repatriation of
over US$480 million looted funds by corrupt officials domiciled in the U.S banks.
In response to the hurricane disaster in Cuba, Nigeria in April 2018 donated the sum of US$500,
000 to the Cuban government to aid the country in its reconstruction of infrastructure destroyed
by Hurricane Irma.
Relations with South Africa

On the invitation of President Muhammadu Buhari, the (now former) President of the Republic
of South Africa, Mr. Jacob Zuma paid a state visit to Nigeria from 7-9 March 2016. The two
leaders agreed to set up the Special Implementation Committee (SIC) to enable considerable
progress before the convening of next Bi-National Commission (BNC) meeting at mutually
agreed dates. To further strengthen the relations, both leaders agreed to upgrade the status
of the BNC, which had hitherto been chaired by their respective Vice Presidents, will be co-
chaired by the President of the two countries in the next meeting. The high point of the visit
was the opportunity which availed President Zuma to address the joint session of the Nigerian
National Assembly and the business community of both countries.
In the first quarter of 2018, Nigeria granted approval to South African Airlink airlines to ply
Johannesburg- Abuja routes.
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI WITH SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT, CYRIL RAMAPHOSA AT A

RECEPTION DURING HIS STATE VISIT TO NIGERIA, AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA, 10 JULY 2018

BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI (3RD LEFT, SECOND ROW) POSING
WITH OTHER PRESIDENTS DURING THE JOINT ECOWAS-
ECCAS HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT SUMMIT
ON PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY AND FIGHT AGAINST
TERRORISM AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN LOME, TOGO ON
30TH JULY 2018
Nigeria’s Relations with International Organisations

The African Union Deputy Chairperson Ambassador Thomas Kwesi Quartey, accompanied by Commissioner
for Political Affairs Mrs. Semate Cessouma Minata, paid a Working Visit to Nigeria from 25-26 October
2017 in preparation for Mr. President’s endorsement to champion Anti-corruption 2018 under the theme:
“Winning the Fight against Corruption; A sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation”.
Nigeria chaired the AU Protocol on Free Movement meetings which took place in Ghana, Mauritius and
Kigali respectively. Nigeria defended objectives of the protocol which is expected to be adopted by African
Union Commission in 2018.
The 5th African Union (AU)-European Union (EU) Summit took place from 29-30 November 2017 in
Abidjan under the over-arching theme of “investing in Youth for Accelerated Inclusive Growth and
Sustainable Development”. Key Outcomes were particularly on migration issues which would be of great
benefit to Nigeria. The dehumanising condition of African migrants including thousands of Nigerians
in various detention centres in Libya was given adequate attention. It is, therefore, anticipated that the
necessary course of actions as agreed by the EU and AU Heads of Government in Abidjan will be urgently
implemented to salvage the situation and safely return the migrants to their countries.
The OIC Secretary General visited Nigeria from 17-21 July 2016; and he reiterated to President Buhari of his
commitment to mobilise support for the socio-economic rehabilitation and recovery of Nigeria, following
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI WITH PRESIDENT OF NIGER MAHAMADOU ISSOUFOU,
PRESIDENT OF GUINEA CONAKRY ALPHA CONDE AND PRESIDENT OF TOGO FAURE
GNASSINGBE SHORTLY AFTER THE JOINT ECOWAS-ECCAS HEADS OF STATE AND
GOVERNMENT SUMMIT ON PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY AND FIGHT AGAINST
TERRORISM AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN LOME, TOGO ON 30TH JULY 2018
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVING MANTLE OF LEADERSHIP FROM PRESIDENT OF TOGO

FAURE GNASSINGBE SHORTLY AFTER HIS ELECTION AS CHAIRMAN OF ECOWAS
AT THE 53RD ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND
GOVERNMENT OF THE ECOWAS IN TOGO ON 31ST JULY 2018

BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI DELIVERS AN ADDRESS AT
THE HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON GLOBAL PEACE IN
HONOUR OF THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF
NELSON MANDELA IN NEW YORK ON 24TH SEP 2018
the havoc wrecked by the Boko Haram insurgency.
The 44th and 45th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) was held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from
10-11 July 2017. The Nigerian delegation was led by the Minister of State. The Council of Foreign Ministers
adopted, among other things, the Nigerian sponsored Resolution on provision of humanitarian assistance
to the victims of Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East Region and the Lake Chad Basin
The 45th Session of Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 5-6 May 2018.
The meeting adopted, among others, the Nigeria-sponsored Resolutions N0s 55/45-POL and 56/45-POL
on strengthening cooperation within the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to prevent and combat
Illicit Financial Flows; and Against Human Trafficking, especially Modern Slavery and Sex Trafficking of
Women and Children, respectively.
Nigerians appointed into positions in International Organisation

Ambassador Bankole Adeoye was appointed Ambassador/ Permanent Representative to the
AU in 2017
Ambassador M.L Suleiman was also elected into a 9-member Independent Permanent Human
Rights Commission (IPHRC).
The ministry’s leadership was strengthened in steering
the health sector towards achieving local and global
priority health goals and targets
PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVING THE NEWLY ELECTED

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE NIGERIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
IN STATE HOUSE ON 19TH JULY 2018

BAYO OMOBORIOWO
HEALTH
Addressing
Nigerians’ health
needs roundly,
getting results and
doing more
Mandate
Provide a world-class healthcare service system which addresses the health needs of Nigerians
and ensure a healthy citizenry, infused with the right psychological and social disposition to
contribute meaningfully to the country’s socio-political and economic development.
To achieve this mandate, the ministry undertakes the following functions:
• Formulating national health policies and setting priorities for determining the scale and balance
of services to be provided throughout the country
• Advising States on appropriate objectives, priorities and standards of health care to be achieved
in conformity with nationally approved objectives
• Facilitating the provision of federal funds in support of healthcare throughout the federation
• Monitoring the performance of the provision of health services to ensure consistency with
national guidelines with the pre-stated objectives of federal allocated resources
• Coordinating all health activities throughout the federation
• Planning and developing national programmes for improving health care
• Maintaining standards of education and practice in medical and allied professions through the
H E A LT H
appropriate statutory institutions
• Co-operating with the affected state governments in coping with national epidemics
• Undertaking other nationally representative responsibilities in the following areas:
• Control and eradication of communicable diseases
• Port health and quarantine restriction and control
• Control and registration of drugs and poisons including narcotics, both manufactured and
imported
• Preventing the entry and usage of unregistered drugs
• Promoting and coordinating medical and allied research through the Medical Council of Nigeria
• Stimulating health education for the public
• Supervising teaching hospitals, Federal Medical Centres, psychiatric, orthopaedic and other
specialised hospitals
• Maintaining and disseminating national statistics on the state of health sector
• Advising the Federal Government on all matters relating to health in the nation.
• Supervising relevant parastatals and relating with relevant development partners.
Milestones
Activities of the ministry and its Departments and Agencies are guided by a number of
instruments which include the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, the National
Health Policy, the National Health Act, Nigerian Vision 20:2020, the 1st National Implementation
Plan of Vision 20:2020, the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), the National Strategic
Health Development Plan (NSHDP), annual budgetary appropriations, international declarations
and commitments and the Action Push Agenda.
The achievements are grouped under the different pillars of the NSHDP, which was approved
by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) as the compass for all health development-related
initiatives being implemented by State and non-State actors alike. It is also the basis for the
health component of the National Vision 20:2020, and Transformation Agenda. The first NSHDP
has eight Priority Areas/Pillars which are as follows:
Leadership and Governance

The ministry’s leadership was strengthened in steering the health sector towards achieving
local and global priority health goals and targets. The containment of the lassa fever and disease

A D D R E S S I N G N I G E R I A N S ’ H E A LT H N E E D S R O U N D LY, G E T T I N G R E S U LT S A N D D O I N G M O R E
outbreaks in Nigeria was achieved through a combination of purposeful and committed

leadership, teamwork and collaboration across the ministry, the three tiers of the health system,
our health partners and inter-sectoral collaboration. Other notable achievements under this
pillar of first NSHDP include:
• The role of the National Council on Health (NCH) - the highest decision-making body on health
matters - has been strengthened through regular and emergency meetings on topical health
issues. The Council’s 60th regular meeting was held from 6-9 November 2017.
• Revision of the National Health Policy in 2016
• Development of the second National Strategic Health Development Plan currently at advanced
stage of completion. The NSHDP has continued to form the basis for budget appropriations to
the health sector and national health sector strategies
• Flag-off of revitalisation of the 10,000 PHC per ward nationwide with the launching of Kuchingoro
PHC, Abuja
• Development of website and publication of Saving One Million Lives Performance for Results
e-Newsletter www.somlpfor.org.ng January 2016
• SOML Launch and disbursement of funds to the 36 States and FCT in Abuja on 10 July 2016
• Development of Communication plan for Yellow Fever outbreak in Nigeria from 10–17 June 2016
• Development of Strategic Behaviour Change Communication on infectious diseases across

Nigeria’s entry points in Ogun State from 20t-24 June 2016
• Commencement of NCD step survey process with the establishment of Survey Management
and Survey Implementation Committees were established. Survey protocol and budget were
also developed and finalised
• Development of North-East Health Sector Humanitarian Crisis Response Strategic Plan
• Development of State - Specific Operational Plan-National Emergency Health Intervention Plan

(SSOP – NEHIP)
• Routine data collation and analysis through DHIS as well as provision of feedback to States
• Establishment and deployment of a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to assess the health situation
and develop an intervention plan to address identified health issues; leading to the development
of Health and Nutrition Emergency Response Plan for Borno State (HNERIBS) for a period of six
months
• The first-ever overhauling of the ministry’s 630 KVA Caterpillar generator was successfully carried
out, and day-to-day running, fuelling and servicing of the two generators at the headquarters
H E A LT H
complex
• Financed a new dedicated electricity power line put in place in the complex by Abuja Electricity
Distribution Company (AEDC)
• Held two meetings geared towards development of two sectoral national guidelines on climate
change
• Successful negotiation of two salary structures: CONMESS for Medical/Dental Practitioners

and CONHESS, for other health professionals. This has put paid to the agitation for new salary
structures to replace CONTISS and have successfully resolved various grievances by unions in the
health sector
• With the support of WHO, coordinated the constitution and inauguration of a National Laboratory
Technical Working group to harmonise and coordinate laboratory activities in the country
• Approval to produce e-Yellow card to key in into the Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria - (Ongoing)
• Centralising the distribution of the Yellow cards through NIPOST - Awaiting signing of MoU
• Upgrading of a Border Community Clinic at Jibia/Magama Border in Katsina State - Completed
• Surveillance Cameras at International Airports - Awaiting
• Opening and equipping a new Point of Entry at Kaduna Airport - Completed
• Completion of the Warehouse-in-a-Box Project with three warehouses each at the Premier
Medical Stores, Abuja and Federal Medical Stores, Oshodi, Lagos. Both warehouses are valued at
US$10.2 million excluding the cost of the land
• In the process of engaging the third-party Facility Manager for Managing the Warehouse-in-a-
Box Project, Lagos and Abuja.
• Approval of the Federal Executive Council Memo on the Joint Venture Agreement for Nigeria
and May & Baker to start production of vaccines by Bio-vaccines Ltd
Health Service Delivery

a. Strengthening tertiary healthcare delivery
{{ Establishment of Geriatric Units in Federal Tertiary Hospitals - NCH has

directed all tertiary and secondary health facilities to establish a Geriatric
unit. The Geriatric Centre of the University College Hospital, Ibadan has been
commissioned
{{ Rehabilitation and equipping of 25 hospitals [FTHIs] for secondary and tertiary

preventive cancer health delivery service: mammography machines, brachy

therapy, linacs, etc
{{ 6 zonal state-of-the-art Cervical Cancer screening centres with complimentary

equipment in place: videocolposcopes etc.
{{ Proposed Oncology Centre of Excellence in seven teaching hospitals has

been assessed. (LUTH, UCH, UDUTH, ABUTH, UBTH, UNTH & Nat. Hosp.). Six
specialist doctors have been trained as Nuclear Medicine Physicians to man
the various centres
b. Increased access to specialised health care services
{{ Open Heart Surgery: The Centre of Excellence for Heart Disease at the
University of Enugu Teaching hospital has been refurbished. The centre has
now resumed open heart surgery after eight years
{{ Microsurgery of the brain is also now being conducted at FMC Umuahia
{{ Commenced laparoscopic surgery at the Federal Medical Centre, Gombe

and full laparoscopic services at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching
Hospital Ile Ife
{{ Total knee and hip replacement at National Orthopaedic Hospitals in Enugu.

Kano and Igbobi, Lagos as well as FMC, Yenagoa and the University of Benin
H E A LT H
Teaching Hospital
Cancer Control
• The ministry continued to ensure that Nigerians got screened for the common cancers such
as cancer of the breast, cervix, and prostrate by establishing the following new centres for mass
cancer screening:
{{ Federal Medical Centre, Gusau
{{ University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port-Harcourt
{{ National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Abakaliki
{{ Federal Medical Centre, Keffi
{{ Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta
{{ Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi
• Screened 3,800 people for cervical cancer within one year
• Treated those with pre-malignant lesions by cryosurgery and followed up and screened 280
men for prostate cancer, referring those suspected to have malignancy
Increasing access to oral health care services

• Supplied Orthopanthomogram to six dental centres
• Supplied dental equipment to Primary Health Care Centres attached to tertiary hospitals
Polio eradication
• Nigeria has recorded huge successes in the fight against polio and eradicating the disease from
Nigeria is ongoing
Control of other vaccine preventable diseases

• The country introduced the new CSM vaccine, MenAfric, which confers protection for at least 10
years as against three years with the previous vaccines
• New security-featured International Certificate of Vaccination and Prophylaxis Certificate (ICVP,

popularly known as Yellow Card), has been introduced
• Introduction of Pentavalent vaccines (DPT, HB, Hib). This will help protect against Childhood
Pneumonia & Hepatitis B
• Current Routine Immunisation Performance:16 States: (Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Sokoto,
Zamfara, Anambra, Enugu, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, Delta, Ekiti, Ondo, Osun and Oyo

States) achieved the Target of 78% DPT3 coverage
Control of Infectious/Communicable Diseases

• Full integration of HIV/AIDS and TB services at erstwhile independent HIV or TB service facilities.
This is an important achievement to curtail the prevalence of these two disease entities
i. HIV/AIDS
• Adoption of the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT) strategy in line with Global
commitments starting with the high burden states (12+1 states) that account for about 70% of
HIV burden in the country
{{ The services have been decentralised and are being provided at all levels of
health care – PHCs, Secondary and Tertiary of the public services, private for
profits and FBOs and some reference laboratories have been established at
the zonal levels to support the Early Infant Diagnostic services
• An MoU was also sealed with local manufacturers of autodisable syringes for the bulk purchase
of the syringes
• Signed the Implementation Plan for the Framework Partnership with the United States
Government
• Launch and dissemination of National Plan for Paediatric HIV Treatment and Care, Paediatric
assessment report and National Scale-up plan
ii. Tuberculosis
The NTBLCP is currently implementing the National TB, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer control
Programme Strategic Plan 2015 – 2020. Two Global Fund grants are supporting the
operationalisation of the Plan and the Programme, being one of the sub-recipients of the grant.
The Principal Recipients are Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) and the
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) for management of Drug Susceptible TB & Drug
resistant TB respectively. The Programme also receives support from the Partners funded by
USAID under the KNCV/ Challenge TB Project. Nigeria is currently implementing the Global
Fund new funding model and had submitted another funding request for January 2018- Dec.
2020 to Global Fund
• The implementation of the Global Fund New Funding Model (NFM) is now based on the National
Strategic Plan for TB control (2015-2020). Main tools developed, finalised and printed in the last
two years are:
• National guideline on childhood TB
• Training materials on childhood TB for the training of (medical officers, nurses, CHEWs)
H E A LT H
• Guidelines for community/ambulatory programmatic management of TB including drug

resistant TB
• National guidelines for the management of TB printed and distributed
• Recording and reporting formats for TB, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control finalised, printed and
distributed
• National guidelines for the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis have been printed but
need a review to align with new WHO definitions and the shorter regimen for the management
of DR-TB
• Best Practice Manual. This outlines administrative and financial practices expected of the staff of
NTBLCP. It is expected to prevent financial embarrassment to the FGN/FMOH concerning the GF
finances. This needs a review to be in line with recent development in Government and Global
fund policies
• Development of the electronic monitoring system for GeneXpert molecular tests dubbed “Gx
Alert System” conceived and implemented in Nigeria in collaboration with Abt Associates/
Systemone
• Electronic monitoring system for the monitoring of drug susceptible and drugBresistant TB
called e-TB manager. Linking the electronic data management system to the DHIS2 in the
DPRS through the Galaxy Backbone is currently being worked out
• National Strategic Plan for the Control of Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer (2016-2020) has been
developed into a draft which needs to be finalised
• The NTBLCP & Partners successfully applied to Nippon Foundation of Japan and was able to
secure a grant ($79,374) being managed by WHO with funds released to support implementation
of activity as contained in approved work plan for control of leprosy. Also mapping of leprosy
along with some case management of NTDs is ongoing in the field
iii. Malaria
a. Case Management branch
{{ Conducted orientation training to medical laboratory scientists and MDs of all

the MPSS sites
{{ Coordinated stakeholders’ meeting on malaria Quality Assurance and Quality

Control (QA/QC)
{{ Carried out External Quality Assurance supervision on malaria diagnosis in 9

PMI/USAID supported states

{{ Conducted State level monitoring of Case Management & Malaria in Pregnancy

trainings in 20 states
{{ Monitored Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention implementation in Sokoto

and Zamfara and lessons learnt meeting
{{ Monitoring and facilitation of integrated community case management

(iCCM) training in Kebbi, Niger & Maiduguri
b. Integrated Vector Management Branch
{{ Provided coordination and oversight for the LLIN replacement campaigns

and continuous distribution
{{ Finalised Insecticide Resistance Monitoring (IRM) Plan
H E A LT H
c. Programme Management Branch
{{ Coordinated the Development of NMEP 2017 Annual Operational Plan
{{ Participated in International Conferences to review progress since last

meeting, experience sharing WAHO in Togo (2017) and RBM Harmonisation
Working Group Meeting, Tanzania (2016)
{{ Quarterly Review of 2016 Annual Operational Plan performance-
d. Monitoring & Evaluation Branch
{{ Health Management Information System
{{ Routine data collation and analysis through DHIS and provision of feedback
to states carried out
{{ Reviewed severe malaria and IPTp3 data elements on the NHMIS tools and
submitted to DPRS
{{ Malaria Intervention Assessment carried out in CRS, Ebonyi, Nasarawa &

Sokoto States and preliminary dissemination of findings held
{{ Use of FIONET device in malaria diagnosis piloted in Akwa Ibom & Rivers
States with support from Africare & ExxonMobil
{{ Beyond Garki Project – Household/Malariometric survey carried out in Enugu

& Kano
e. Product, Supply Chain Management Branch
{{ Carried out National Quantification and gap analysis with stakeholders

covering the period 2017-2020
{{ Developed National Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) sampling

protocol for malaria commodities
{{ Got supplies from GF and other partners of 13million LLINs for campaigns in
Imo, Kwara, Ondo, Edo and Osun States
f. Advocacy, Communication & Social Mobilisation Branch
{{ Finalised Malaria Social Mobilisation Training Manual to guide all ACSM IPs on
the social media.
{{ User’s Guide for the ACSM Guidelines was reviewed and finalized

{{ Conducted media literacy training workshops for NMEP staff and partners
{{ Held Malaria Media Contents Award for Best Malaria TV and Radio programmes
and Best Malaria Song Remix
{{ Private sector engagement strategy document launched by Malaria

Ambassador and the Minister of Health
g. Global Fund Project support
• NMEP successfully signed the Implementation Letter for the GF 2017 Malaria no-cost extension
grant in April 2017. Total approved cost for extension is: US$244,815,409
• Nigeria also successfully prepared and submitted malaria application for the GF grant for 2018-
2020 and is now at the grant-making stage
iv. Guinea-worm
• Guinea-worm eradication – Nigeria has been certified as a GWD-free country since December
2013
Maternal New-born and Child Health

• Development of zero draft of Standards and Guidelines for the Medical Management of victims
of violence in Nigeria was held in Abuja on 12 and 24 July 2016
• Rollout of the Family Planning Dashboard to 14 additional states – July to September 2016 held
at different states
• SOML launch and disbursement of funds to the 36 States and FCT in Abuja on 10th July 2016
• Launch and disbursement of funds to all the 36 States and FCT on SOMLp4r was held in Abuja
on 14 July 2016
• Operational Research on Community Case Management of Chest in-drawing pneumonia with

oral amoxicillin in children aged 2–59months-old by CORPS, Minna Niger State, 29 -31 August
2016
• Successful convening of the 4th Edition of National Family Planning Consultative Stakeholders’
Meeting and Investiture of Wife of the President as Goodwill Ambassador for Women and
Children’s Health – August 2016
• Successful development and update the national post-partum family planning guidelines and
training curriculum for health care workers – August – September 2016
• Training of Community Resource Persons (CORPs) and frontline health workers for the Satellite
IDPs on CIMCI, Barwee Luxury Suites Borno State 5 – 9 September 2016
H E A LT H
IDPs on ICCM, Barwee Luxury Suites Borno State 19 – 24 September 2016
• Workshop on Evidence to end FGM by Population Council (PC) at Sandralia Hotel, Utako in
September 2016
• Health Facilities Survey; data collection and data entry analysis August – October 2016
• Technical Session to review Nigeria Child Health Policy document, 20-22 October 2016 Lokoja
Kogi State
• Conduct of Training of trainers’ workshops on the insertion and Removal of Implanon NXT –
October 2016
• Conduct of Global Programme to Enhance Reproductive Health Commodity Security (GPRHCS)

Survey – October – December 2016
• Training for CHEWs on LARC methods (IUDs & Implants) 1- 11 November 2016 in Kano
• Launch of Every Newborn Action Plan and Chlorhexidine scale up Strategy in Abuja in 17
November 2016
• Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluating progress in implementation of iCCM Programmes in

Abia and Niger States from 23 November–3 December 2016
• Conduct of the UNFPA Supplies Programme Survey – November 2016.
• Review of RH Policy and RH Strategic Framework and Plan in Nigeria to reflect emerging issues
in the implementation of RH in Nigeria - November 2016
• Conduct of Global Programme to Enhance Reproductive Health Commodity Survey in 36 States

and FCT. 16-28 November 2016
• Finalisation of LARC Training Manuals for Physicians/Nurse Midwives and CHEWs in December
2016
• Field-testing of MNCH ISS tools and user guide carried out in 7 States: Enugu, Kwara, Ogun,
Akwa-Ibom, Kaduna, Katsina and Yobe from 30 November–18 December 2016
• Finalisation of Post-Training Supportive Supervision Tool in December 2016
• Training of two SOMLP4R programme officers on Health Financing in Kenya from 27 November
– 10 December 2016
• Provision of conservative Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) 2 March 2017
• Invitation to the National Launch of Nutrition Programme in Nigeria 9 March 2017

• Inauguration of SOML-IVA 15 March 2017
• National Reproductive Health Technical Working Group (NRHTWG) 28–29 March 2017
• National Health Facility Survey Report Presentation to DPG held on 3 April 2017
• Family Planning Commodities distribution to 36 States + FCT from April to May 2017
• Review and Resupply of FP commodities was held in the 36 States + FCT from May – June 2017
Elimination of Sub-standard, Fake and Counterfeit Drugs

• Deployment of ICT for detection of fake and Counterfeit drugs (TRUSCAN and text messaging
technique)
• WHO accreditation of local pharmaceutical industries for drug production
• Introduction of the text messaging technique for the authentication of drugs
• The upgrading of the standards and capacities of local drug manufacturing facilities like Juhel in
Anambra State and May & Baker in Ogun State is also a major achievement. This has resulted in
a decrease from 16.5% to 7.5% of the incidence of fake drugs in Nigeria
• NAFDAC has begun se-registration, hastening applications for registration
Other Health Service Delivery Initiatives

• Entered into bulk purchase agreement with Pan Africa Health Fund (PAHF) and First Medical
and Sterile Products on Auto-disable syringes
• Procured and distributed 12 ambulances to Federal Tertiary Hospitals
• Procured and distributed 80 blood banks to both private and public health facilities in the
country
• Implementation of the National Policy on Injection Safety and Medical Waste Management
• Procured chelating agents for the treatment of 400 victims of lead poisoning in Zamfara
• Six special sickle cell treatment centres established at FMC Gombe, FMC Keffi, Federal Teaching
Hospital Abakaliki, FMC Ebute-Metta, FMC Birnin Kebbi and FMC Yenagoa
Human Resources for Health

• Capacity of NHMIS officers built by the University of Maryland (UMB) on installation of live screens
or dashboard for display of analysed data
• Successfully hosted the 3rd National Human Resources for Health Conference, 18–20 July 2017
H E A LT H
• The ICT Branch of the ministry was elevated to a Department
• Finalisation and approval of National Health ICT Strategic Framework 2015 – 2020 by the NCH
(March 2016)
• Composition and inauguration of the National e-Health Steering Committee, National eHealth
Technical Committee and the eHealth Project Management Office. This made way for the
activities of eHealth Technical Committee and Project Management Office to take-off
• Composition of five Technical Working Groups (TWGs) to facilitate the work of the National
eHealth Technical Committee and the eHealth Project Management Office
• Improvement in the management of contents on the ministry’s website
• The development of the National eHealth Policy is in progress to give backing to the
implementation of the National Health ICT Strategic Framework
• Improved collaboration with other departments of the ministry to provide technical support on
the implementation of projects and ICT related initiatives
• Reintroduction of the overseas component of the Residency Training Programme
• Capacity building in Emergency Preparedness (e.g. training in Israel, training in Abuja by the
International Committee of the Red Cross, training organised by AFRICOM in Lagos, 2nd ATLS
course organised by Emergency Response Limited, Principles of Operative Orthopaedics
organised by AO)
• National Stakeholders Conference on Trauma and Emergency Response
• Committee on training of paramedics in Nigeria established
• Registration and training of medical physicists in Nigeria for the first time ever
• Revised curriculum for undergraduate Medical and Dental Education
• Committee on the training of herbal practitioners in medical schools inaugurated
• Committee on training of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners constituted
• CDC-Mentoring Laboratory towards National Accreditation (MELTNA)
• Task-shifting: trained CHEWs may now administer injectable contraceptives
• New curriculum for the training of community midwives
• Development of Global Health Players Programme

• The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria got a grant from CDC for the training of Medical
Laboratory Assessors and Mentors to strengthen Nigeria’s Laboratory Quality Management
Systems using the WHO/CDC/ASLM/SPLITA tools, ISO 15189 Standards and CLSI Guidelines
• Training of prioritized States LGA’s Social Mobilisation Committee on Ebola Viral Disease in 10
States, from 18 – 27 April 2016
• Training course on Risk analysis as a supporting framework for food control decision making and
CODEX standards (18 – 21 January 2016)
• Over 300 NBTS Staff and 2000 hospital workers trained in various aspects of blood safety in
collaboration with Safe Blood for Africa Foundation (SBFAF)
• Involved in successful conduct of interview for principal officers in the ministry’s MDAs
• Built capacity of some staff in the M&E division on the fundamentals of DHIS2
Financing for Health

• Completed the 2006-2014 National Health Accounts (NHA) thereby closing a decade of gaps
in the conduct of NHA in Nigeria. Currently conducting the 2015-2016 study with support from
WHO, USAID, UNFPA, NBS, CHECOD and other partners
• Completed the development and validation of the National Health Financing Policy and Strategy
to provide strategic direction to health financing reform in Nigeria
• Developed Operational Guidelines for the BHCPF with support from the WB
• Coordinated the costing of the Basic Minimum Package of Health Services (BMPHS) in line with
the NHAct with support from the WB
• Finalised selection and commenced pilot implementation of the BHCPF in three States (Abia,
Niger, Osun)
• Established and inaugurated the Statutory Committees of the NHAct
• Trained over 100 policy makers in nine States on sustainable health financing with support from
HFG and MNCH2
• Supported the establishment of health Financing Unit in Rivers State with support from HFG
• Supported the enactment of health insurance laws in Cross River, Anambra, Enugu, and Kano
States
• Established and inaugurated the UHC Bulletin and Editorial Board with support from HFG
• Established and inaugurated the National Network of Advocacy Champions for Adequate
H E A LT H
Health Financing with support from WAHO
• Established the National Legislative Network for UHC with the National Assembly with support
from HFG
• Created a dedicated Health Care Financing & Equity Unit in the Federal Ministry of Health
saddled with providing overarching policy guidance and coordination for health care financing
in close collaboration with the National Health Insurance Scheme
• Reforms and development of a new strategy to fast-track universal access to suitable financial
risk protection schemes for all Nigerians by the NHIS. Some of the initiatives embarked upon by
the Scheme include:
• Community-Based Social Health Insurance Programme as well as Voluntary Contributor Social

Health Insurance Programme
• Public Primary Schools Health Insurance Scheme – aimed at enrolling all pupils attending Public
Primary Schools into the scheme targeting 24million lives
• Mobile Health Insurance Scheme – targeting 20 million lives allowing mobile phone users to
enrol and pay for health insurance
• Tertiary Institutions’ Social Health Insurance Scheme – for students enrolled in post-secondary
institutions; targeting 4 million lives
• Revision of capitation, service fees and benefits
• ICT platform for NHIS initiated. Design is 85% completed
• Total revenue realised from Yellow Card and IGR was over N300million from July 2016 to July
2017
• On-going efforts to institutionalise the National Health Account System to provide accurate
data on healthcare financing for improved planning and programming. A National Steering
Committee and Technical Working Group have been inaugurated to fast-track this initiative
• National Conference on Health Financing
• Work in progress on Social Health Insurance for the Handicapped and Prisoners respectively
• The data reporting rate of States on the DHIS2 platform stabilised at approximately 70 per cent
as at July 2017; Constituted a Technical Task Team (TTT) to coordinate support for and facilitate
optimal functionality of DHIS2 platform to make health information available and accessible to
relevant stakeholders in the health sector. Commenced process for the creation of the DHIS 2
Help Desk

• Developed the harmonised draft National Health Indicator List (NHIL) and draft Community
Health Management Information System (CHMIS) registers and summary form
• Successfully hosted the meetings of National and State Health Data Consultative Committee
(HDCC) which was established as a technical advisory group to the Health Data Governance
Council (HDGC) were held in May 2017 in Benin and Kaduna. The relevance of the meeting centred
on improvement in data governance data architecture indicators and data management issues
• Approval for reprogramming of the Global Fund support for National Health Management
Information System (NHMIS)
• Increased collaboration with our key partner
• Ehealth4everyone: workspace productivity (remodelling workspace), project management tools

including archiving system, provide training and setting up of dashboards on DHIS2
• The National Health Management Information System has been further strengthened with the
introduction of the District Health Information System (DHIS) to ease data collection, collation
and analysis. This was further upgraded to the DHIS Version 2.0, which, is web-based and allows
real-time data entry and access from any part of the world.
• The Federal Ministry of Health distributed complete computer systems to 663 local governments
to ensure real-time data reporting. This is being scaled up to cover all the 774 LGAs in the country
• As at December 2014, 65% of health facilities in Nigeria are reporting service delivery data to the
DHIS platform
• Over 2,000 clinics are connected to DHIS platform through using mobile phones for data
reporting
• The ministry is finalising the framework for use of e-health in enhancing health service delivery
Partnership for Health

• Signing of MoUs
{{ With Austrian Government on Partnership in Public Health
{{ With Remi Babalola Foundation Centre on Human Resources for Health
{{ With UNFPA on Procurement, Supply and Distribution of Contraceptives

under Mr. President’s initiative for free contraceptives in Nigeria
{{ With General Electric (GE) for the establishment of private world-class

specialist hospitals and diagnostic centres under PPP arrangement
{{ With Health Professionals in Diaspora
H E A LT H
{{ With Federal Ministries of Women Affairs and Social Development and Finance
• Approval of NIPRD as Regional Hub of the African Network for Diagnostics and Innovations
(ANDI)
• Regular meetings of Health partners Coordination Committee and development of template

for mutual accountability
• Resuscitation of Biovaccines Limited, a joint venture between FGN and May and Baker on Yellow
fever vaccines
• Admission of NCDC into the International Association of National Public Health Institutions
(IANPHI)
• Adoption of PHCs by Federal Tertiary Hospitals
• Partnership with Bank of Industry (BOI)- offers credit facilities to local pharmaceutical industry
• Partnership with ECOWAS Bank for International Development to support our local
pharmaceutical industry
The Outline Business Case has been reviewed by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory

Commission and a certificate of compliance has been issued by the commission. The next step
is to get the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). A memo is being prepared
Community Participation and Ownership

IDPs on CIMCI, Barwee Luxury Suites Borno State 5 – 9 September 2016
• Resuscitation of the Ward Development Committees
• Recruitment of Village Health Workers
• Approval of the Community Midwife Scheme to promote community ownership
• Sustained involvement of Civil Society Organisations in planning and programme implementation

management and coordination initiatives of the ministry
Research for Health

• The Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), National Institute for Pharmaceutical
Research and Development (NIPRD), as well as Federal Tertiary Health Institutions and other
non-government hospitals and organisations are championing health research in Nigeria. The
following are some of the key national research studies/initiatives achieved by the ministry:
• Inaugurated National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC)
• Inaugurated the National Health Research Committee (NHRC)
• Social production of NIPRISAN – a locally-developed anti-sickling drug developed by NIPRD
• Completed the construction and furnishing of NIPRD Laboratory which started in 1993.
Researchers can occupy and use the laboratory for the first time
• Reactivated the NIH Biology and Chemistry Laboratory donated by the USA and reactivating
and sustaining 27 research equipment.
• Reactivation and upgrading of the Pilot Drug Manufacturing Facility
• Provision of diagnostic and health research services (DOTs, ARV, etc) to about 3,000 members of the
public at Idu area of Abuja, currently engaged at the NIPRD Research Clinic
• Determination of the prevalence of hepatitis and its clinical impact on persons on HAART in NIPRD
GOPD.
• Support for research on the Hidden Epidemic of Death and Disease caused by Smokeless Tobacco
and Cigarette Use in Nigeria
• Survey and mapping leading causes of childhood mortality in Nigeria
H E A LT H
• Emergency response to cholera outbreaks in Nigeria
• Correlation of Helicobacter Pylori Infection with gastroduodenal diseases in Nigeria: Improvement of

diagnosis and treatment
• Molecular characterisation of anaerobic periodontal bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial

susceptibility to antibiotics
• The antagonistic properties of Lactic Acid Bacteria Against Quinolone Resistant Neisseria Gonorrhoea,
Salmonella Enterica Ser Typhi And Candida Albicans
• Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) completed and awaiting Presidential approval. This is part of our
commitment to Zero Tolerance for Tobacco
• Nationwide prevalence survey of TB - in the 36 states and FCT is currently ongoing. This is the first
attempt at documenting the actual burden of TB.
• National HIV/AIDS & Reproductive Health Survey – This is conducted every five years to provide data
on behavioural aspects of HIV/AIDS as well as general information on reproductive health
• National Antenatal Sero-Prevalence Survey – This is an important survey that provides us with progress
data on our efforts to reduce and halt the spread of HIV/AIDS.
• Household and Health Facility Surveys across the country being conducted in collaboration with
National Bureau of Statistics.
• Achievements of the Human Virology Laboratory (HVL) of NIMR
• African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) Recognition:
• External Quality Assessment: During this period, we provided external quality assessment (EQA)
services for HIV, TB & Malaria to government and private institutions
• Capacity for HPV Assay: With the commissioning of Cobas 4800 analyser, HVL becomes the first centre
in Nigeria to have such facility and with the capacity for the screening and genotyping of Human
Papilloma Virus (HPV) the causative agent of cervical cancer to facilitate its prevention and control in
Nigeria
• Malaria research received a boost as the proposals had grants to carry out the following studies: (a)
anti-malaria drug efficacy trial (b) studies on innovative malaria vector control and (c) drugs and
insecticide resistance tracking in some selected sites in Nigeria.
• Field activities on Appraisal of health insurance schemes in Nigeria has been completed by the Health
System and Policy Research Group
• Dissemination workshop on the findings from a nationally representative multi-site study on the

status of health research in Federal and State Ministries of Health, Federal Specialist Hospitals, Federal
Medical Centres, and Local Government Areas
The HIV/AIDS and TB Research Group carried out the following Research studies
• Resistance to first- and second-Line Antiretroviral Drugs with grants from CDC/NIH, Atlanta USA
• Resistance to first- and second-line Anti-TB drugs
• Commodities of TB and HIV
• Operational Research on new point-of-care diagnostics for TB and HIV
The Immunology and Vaccinology Research Group conducted the following research studies:
• Evaluation of EPI programme at rural health districts in Lagos State.
• Creation of awareness on the importance of immunization and health consequences of vaccine

preventable disease in two urban and rural communities.
• Establishment of collaboration with the Lagos State Primary Health Care Development Board.
• Capacity building for rural health workers in Epe and Ibeju Lekki communities in Lagos.
• Create research framework for intervention studies to improve immunization coverage at district level.
• The Neglected Tropical Research Group conducted research into molecular characterisation of
Bulinus snails - intermediate hosts of schistosomes - in Ogun State, South West Nigeria and obtained
grants from: Systematic Research Grant Award by the Linnean Society/Systematics Association, UK;
Volkswagen Foundation Travel Grant and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Travel
Grant.
• The Non-Communicable Research Group conducted research into: (a) National Multiple Myeloma
survey and (b) Investigating and Identifying the Causes of Sudden Death in Adult Nigerians and is
planning to conduct research in the Establishment of flow cytometric immune-phenotyping for
analysis of some cancers in Nigeria.
PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT OF THE SYSTEMS STUDY OF GOMBE STATE BOARD OF
INTERNAL REVENUE TO THE GOVERNOR, IBRAHIM HASSAN DANKWAMBO

INDEPENDENT CORRUPT PRACTICES AND OTHER REL ATED
OFFENCES COMMISSION (ICPC)
Looking to do
more….
Mandate
To carry out enforcement, prevention and public education against corruption.
Milestones
i. Prosecution and Convictions Secured
Between May 2015 and May 2018, the Commission secured 43 convictions with varying sentences.
The corruption cases which began years before the start of the present administration, involved
private individuals, elected public officers and public servants indicted for infractions cutting across
abuse of office, bribery, visa racketeering, falsification of documents, conferring unfair advantage,
and cheating. Meanwhile, 193 cases were filed in various courts for prosecution across the country
within the period under review.
The Commission’s robust and effective strategies against visa racketeering, which hitherto
had besmirched the image of Nigeria, earned the commendation some embassies and high
commissions, including those of British, USA, and India. The British High Commission early in 2018
upgraded facilities at the Commission’s Lagos office, and donated operational equipment and a
vehicle in recognition of the Commission’s efforts.
ii. Recovery of funds, moveable and immoveable assets
Assets worth N2.62b have thus far been recovered from various individuals and organisations. This
includes N1. 74b recovered into the ICPC TSA Recovery Account and immoveable assets such as
completed/uncompleted buildings, farmlands and plots of land worth N877 Million.
158 government vehicles recovered.
The intervention of the Commission also led to the recovery - and refund - of N11.3 billion belonging
to petitioners, pensioners and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The Commission’s
intervention into the winding up of SURE-P also culminated in the recovery of N148m.
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iii. Prevention
The Commission’s aim is to reduce opportunity for corruption by strengthening organisational

systems. Within the period under review, ICPC employed the following result-oriented corruption
prevention strategies:
a. System Study Review in MDAs
The primary goal of the System Study and Review is to assess the operational processes and
procedures of MDAs by detecting areas of vulnerabilities to corruption to provide directives
for improvement in compliance with extant rules and regulations governing the conduct of
government business.
Within the period under review, the Commission’s preventive operations successfully executed
System Study and Review in Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue (GSBIR), Niger Delta
University, National Examination Council (NECO), Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and Gombe
State Water Board, National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC),
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), National Hospital, Abuja, and MDAs personnel cost.
Assessment of the operations of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), National Power

Training Institute 0f Nigeria (NAPTIN), and many other agencies by the Commission is ongoing.
System Study and Review of selected MDAs; personnel cost conducted by the Commission
in 2016, led to massive migration of MDAs to Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System
(IPPIS) platform. The outcome of the review led to drastic reduction of the federal government’s
wage bill by over N50 billion.
b. Corruption Risk Assessment (CRA)
The Commission examined various sectors of the nation’s economy for corruption risks with a
view to identifying system weaknesses that create opportunities for corruption and instituting
an Integrity Plan directed at plugging the loopholes and raising the integrity profile of the system
for efficiency and effectiveness.
iv. CRA in the Nigerian Ports Sector
According to a survey conducted by the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network, (MACN), an international

non-governmental organisation working in the maritime sector with about 70 global companies
as members, the impact of the Port Service Support Portal (PSSP; www.pssp.ng), launched by
Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbaoo, on 23 June 2016, based on the Commission’s Corruption Risk
Assessment of the nation’s sea ports and an Integrity Plan therefrom, is being felt in the maritime
sector through:
• Reduction in safety-related incidents
• Less severe threats to crews and vessels

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• Decrease in waiting time (pre-berth)
• Reporting all kinds of issues and infractions in the ports and aggregating them into reliable
statistics and resolving such issues.
v. E-Government Platforms
The Commission has since 2016 carried out Corruption Risk Assessments of the e-platforms of some
generating agencies, financial, educational and health institutions assessed, and recorded successes
including:
• Reduction of human interface, which has led to fewer opportunities for corruption
• Elimination of direct access to cash resources by humans
• Easy tracing of transactions
• Oversight of the payroll by the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF)
• Various levels of approval and review
• Merging of various accounts into one single account, which allows for easy monitoring
• Identification of corruption risks associated with the implementation of e-government platforms

in MDAs with the aim of strengthening the system of operation.
With the CRA on the e – government platforms, it is expected that the platforms will be given
the appropriate legislative backing, while the regulatory institutions responsible for information
technology in Nigeria, the National Information Technology Development Agency, would be given
a more visible role to play.
vi. Tackling Corruption in MDAs
With the establishment and inauguration of additional 89 Anti – Corruption and Transparency
Units (ACTUs), in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) within the last three years, ICPC
has improved public sector compliance with extant rules and regulations. ACTU operations were
reviewed to include ethics and compliance in line with the reorientation objectives of government.
The Commission developed and deployed an Ethics and Compliance Scorecard for use in MDAs, of
which a pilot exercise was carried out in 20 of them in the period under review.
ACTUs’ effectiveness was enhanced. Several of the units continued their surveillance on the system
and sensitisation against corruption. Through their operations, corrupt persons were fished out and
sanctioned as required. For instance, the ACTU of Ken Saro Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Rivers State
investigated a case of staff overpayment of salaries. The unit interviewed 38 members of staff in
connection with the case involving over N34, 329,906.37. At the end of the investigation, 27 staff
of were found culpable: the two who manipulated the payment records were recommended
I N D E P E N D E N T CO R RU PT P R ACT I C ES A N D OT H E R R E L AT E D O F F E N C ES COM M I SS I O N (I C P C)
for dismissal, while the rest were recommended to either serve suspension and make refunds or
have their appointments terminated and equally refund the overpaid amount. According to the
institution’s registrar, all recommendations on system upgrade to revamp the payroll system and
block loopholes identified during the investigation have been implemented.
vii. Sensitisation
Using lectures, speeches, rallies, workshops, town hall meetings etc, which cut across public
institutions, secondary schools, tertiary institutions, NYSC orientation camps, rural communities,
MDAs, etc, across the country, the Commission had over 689 sensitisation sessions.
The Commission also established 546 established 546 Anti-corruption Clubs and Vanguards in
schools and tertiary institutions across the country; to provide a moral compass for students and
young adults who would be moving from educational institutions into the world of work. Capacity
building trainings were also organised for 327 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs).
This is besides the National Youth Conference Against Corruption held from 24–25 November 2015
to mobilise Nigerian youths against corruption and enlist their active participation in the national
campaign for ethical re-orientation. This effort and other youth-oriented initiatives of the Commission
culminated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Association
of Nigerian Students (NANS) for a robust collaboration in waging war against corruption in the
nation’s tertiary institutions.
Several other mass mobilisation strategies utilising various information and communication
platforms are ongoing to sensitise the Nigerian public against corruption and sue for values re-
orientation in line with the government’s ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign.
c. Monitoring of Disbursed FG Bail-Out Funds to Distressed States
As part of the Federal Government’s effort to end the lingering crisis of unpaid worker’s salary in
the country, especially in states of the Federation with the perennial problem of unpaid salaries,
President Muhammadu Buhari approved a comprehensive relief package of the Central Bank
of Nigeria’s (CBN) special intervention fund for states in the form of soft loans solely for paying
the backlog of salaries.
To allay the concerns of Nigerians that the funds might be misapplied, the Commission, working
in concert with the Nigeria Labour Congress, made good its resolve to monitor the Bailout Funds
loaned to 27 states of the Federation as approved.
d. Ensuring Corruption-free Business Practices in Nigeria
In line with Federal Government efforts to improve the country’s business environment, ICPC
has devised methods and strategies to reduce the incidence of corruption in business practices
in Nigeria. Apart from the Commission’s interventions at both the land and seaports, it is in the
process of incorporating professional ethics in the practice of organisations, through partnership

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with Private Sector, Business Membership Organisations (BMOs) and Professional Associations
(PAs). Organisations in this process include: Nigeria Institute of Managements, Institute of
Chartered Economists of Nigeria, Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria, Estate Surveyors and
Valuers’ Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON), Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and
Valuers’ (NIESV), Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC), and Nigeria Institute
of Town Planners (NITP).
ICPC’s collaboration with BMOs and PAs to build capacity in the use of the codes are designed to
help ensure corruption-free business practices in the country by motivating them to discourage
all sub-structures that promote corrupt practices.
ICPC has also committed itself to treating all petitions from investors and Nigerians in diaspora
expeditiously through continuous investigation, prosecution and conduct of Corruption Risk
Assessments in relation to any person or public institution that creates corruption bottlenecks for
investments, especially in the areas of property acquisition, incorporation of company processes
or licensing and business partnerships.
e. Verification/Investigation of Certificates/ Utilities
Following the invitation of the Commission by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps,
Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigerian Prisons Service, Pension Transition Arrangement
Department (PTAD), Federal Fire Service and the National Identity Management Commission
(NIMC) to verify the certificates of their staff; the Commission commenced verification of 40, 808
certificates of staff of the agencies.
Out of this number, 11,996 certificates have been returned verified with 4,839 certificates cleared
by the institutions while 721 certificates were confirmed to be forged. Reports in respect of others
are still being awaited. Prosecution of all culprits will follow at the end of the exercise.
Within this period also, the Commission undertook a massive verification exercise of Utility
Bills payments by MDAs. As a result, there were startling discoveries of non-payment of over
N6.2b bills in three cities. Many of the defaulting MDAs have since made some payments, while
pledging to the Commission their commitment to complete payment of the remaining money.
ICPC has surfeit the of knowledge, ideas, experience and strategies to fight corruption and bring
it under control. With continuing political will and sufficient resources, the nation should expect
more.
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INDUSTRY, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
Engaged on all
fronts to make
Nigeria less-
dependent on oil
The ministry is key in the drive by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari towards
economic diversification and growth of Nigeria from an oil-dependent economy. Given the
tremendous achievements recorded within the past years of this present administration, the Industry,
Trade and Investment Sector has immense potentials to create the required wealth, generate
employment and reduce poverty thereby transforming this country to a vibrant economy globally.
Mandates
i. Creation of enabling environment to stimulate domestic investment and attract foreign direct
investment in all sectors of the economy and make Nigeria the most preferred investment
destination in the continent
ii. Facilitation of trade in goods and services and maximizing the benefits of international trade
through functional bilateral relations and multilateral trade relation with other countries
iii. Acceleration of the growth of the industrial sector and enhancing productivity
iv. Boosting the development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) as the engine of
economic growth
Core Strategic Plan

• 3 Core Pillars
{{ Implement the Nigerian Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP)
{{ Support Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
I N D U S T R Y, T R A D E A N D I N V E S T M E N T
{{ Support the Digitalisation of the Nigerian economy
• 5 Foundational Enablers
{{ Establish an Enabling Business Environment (EBE)
{{ Develop Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
{{ Establish 21st Century Trade/Free Trade agreements
{{ Attract domestic and foreign investments
{{ Institutionalize the Structural Reform Agenda (SRA)
Milestones:
The Nigeria Commodity Exchange
In addition to the widely publicised successes in, among things, World Bank Ease-of-Doing Business
Ranking - made possible by the efforts of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council
(PEBEC) and varied stakeholders; advancement in online company registration; electronic stamping
of documents and generally a conducive policy environment for business and industries, there is
progress in strengthening the Nigeria Commodity Exchange Commission to engage in agricultural
commodity aggregation and marketing in Nigeria. The Exchange is currently collaborating with the
New Nigeria Commodity Exchange Commission (NNCMC), promoted by the 19 Northern States and
other private investors under a PPP model.
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is also leasing warehouses to the Exchange
- as part of the implementation of a nationwide electronic Warehouse Receipt System (e-WRS) - for
use as delivery warehouses. e-WRS plays a significant role in reducing post-harvest losses, increasing
the accessibility of farmers to credits, food security and reduction of food import bills which are
in consonance with the cardinal objectives of lifting the Nigerian economy out of recession. The
Exchange has also renovated five of the warehouses in predominantly areas of key staples, and
has linked three warehouses to the Central Securities Clearing System. So, rural dwellers around
the warehouses can now have access to professional storage facilities. The Bill on Establishment of
Warehouse Receipt Regulatory Agency and other related matters which will promote warehouse
receipt trading and financing in the agricultural sector for farmers’ improved access to agricultural
financing has been passed by the Senate Committee on Industry and is awaiting concurrence
from the house. This Bill when passed into law will bring about drastic improvement in agricultural
produce marketing and improvement in farmers’ share of the consumer price for improved income
and standard of living. It will also assist in making the Nigeria Commodity Exchange functional and
capable of bringing about improvement in agro-produce pricing and reduction in post-harvest
waste which is one of the focal points of the present administration.
It was to put the Exchange on a strong footing to begin uninterrupted trading that The Presidency,
through the National Economic Council (NEC), approved the revitalisation of the NCX through equity

ENGAGED ON ALL FRONTS TO MAKE NIGERIA LESS-DEPENDENT ON OIL
participation of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) in the Exchange. The injection of
additional capital by NSIA in NCX will facilitate the acquisition of required physical and material
needed to make it functional once the necessary legal framework is put in place by the government.
On Market Information System (MIS), the NCX has presence in 16 command markets across the six
geo-political zones where prices of agriculture commodities are polled, processed and disseminated
on daily and weekly basis to relevant stakeholders. This information being provided has succeeded
in minimising price information asymmetry among farmers and other commodity stakeholders.
The Exchange also has a subsisting relationship with ECX where prices of agriculture commodities
are made available to traders on Ethiopia Commodity Exchange. The MIS of the NCX is serving as a
veritable source of price data that could be used for research and formulation of national food policy.
It also provides an early warning mechanism for Federal Government to take precautionary measures
to either restock the National Strategic Food Reserve or release foods to the populace. MIS is a tool
that is used to narrow the gap between the farm gate price and market price and thereby helping
to enhance the livelihood of the rural farmers. To make the price information more accessible to the
farmers, the Exchange is collaborating with MTN Nigeria to provide a platform where farmers can
conveniently access price information on their mobile phones.
In the last two years, the Exchange has carried out sensitisation in the six geo-political zones of the
country to seek for the buy-in of the commodity actors in using the Exchange as a platform for buying
and selling agriculture commodities at remunerative prices. Feelers from the different venues of the
sensitisation showed remarkable enthusiasm by the stakeholders to start trading their commodities
on the Exchange. This will lead to price discovery and quality assurance of the commodities that are
traded on the Exchange and thereby impact positively in increasing the production of agricultural
commodities and job creation.
Revitalised Consumer Protection Council

Because of huge consumer abuse in virtually all sectors of the economy, the Consumer Protection
Council (CPC) identified sectoral interventions as a fast-track approach for the discharge of its
responsibilities to Nigerian consumers. It envisages identifying the major player in a sector with
pervasive consumer abuse, investigating and issuing orders to redress same. It has the attendant
effect of modifying the behaviour of other businesses in the sector towards self-regulation.
CPC continued to provide redress to complaints on different issues in the electricity power
sector. These include estimated billing, non-metering, irregular disconnection, non-supply of
infrastructure requirements, damage to property from electricity fluctuation, and lack of proper
consumer complaints redress mechanism. To this end, the Council ensured the provision of
pre-payment meters to consumers. Estimated billings were reversed; repair and replacement
of damaged cables, poles, transformers and other electrical accessories in various communities
were facilitated.
Furthermore, the Council ordered the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to pay the
family of a boy, Samuel Ayodele, electrocuted in Abuja the sum of N10million as compensation
for the company’s technical lapses and gross negligence. This decision was taken after CPC
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visited the scene of the electrocution, conducted on-the-spot interviews with residents of the
community, sought the technical opinion of the Nigerian Electricity Management Services
Agency (NEMSA), and arrived at its conclusion that AEDC’s technical lapses and gross negligence
led to Master Ayode’s death. The AEDC has complied with the Council’s orders by effecting the
payment to the boy’s family.
CPC commenced a partnership with MacArthur Foundation in 2016 to, among others, prioritise
and focus more intensely on the electricity power sector, sensitise consumers to electricity
service delivery issues and encourage electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) to be more
accountable to consumers. To this effect, the CPC has been using platforms such as the social
media, town hall meetings and television programmes to create awareness for consumers of
their rights in the electricity power sector.
Other sectors which CPC has weighed in on consumers’ protection with landmark successes are:
aviation, food and beverage, satellite television, banking, hospitality, and telecommunications.
Platforms used in consumer education include: Consumer Voice, a weekly television programme
on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA); Consumer Speaks, on Federal Radio Corporation of
Nigeria (FRCN), Nigerian Consumer Voice (NICOV), a quarterly journal, and CPC Handbook.

At the grassroots, CPC utilises multi-level platforms and stakeholder groups to spread information
on sub-standard, fake and adulterated products and other issues of consumer significance.
To ensure collective actions in resolving intractable consumer challenges in the various sectors,
CPC have engaged with high priority sector regulations such as SON, the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Nigerian Communications
Commission, Film and Video Censors Board, the Nigeria Electricity Management Services
Agency (NEMSA) and the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP)

• The Nigeria Industrial Policy & Competitiveness Advisory Council, (Industrial Council) was approved
on 15 March 2017, with the vice president as chairman and the minister as vice chairman, and
secretariat set up in the ministry’s Industrial Development Department
• Plans have been completed to establish three auto industrial parks in the three auto corridors of
Kaduna-Kano, Lagos-Ogun-Ibadan and Enugu
• Domestication of manufacturing of cell phones, electronics and electrical appliances led to the
birth of Afrione Mobile Phone Company, Ilupeju, Lagos
• Local production of machines, tools and equipment which was truncated in the previous years
has been brought back but this time the Public-Private Sector collaboration is driven by the
private sector
• Backward Integration Policy in cable and wire aimed at self-sufficiency in cable and wire
products is being supported by the present administration. So far, the sector is stabilised and
globally competitive
• A robust backward integration programme to produce local steel and derivatives is being
worked out with the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development
• A new Tomato Policy, approved in February 2017 and developed by the ministry in collaboration
with other relevant ministries, is aimed at increasing local production of tomato fruit required
for fresh fruit consumption and processing; increase local production of tomato concentrate and
reduce post-harvest losses. Based on this, Erisco Food Ltd has laid foundation stone for a new
factory in Katsina State; Savannah Integrated Farm reviving the Gombe Plant; and Dansa Tomato
Farms is also reviving the Kano Plant. New investors, both local and foreign, have indicated
interest in setting up tomato processing plant in the country. In this regard, Agriculture Services
Ltd is putting up a 75MT mini-processing plant in Kaduna State; Katsina State Government has
started putting up mini processing plants to significantly reduce post-harvest losses; and the
Bank of Industry (BOI) has commenced the training of entrepreneurs on other ways of tomato
packaging - all in a bid to reduce post-harvest losses and wastages.
• The Diary industry is one which the government is focusing on to reduce a lot of foreign exchange
as well as encourage domestic milk production. The ministry is spearheading the formulation
and development of Dairy policy to stimulate local dairy industry towards value addition as well
as aggregation of milk in the country
• Implementation of the Cotton Textile and Garment Policy has reduced smuggling, counterfeiting
and faking of textile materials. Awareness for local patronage of textile is improving and textile
companies have started retooling while job loss has significantly reduced as no textile companies
have closed down during this period
• Activities are ongoing in the development of policy in the following sectors: fertiliser,
pharmaceuticals, syringes, lubricants, plastics, leather, alum, ceramics, glass, pulp and paper and
diapers.
Championing the cause of Nigeria’s MSME’s as means of creating jobs and

achieving inclusive growth
In implementing the National Enterprises Development Programme (NEDEP) as a strategic
way of delivering enterprise development in the country by directly addressing the critical
factors that have inhibited the growth of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME)
Sector, three common facilities have been established:
• Leather Cluster Sokoto
• Shoe-making Cluster Aba
• Shea butter processing Minna
The African Development Bank (ADB) provided a grant for the conversion of Industrial
Development Centres to MSMEs cluster parks.
In January 2017, the nationwide implementation of MSMES Clinics started in Aba, Abia State; to
restore, refurbish and further aid the growth of Micro Small and Medium businesses in Nigeria.
The GEM (Growth and Employment) initiative in collaboration with the World Bank has taken
off. It allowed the identification of 23 IDAs (Industrial Cluster Areas) to support MSME’s with
capacity development and launch of the ‘BIG platform’ funding initiative to provide funding
and training for MSMEs
Proactively attract long-term local and foreign investments

In 2016, the ministry reviewed Nigeria’s model Investment and Promotion Agreement (IPPA),
a treaty between two countries that addresses issues relating to cross-border investments,
usually for the protection, promotion and liberalisation of such investments. The former model
awarded investors tremendous rights with little or no obligations to the country. About 26 of
such agreements will be reviewed and renegotiated.
The ministry is partnering with the NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative to undertake a
review of investment policy.

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It also participated at the validation meeting of the draft ECOWAS Code (ECOWIC) and ECOWAS
Investment Policy (ECOWIP) and recommendations were made to the Ministers in charge of
Investment for adoption and approval by Council of Ministers.
Participation of Nigeria in business forums

With the aim of attracting Foreign Direct Investment, the ministry ensured the country’s
participation at the Nigeria-Kenya Business Forum held in January 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya;
Nigeria-South Africa Business Forum held in Nigeria in May 2016; Nigeria-German Business
Forum held on 14 October 2016 in Berlin and attended by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Investors indicated their interest to establish Vocational Training Centres to improve the skills
of workers; African Business and Investment Forum held from 3-5 December in Algeria and
ECOWAS Business Forum held from 22-23 February 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.
International Trade Fair

The ministry mobilised/sensitised Nigerian manufacturers/stakeholders to participate to
showcase Made-in Nigeria products in the following International Trade Fairs: 10th Ethio-
Chamber International Trade Fair held from 26-30 October 2017 in Addis Ababa and 4th Edition
of the International Trade Fairs of the Agricultural and Animal Resources (SARA,2017) held in
Abidjan from 17-26 November 2017.
Joint Commission
The ministry organised and participated in Joint Commission with the aim of strengthening
bilateral relations through signing of Agreements and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
as well as resolving bilateral issues with its international trading partners. The following took
place:
• Framework Agreement between the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria and the National Development and Reform Commission of the
People’s Republic of China for Cooperation on Industrial Activities, Infrastructural Development
and Production Capacity which was signed in 12 April 2016
• The 5th Session of Nigeria-Canada Bi-National Commission held on 7 November 2016 in Abuja,
Nigeria
• Nigeria – USA Bi-National Commission held on 20 November 2017 n Abuja, Nigeria
• The 7th Session of Nigeria-Ghana Joint Commission held from 18-20 October 2017 in Accra
Ghana and
• The Second Session of the Joint Commission of Cooperation between Burkina Faso and the
Federal Republic of Nigeria held from 18-20 April 2017 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Trade Mission
To explore areas of possible cooperation with other countries, the ministry participated in the
Nigerian Trade Mission to Mexico Business Summit from 20-27 October 2017
The Ministry presented a report of the Fifth WTO Trade Policy review on Nigeria’s drive to diversify
from oil to a competitive manufacturing sector, which will facilitate integration into global
value chains (GVCs) and boost productivity; as well as a strong services sector to be supported
by an enabling environment for private-sector-led growth, industrial competitiveness and
sustainable development
The ministry participated at the preparatory meeting of Africa Ministers of Trade on the 11th
WTO Ministerial Conference which held in Marrakech, Morocco in 2017. With outcome/report
that African countries should maintain a common position on current issues of offensive and
defensive interest as well as new issues.
The ministry participated at the meeting of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC) which
held in 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina with outcome to be presented in the forthcoming Post
MC 11
The ministry held a day workshop on implementation of Trade Facilitation Agreement in Kano
and Lagos, Nigeria, with outcome to remove critical bottlenecks and bureaucratic constraints
to doing business in Nigeria and make the country a progressively easier place to start and

grow a business
An annual meeting of the 9th D-8 Summit was held in Turkey, 2017 with outcome to create a
priority plan in areas of Trade Facilitation Measures, Strengthening Energy cooperation and
Tourism Cooperation, Agriculture, Industry and Transportation
The ministry participated at the International Trade Fairs in Enugu, Kaduna, Kano, Abuja, Lagos,
Nnewi, Aba and the National Trade Fairs; Niger, Benue and Katsina etc. with outcomes that
identified tools in analysing the critical constraints to competitiveness, standard and growth as
well as an avenue to extract information on domestic and external trade from traders to drive
growth and poverty reduction
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Building a solid,
sustainable
internal security
architecture
Monumental changes have been taking place across all the departments and agencies of
this ministry since the coming of the Muhammadu Buhari Administration, towards ensuring
adequate safety of lives and property of all and sundry in the country.
A new Permanent Secretary, Dr Mohammed B. Umar, was deployed to the ministry to assist
the minister in delivering. centred on safety, security, granting of expatriate quota, generating
revenue for the government through the activities of the Nigeria Immigration Service and
enabling conducive business environment.
The Nigeria Police Force has witnessed a myriad of developmental projects ranging from
the construction /rehabilitaion of Divisional Police Stations, Officers Quarters, Rank and File
Barracks, Procurement of Operational Vehicles, Officers’ Mess, NPF Finance Corps Office and
various others around the country.
A number of transformational construction and rehabilitation work was also carried out in the
Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State.
Comprehensive strategies to address the situation of Prisons in Nigeria including the conditions
of the inmates and the General State of the Prisons were adopted. To this end, 320 Operational
vehicles, Black Maria, ambulances, water tankers, sewage trucks, Escort Hi-luxes, buses and staff cars
were procured for Nigerian Prisons Service To reduce congestion in the prisons, massive construction
and rehabilitation of inmates’ cell blocks to expand prisons nationwide was embarked upon and
the foundation of a 3,000-capacity model prison earmarked for the North-West Zone, out of the six
proposed model prisons to be established in each geopolitical zones in the country, was laid by the
minister work is on-going. Drugs and medicaments were procured and distributed to prison yards
and formations across the country. Staff training and development was not left out as a new hostel
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block was constructed at the Prison Staff College, Kaduna and a number of Command Offices and
Staff barracks were also constructed and renovated.
Operational vehicles for the Nigeria Immigration Service which includes Nissan Urvan 16-seater
buses, 4-Wheel Drive All-Terrain Vehicles, Ford Ranger Double Cabin Pick-Up for Border Patrol and
staff cars were procured while the installation of Integrated ICT Infrastructure and Connectivity for
Immigration Processing Centre Solution; and the Provision of Local Area Networking and Connectivity
deployment for Nigeria Immigration Service Headquarters, Abuja has also been concluded. Zonal
and Command Offices were also constructed within the period to enhance immigration duties
of policing our borders against illegal migrations, trans-border crimes, trafficking in humans and
weapons and the movement of terrorists and other criminals.
The Federal Fire Service for the first time since its establishment procured a number of firefighting
equipment including Firefighting Water Trucks (Water and Foam Tenders) of various capacities
ranging between 1,000 and 10,000 litres and Emergency Rescue Tenders complete with Rescue
Equipment. The headquarters of The Federal Fire Service and existing fire stations across the country
have been renovated and rehabilitated with ongoing plans to situate new Federal Fire Stations in
more States of the federation. The National Fire Academy (NFA), Sheda, Abuja, now affiliated with
Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) to provide post-graduate studies has within its grounds, a newly
constructed Fire House, the Commandant Quarters and a Hostel Block. These transformational
projects are geared towards repositioning the Federal Fire Service for effective service delivery.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps also experienced transformation in various areas. The
administrative headquarters of the Corps was relocated from the City Centre to Airport Road, Sauka,
Abuja and currently, construction on the perimeter wall fencing, Staff Quarters and the Main Gate
Lodge has been completed while varoius other projects are ongoing. The NSCDC College of Security
Management in Abeokuta, Ogun State also received a touch of the transformation going on in the
ministry with the construction of a Classroom Block and Staff Quarters which have been completed.
THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE

Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni, assumed duty on 22 June 2016 as the 19th indigenous Inspector-General
of Police, and promised to reposition the Nigeria Police Force to be more accountable, responsive,
responsible and reliable under his leadership. Varying and pragmatic crime prevention and reduction
strategies were adopted across the country which has resulted in many successes for the Force. The
fear of crime and criminalities is also being dealt with through visibility policing, crime prevention
and confidence=building patrols and police interventions in crime-prone areas in the country.
Community Policing and people engagements are vigorously embarked upon thereby resulting in
reduction of crimes and criminalities throughout the country.
Specifically
Creation of the “Our Creed” a concept fashioned out and adopted for the Force aimed at policing
the country based on international best practices and with integrity in line with the Rule of Law.

B U I L D I N G A S O L I D, S USTA I N A B L E I N T E R N A L S ECU R I T Y A RC H I T ECT U R E
Today, every police officer is guided in line with the following doctrines:
a. That we shall police the country based on international core values of policing with integrity
b. That we shall ensure that the rule of law prevails in our actions and activities
c. That we shall respect diversity, display courage, show compassion and demonstrate
professionalism
d. That we shall operate within the principles of democratic policing
e. That we shall shun corruption
f. That we shall make Nigeria safer and secured
Establishment of Eminent Persons Forum and its re-launch in all commands of the country
Election Security: Successful conduct of Governorship/Re-run National Assembly elections
i. Edo State Governorship election held on 28/09/2016
ii. Ondo State Governorship election held on 26/11/2016
iii. Re-runs National Assembly election in Imo and Kogi 23/07/2016
iv. Rivers States re-runs National Assembly election 10/12/2016
v. Anambra State Governorship election held on 18/11/2017
vi. Anambra Central Senatorial Re-run election held on 13/01/2018
vii. Ekiti State Gubernatorial Election held on 14 July 2018
Prosecution of Electoral Offenders: During the 2016 Rivers State Re-run National Assembly
Election, six Police Officers who allegedly violated the Electoral Act 2010 (As Amended) were
tried, found guilty and dismissed from the Force while 23 INEC Staff were arraigned in court and
undergoing prosecution. ₦114,000,000 million recovered from the INEC Staff was deposited in
Federal Government Treasury as exhibit.
National Security Summit: the Inspector General of Police, the National Council of Traditional
Rulers in Nigeria and the Leadership Newspapers Group convened a National Security Summit
on 11 and 12 May, 2017 to look at farmers-pastoralist clashes, kidnapping and other forms of violent
crimes in Nigeria. The outcomes of the summit were far-reaching and when implemented will
go a long way to find lasting solutions to herdsmen/farmers’ clashes as well as kidnapping and
other violent crimes in the country.
Regional Security Summits were also held in Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Kaduna and Imo States.
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Physical projects executed

by the Ministry of Interior
2016-2017
THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE
FRONT VIEW OF NEWLY COMPLETED BLOCK OF FOUR FLATS

- RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS AT DUTSE, JIGAWA STATE
PROCUREMENT OF TOYOTA HIACE FRONT VIEW OF NEWLY COMPLETED POLICE

MINIVANS FOR POLICE OPERATIONS STATION AT SEKIYA, ALERO LGA, KEBBI STATE

NEWLY COMPLETED POLICE OFFICERS MESS IN GARKI, ABUJA
SIDE VIEW OF COMPLETED TYPE C2

POLICE STATION AT ANAMBRA STATE NEWLY COMPLETED BLOCK OF SIX 2-BEDROOM FLATS
COMPLETED 4-BEDROOM SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS

RESIDENCE WITH BOY’S QUARTERS
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THE NIGERIA POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO STATE
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF COMPLETED ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AND LECTURE

HALLS AT THE NIGERIA POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO STATE
ANOTHER VIEW OF COMPLETED BLOCK OF HOSTELS AT COMPLETED BLOCK OF LECTURERS’ QUARTERS AT

THE NIGERIA POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO STATE NIGERIA POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO

A COMPLETED 3-BEDROOM FLAT FOR SENIOR LECTURERS

AT NIGERIA POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO.JPG
COMPLETED BLOCK OF HOSTELS AT NIGERIAN POLICE ONE OF THE SIX 2-BEDROOM INTERMEDIATE STAFF QUARTERS
ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO STATE AT THE NIGERIA POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO
NEWLY COMPLETED 4-BEDROOM RESIDENCE WITH BOYS’ QUARTERS FOR PROFESSORIAL REGISTRAR
AT NIGERIA POLICE ACADEMY AT WUDIL, KANO
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THE NIGERIAN PRISONS SERVICE
RENOVATED NIGERIAN PRISONS SERVICE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA
NEWLY COMPLETED CENTRAL STORE, NPS HQ, ABUJA INSIDE ONE OF THE STORES OF THE NIGERIAN PRISON SERVICE
REROOFING OF THE PAVILION AT THE PRISON ULTRAMODERN AUDITORIUM AT THE PRISONS

TRAINING COLLEGE, LAGOS STAFF COLLEGE, KADUNA

COMPLETED HOSTEL BLOCK AT THE PRISONS STAFF COLLEGE, KADUNA
4-WHEEL DRIVE PICKUP TRUCKS FOR

PRISON LOGISTIC OPERATIONS AMBULANCES PROCURRED BY THE NIGERIAN PRISONS SERVICE
NEW WATER BOWSERS FOR USE BY THE

EXECUTIVE SALOON CARS FOR USE BY PRISON OFFICIALS NIGERIAN PRISONS SERVICE
BLACK MARIA PRISONER TRANSPORT VEHICLES TRACTORS FOR PRISON FARM CENTRES
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RENOVATED GATELODGE AND ADMIN BLOCK,

AROCHUKWU PRISON, ABIA STATE FRONT VIEW OF THE NEW YOLA PRISONS
COMPLETED CONVICT CELLBLOCK, IKOT ABASI PRISON,

AKWA IBOM STATE RENOVATED PERIMETER FENCE, ONITSHA PRISON
NEWLY COMPLETED 2-STOREY CELLBLOCK, BAUCHI PRISON NPS STATE HQ, BAYELSA STATE
ONE OF TWO SPECIAL CELLBLOCKS AT THE MAIDUGURI

RENOVATED ZONE H HQ, MAKURDI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON

FEMALE WING AT THE OKO MAXIMUM SECURITY

RENOVATED CP QUARTERS, ASABA PRISON, EDO STATE
NEWLY COMPLETED PERIMETER FENCE AND GATE

HOUSE AT AUCHI PRISON, EDO STATE NEW CELLBLOCKS AT ADO EKITI PRISON, EKITI STATE
NEW CELLBLOCK, NSUKKA PRISON NEW ADMIN BLOCK AT THE NEW SULEJA PRISON
NEWLY CONSTRUCTED CELL BLOCKS AT OWERRI STUDENTS HOSTEL, BORSTAL (YOUNG OFFENDERS)
PRISON, IMO STATE INSTITUTION, KADUNA
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AERIAL VIEW OF KANO CENTRAL PRISONS
CONSTRUCTION OF MEDIUM CUSTODY BLOCK AT 1,2,3 AND CT 1 AND 2 AT 3000 CAPACITY ULTRA MODERN PRISON, JANGUZA, KANO
GATEHOUSE AT 3000 CAPACITY PRISON, JANGUZU, KANO MAIN GATE, KANO CENTRAL PRISON

RENOVATED MAXIMUM AND MEDIUM SECURITY

CELLBLOCKS AT THE DAURA MAXIMUM SECURITY
PRISON, KATSINA STATE.JPG CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEBBI STATE HQ OF NPS.JPG
RENOVATED CELLBLOCKS AT THE KABBA PRISON, KOGI STATE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW ZONE A HQ, LAGOS
RENOVATED CELLBLOCK AT LAFIA PRISON, NASARAWA STATE CLINIC AT ILARO PRISON, OGUN STATE
REPAIRED ROOFS OF CELLBLOCKS AND ADMIN AT OKITIPUPA PRISON COMPLETED STUDENT HOSTEL AT ABEOKUTA BORSTAL
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CELLBLOCKS AND THE KITCHEN AT THE NEW IBADAN PRISON NEW CELLBLOCK AT SHENDAM PRISON
RENOVATED CELLS AND ADMIN BLOCK AT LAKUSHI 240 INMATE SOLID CONCRETE CELLBLOCK AT THE
PRISON, PLATEAU STATE PORT HARCOURT PRISON UNDER CONSTRUCTION
A TRACTOR AT THE ELELE FARM CENTRE, RIVERS STATE NEW CELLBLOCK AT WURNO SATELLITE PRISON
NEW PERIMETER FENCE AT WUKARI PRISON, TARABA STATE GATEHOUSE AT THE NEW DAMATURU PRISON, YOBE STATE

240-INMATE CONCRETE CELLBLOCK AT THE NEW

NEW PERIMETER FENCE AT THE NEW DAMATURU PRISON DAMATURU PRISON UNDER CONSTRUCTION
CONCRETE ADMIN BLOCK AT THE NEW DAMATURU RENOVATED FEMALE WING AT THE GUSAU
PRISON UNDER CONSTRUCTION MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON
NEW ADMIN BLOCK AT THE NEW BAKURA NEW PERIMETER FENCE AT NEW BAKURA
COMPOSITE SATELLITE PRISON COMPOSITE SATELLITE PRISON
1 BEDROOM STAFF QUARTERS AT NEW BAKURA PERIMETER FENCE AT THE COMPOSITE

COMPOSITE SATELLITE PRISON, ZAMFARA STATE SATELLITE PRISON AT MARU, ZAMFARA STATE
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T H E N I G E R I A N I M M I G R AT I O N S E R V I C E
AT THE COMMISSIONING OF NIGERIA IMMGRATION SERVICE THE NEWLY COMMISSIONED NIGERIA IMMGRATION SERVICE
JIGAWA STATE COMMAND COMPLEX, DUTSE JIGAWA STATE COMMAND COMPLEX, DUTSE
IMMIGRATION PROCESSING CENTRE SOLUTION AT THE NIGERIA INSIDE IMMIGRATION PROCESSING CENTRE SOLUTION AT THE
IMMIGRATION SERVICE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA
NETWORKING EQUIPMENT RACKS

AT THE NIGERIA IMMIGRATION A MONITOR USED IN THE COMPUTER NETWORK OF
SERVICE HQ, ABUJA NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE HQ

A ROW OF NEW 4-WHEEL DRIVE ALL-TERRAIN FORD RANGER

DOUBLE CABIN PICK-UP VEHICLES FOR LOGISTIC OPERATIONS NEW PEUGEOT STAFF CARS FOR LOGISTIC OPERATIONS
SOME OF THE NEW 4-WHEEL DRIVE ALL-TERRAIN FORD RANGER SOME OF THE NEWLY PURCHASED 16-SEATER NISSAN
DOUBLE CABIN PICK-UP VEHICLES ON DISPLAY URVAN OPERATIONAL VEHICLES
REAR VIEW OF NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE FRONT VIEW OF NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE
FLAG HOUSE, SOKOTO STATE COMMAND FLAG HOUSE, SOKOTO STATE COMMAND
FRONT VIEW OF NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE NEWLY COMPLETED ECOWAS ZONAL IMMIGRATION OFFICE
COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, KEBBI STATE COMPLEX IN HADEJIA, JIGAWA STATE
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FEDERAL FIRE SERVICE
INTERIOR MINISTER LT GEN DAMBAZAU INSPECTS THE EQUIPMENT ON BOARD A NEW FIRE ENGINE
A ROW OF NEW FIRE ENGINES PROCURED A ROW OF WATER BOWSERS PROCURED

BY THE FEDEERAL FIRE SERVICE BY THE FEDERAL FIRE SERVICE
FIRE ENGINES ON STANDBY AT THE FIRE STATION

A ROW OF FIRE ENGINES AT THE FEDERAL FIRE SERVICE HQ

THE GATE OF THE FEDERAL FIRE SERVICE HQ, ABUJA
SIDE VIEW OF FIRE HOUSE AT NATIONAL

FIRE HOUSE AT NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY, SHEDA, ABUJA FIRE ACADEMY, SHEDA, ABUJA
A NEWLY COMPLETED L-SHAPED HOSTEL BLOCK AT THE COMPLETED COMMANDANT QUARTERS AT

THE NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE, SHEDA, ABUJA NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY, SHEDA
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NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE

CORPS
PART OF THE NEWLY COMPLETED PERIMETER WALL OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS AT SAUKA, ABUJA
FRONT OF COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF 10-CLASSROOM

COMPLETED STAFF QUARTERS AT THE NIGERIA SECURITY BLOCK AT THE NSCDC COLLEGE OF SECURITY MANAGEMENT
AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS HQ, SAUKA, ABUJA IN ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE

NEWLY COMPLETED ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS COMPLEX OF THE NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS AT SAUKA, ABUJA
SIDE VIEW OF COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF 10-CLASSROOM BLOCK AT

THE NSCDC COLLEGE OF SECURITY MANAGEMENT IN ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE
COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF 10-CLASSROOM BLOCK PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF

AT THE NSCDC COLLEGE OF SECURITY MANAGEMENT 10-CLASSROOM BLOCK AT THE NSCDC COLLEGE OF SECURITY
IN ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE MANAGEMENT IN ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE
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During the tour of the South-South, the IGP visited Gbaramatu kingdom and ordered the
establishment of a floating Police Station and Barracks in the village, to bring Police closer
to the people and enhance security in the area.
Donation of relief materials to IDPs Camps in North-East
Successful security operations on the diversion of flights from Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport, Abuja to Kaduna Airport for six weeks
The IGP and Police Management Team attended and gave support for the passage of the
Police Trust Fund Bill at the Public Hearing of the House of Representative Committee on
Police Affairs on 11 July 2017: A Bill for an Act to establish the Nigeria Police Reform Trust Fund
to provide for the Training and Retraining of personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, provide
equipment and machinery to improve the general welfare of the personnel and enhance their
preparedness to effectively discharge their Constitutional responsibilities of protecting lives
and properties of Nigeria and for other related matters (HB.894).
Training and Retraining of Police Officers and men
Some foreign courses:
i. AMISOM Media & Communications Training of Trainer course for AU-UN
ii. Crime scene and kidnapping management by the Carabinieri Corps in Italy
iii. A Specialised Course on Police Intelligence and Financial Investigation
iv. ILEA Gaborone-Seeking Nominations for CVE-LAW Enforcement Techniques to Combat

Terrorism
Some Local Training:
i. One-week training of Police Public Relations Officers from the 36 States of the Federation, 12 Zonal
Commands, training institutions and other formations of the Force at the Force Headquarters. –
August 2017
ii. Training of personnel on the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015
iii. Training of personnel on Crime Scene Investigation in collaboration with the Korean and German
Government – September 2017
iv. Training of Police Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) Desk Officers from the 37 Police Commands
on “An Enhanced A22 for the Challenges of our time” - from 15-16 March 2018
v. Seminar for Commands Commissioners of Police on political activities in Nigeria towards 2019
General Elections on 20 March 2018

vi. Capacity building workshop for Police Public Relations Officers on Effective Communication
and Public Relations in Nigeria – July 2018
vii. Reactivation of Police Training Colleges across the country hitherto moribund now in good
condition: This was made possible to ensure adequate intellectual training and retraining of
officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force
Addressing manpower challenges
i. Recruitment of 10,000 police officers - Cadet ASPs, Cadet Inspectors and Recruit Constables -
approved by Mr. President. They have completed training at various police training institutions
across the country and have been posted to Police Commands and other formations. There had
not been recruitment of constables into the Force since 2010
ii. With the approval by the President, additional 6000 Nigerians have been recruited into the
Nigeria Police Force
iii. The IGP is currently seeking the Federal Government’s approval to recruit at least 31,000 Police
Officers per year for a period of five years, to augment the manpower of the Force and meet the
UN standard of one policeman to 400 people
Personnel welfare
At least 100, 000 Police officers across the ranks have been promoted to the next rank, as part
of the welfare package for officers of the Force
Creation/Expansion of Special Units
i. The Flag-off of the Police Public Relations School at the Force Headquarters, Monday 21 August
2017
ii. Establishment of the Nigeria Police Broadcasting Service (NPBS)
iii. iii. Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU), previously CRU, was broadened to make it
more efficient and effective
iv. Establishment of Special Tactical Squad (STS), Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU), Intelligence
Response Team (IRT) and Terrorism Investigation Bureau (TIB)
v. Upgrade of I-24/7 INTERPOL Office in the Force Headquarters to International Standard
vi. Establishment of New Squadrons in Niger - Kontagora, Anambra (Aguleri Umuseiri), Kaduna-
Kafanchan, Lagos- Ikorodu, Plateau Longvel.
vii. Capacity Building -Terrorism Investigation Centre – completed and has taken off.
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viii. Commissioning of Collocation centre at Force Headquarters by the United States Embassy to
enhance working relationship with the Nigeria Police Force
ix. Reactivation and Reinvigoration of IGP’s Intelligence Response Team: to ensure prompt rescue
of kidnap victims and arrest the suspects.
x. The commissioning of Nigeria Police Force Mortgage Bank Cash Centre And ATM Gallery on
19/12/2017
xi. Foundation laying of Joint Operations Centre for National Crisis Response Unit (Police Commands
and Control Centre) FHQ Abuja on 19/12/2017.
Special Task Force on Pipeline Vandalism/Militancy
i. The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on 21 September 2016 foiled pipeline vandalism,
arrested pipeline vandals as well as recovery of 17 tanker trucks loaded with vandalised PMS and
suspected adulterated diesel. On the same date, 13 suspects were arrested in connection with
pipeline vandalism.
ii. ii. Arrest of 12 pipeline vandals operating in Niger, Kaduna and Delta States on 18/05/2018
Crime prevention and control
Crackdown on terrorism, kidnapping and various criminal gangs resulted in the arrest, murder
of many of their leaders in various troubled spots around the country.
Public launch of Community Policing Re-Engagement Strategic Guidelines and the unveiling
of Community Policing Logo on 15 September 2017
Public launch of the Nigeria Police Force Order 20 as amended otherwise known as the Police
Duty Solicitors’ Scheme (PDSS) to the public. Ensures an efficient Criminal Justice Sector with
emphasis on the rights of persons arrested and detained by the Police to easily access legal
representation.
Commissioning of 500-Units Police Housing Estate in Badagry, Lagos State, named after
President Muhammadu Buhari on 28/09/2017
Commissioning of Police Housing Estate in Mbora, FCT Abuja named after President
Muhammadu Buhari on 24/04/2018
The IGP’s directives to Commands’ Commissioners of Police on mop-up, recovery of all illegal
and prohibited firearms and ammunition from wrong hands across the country resulted in
recovery 5, 250 illegal firearms
The Inspector General of Police and Management Team pay special attention and concerns to
the welfare of officers and men of the Force, most especially in the areas of promotion, prompt

payment of salaries and entitlements, and other good working conditions. Since the inception
of this administration, the following numbers of officers, Inspectors and rank and files have
been elevated to the next ranks:
A. SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS PROMOTOED
AIG TO DIG 8
CP TO AIG 32
DCP TO CP 65
ACP TO DCP 180
CSP TO ACP 264
SP TO CSP 42
DSP TO SP 844
ASP TO DSP 3203
INSPR TO ASP 321
TOTAL 4959
B. INSPECTORS AND RANK AND FILE
SGT TO INSPR 44,531

CPL TO SGT 50,427
PC TO CPL 612
SUB TOTAL (2018) 95,570
TOTAL 100,529
Newly released promotions (June 2018) = 3,625
100,529 + 3,625
Grand Total = 104,154
With the approval of the National Policy
on Justice, the objective of improving the
entire legal system will be realised.

BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI WITH NBA PRESIDENT ABUBAKAR BALARABE MAHMOUD 7TH FROM RIGHT, CHIEF
JUSTICE OF NIGERIA JUSTICE WALTER ONNOGHEN AND OTHER DIGNITARIES AS HE DECLARED OPEN THE
58TH ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION IN ABUJA ON 26TH AUG 2018
DANIEL WILLIAMS

JUSTICE AND OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
National Policy on
Justice as the icing
Mandate
Administration of justice; articulation, promotion and defence of Constitutional values and
principles in the governance of the country.
Milestones
Development of a National Policy on Justice - 2017
One of the major challenges militating against the effective administration of Justice in Nigeria is
the lack of a clear and coherent National Policy on Justice leading to absence of a mechanism for
coordination and development of the sector. It therefore became imperative to initiate reforms and
build consensus among justice sector institutions and practitioners, for collectively addressing the
challenges hindering effective justice delivery in the country.
These reforms led to the development of the first ever-National Policy on Justice. The objective of
the Policy is to ensure effective coordination and evolve a system that is fair, effective, accessible
and efficient. This was achieved through convening of a National Justice Summit which brought
together heads of the different arms of government, the executive, judiciary and legislature to
critically examine the draft document, validate and adopt same for national implementation.
At the end of the Summit, the National Policy was adopted by all participants and therefore
represents the common aspiration of justice sector stakeholders for the justice system in Nigeria. A
memorandum is currently awaiting Council consideration and approval.
Prisons Reform and Decongestion

A National Stakeholders Committee on Prisons Reforms and Decongestion chaired by the Chief Judge,
High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, constituted in pursuance of a Federal Executive Council
resolution commenced a series of Prisons’ Visits/ Jail Delivery Exercise to Kuje, Keffi, Suleja, Kaduna, Zaria
and Kano Prisons and secured the release of 946 inmates. The Committee is expected to undertake
similar exercise in other prisons across the country in further efforts to decongest the prisons.
When the President was on a State visit to Kano, he also undertook a jail delivery exercise and released
J U ST I C E A N D O F F I C E O F T H E AT TO R N E Y- G E N E R A L
over 500 inmates from the Kano Prison. The State Governments, acting on the AGF’s advice have
released over 730 inmates from various prisons across the Country.
A major challenge in decongesting the Prisons is the reluctance of State Governors to sign death warrants
of condemned inmates who have exhausted their appeals, thereby contributing to overcrowding. There
are 1,832 condemned inmates in various prisons across the country. The ministry is making arrangement
to present a Memorandum to the National Economic Council to appraise the Governors of this issue
and seek their cooperation in addressing this challenge.
A Memo seeking Council’s approval for the installation and implementation of an automated case
management system for the justice sector is awaiting Council’s consideration. When in place, it will
strengthen the operations of Justice Sector institutions such as the Police, Prisons, Judiciary, Ministries
of Justice and other Security Agencies in the areas of information generation, management and sharing
between and among them and eliminate the bottlenecks in the administration of Criminal Justice.
Improving prosecution
In response to calls to improve the quality of crime prosecution and increase efficiency and
effectiveness of criminal justice administration in Nigeria, policies and strategies have been put
in place to harmonise and coordinate the practices and methods of various prosecutors and
prosecuting agencies in the country through the following interventions:
Development of a National Policy on Prosecution, Code of Conduct and Guidelines for

Prosecutors.
This was made by the Body of Attorney-General to strengthen prosecutorial practice for effective
service delivery and to complement the implementation of the Administration of Criminal
Justice Act, 2015
Inauguration of a National Prosecution Coordinating Committee (NPCC)
Chaired by the AGF and Minister of Justice as Chairman, it has the mandate to coordinate the
prosecution and ensure prompt disposal of high-profile cases. The Committee is working closely
with relevant anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies. Following the Executive’s efforts
to engage the Judiciary on the need to expedite action on corruption-related cases, the Chief
Justice of Nigeria has taken steps to designate special courts that will prioritise corruption and
financial crime-related cases. Towards this end, the CJN has constituted an Implementation
Committee to drive its implementation with its membership drawn from the offices of the
Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Presidency, Federal Ministry of Justice and the Presidential Advisory
Committee Against Corruption (PACAC).
The Committee has been directed to liaise with the heads of the concerned courts to ensure
that the selected courts are designated appropriately and are provided with adequate human
and material resources.
Furthermore, the ministry’s continued engagement with the leadership of the Judiciary and

N AT I O N A L P O L I CY O N J UST I C E A S T H E I C I N G
the Nigeria Bar Association in the fight against corruption have begun to yield results. This has
led to increased disciplinary actions being taken against erring judges and legal practitioners
by the National Judicial Council, Nigeria Bar Association and Legal Practitioners Disciplinary
Committee, respectively.
Criminal Prosecution
The Department of Public Prosecutions of the Federation in the period under review received
over 6,339 cases from the Nigeria Police for prosecution in the various Courts in the FCT in line
with the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. In addition, the Department received over
2,500 other cases bordering on specialised crimes and terrorist activities.
The Ministry is also handling several high-profile cases including political office holders and
judicial officers.
Petitions/ Cases Received from 2015 – 2017

NATURE OF CASES 2015 2016 2017 TOTAL
Petitions 3,709 1,500 100 5,309
Criminal Conspiracy & Cheating 761 1000 1761
Terrorism 5 - - 5
Rape 5 6 2 13
Vandalisation (Pipeline) 4 3 7
Vandalisation (Electrical) 3 2 1 6
Conspiracy/ Armed Robbery 500 853 1353
Fatal Motor Accident 23 40 63
Culpable Homicide 10 10 5 25
Unlawful Possession of Fire Arms 5 6 11
Total number of Incoming Requests 636
Total number of Outgoing Requests 311
Extraditions and Mutual Legal Assistance Total number of Incoming Requests forwarded to the 503
Competent Authorities for Execution
Total Number of Completed Incoming Requests 390
TOTAL 1,840
Magistrate cases from the Police after the 1,200 800 2,000
Passage of ACJA 2015
GRAND TOTAL 2,617 2,933 108 12,412
Criminal cases concluded between 2015 and 2017:

CATEGORY YEAR 2015 YEAR 2016 YEAR 2017
Cases received (conspiracy and cheating, rape, 2,617 2,933 108
vandalisation of critical infrastructure, armed robbery,
culpable homicide, etc)
Cases concluded (conspiracy and cheating, rape, 38 100 17

vandalisation of critical infrastructure, armed robbery,
culpable homicide, etc)
TOTAL 2,655 3,033 125
Status of Terrorism Cases

CATEGORY NUMBER
Concluded cases 63
Convictions 59
Ongoing trials 65
Charges filed awaiting trial 800
Detainees recommended for release/de- 220
radicalisation for want of evidence
Profiled detainees awaiting judicial 1,670

proceedings/de-radicalisation programme
Detainees remanded in Maiduguri 651

TOTAL 3,528
Civil Litigation
Between 2015 and 2017, the ministry handled the following number of civil cases filed before
formal courts:
YEAR CIVIL CASES APPELLATE MATTERS

2015 543 100
2016 507 93
2017 543 111
TOTAL 1,593 304
TOTAL NUMBER OF LITIGATION 1,897
These cases reflect different civil claims, and include: enforcement of fundamental rights
actions, land matters relating to revocation of Rights of Occupancies, compensations based
on compulsory acquisition of land by government etc., wrongful termination of appointments
by various MDAs, Constitutional questions, Contractual matters, and actions initiated in the

ECOWAS Community Court.
Out of the civil cases indicated above, the ministry successfully concluded 405 matters in
domestic courts from 2015 to 2017; more than 95% of the matters which were decided in favour
of the Federal Government.
Savings to the Federal Government from successful litigations
Through the cases concluded, the ministry was able to save for the Federal Government a
total sum of N145billion and US$ 5, 334, 640, 000. 00 ; monies claimed by various parties who
initiated suits against the FGN as damages for losses incurred or suffered.
Between 2012 and 2015, the ministry spent over N 4.2billion on the engagement of external
solicitors to handle cases on behalf of government. However, one of the major policy initiatives
is the resort to in-house state counsel to prosecute cases on behalf of the Government. as
against the practice in the past where such cases are farmed out to external solicitors. In so
doing, capacities of state counsel are improved, they are greatly motivated to work and have a
higher commitment to duty; besides that Government makes necessary savings.
Review of relevant laws on anti-corruption

To ensure that Nigeria’s anti-corruption policies and laws are in compliance with international
standards, the Ministry inaugurated a Law Review Team to facilitate the review of existing laws
on Anti-Corruption, Transparency and Accountability in Governance.
The Team proposed new Bills that addressed the limitations in existing laws. These include
the Money Laundering Prevention and Prohibition Bill 2017; Anti-Terrorism Prevention and
Prohibition Bill 2017; National Financial Intelligence Centre Bill 2017; Proceeds of Crime Bill 2017;
Public Interest Disclosure and Witness Protection Bill, 2017 and the Mutual Legal Assistance in
Criminal Matters Bill, 2017. Work on these bills are at various stages of completion. While the
Money Laundering Prevention and Prohibition Bill is receiving the Legislative attention of the
National Assembly, the Anti - Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Bill has been passed by the
National Assembly and forwarded to the President for assent. The Proceeds of Crime Bill has
been passed by the Senate awaiting the concurrence of the House of Representatives. In the
same vein, the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Bill has been passed by the Senate,
awaiting the concurrence of the House of the Representatives. The Public Interest and witness
Protection Bill is being finalised by the Ministry.
Approval of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy Document

The Federal Executive Council has approved the adoption and implementation of the National
Anti-Corruption Strategy and directed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of
Justice to come up with a robust implementation plan.
In carrying out this directive, the ministry has established a secretariat for the implementation
of the strategy; in addition, an inter-agency technical committee has been constituted to drive
the implementation of the Plan.
A key aspect of the implementation of this directive is the establishment of the Asset Recovery
and Management Unit which coordinates the relevant stakeholders to put in place policies and
mechanisms for effective and efficient assets recovery and management in the country. It is also
expected to oversee a transitional arrangement for asset management to be separated from law
enforcement. To this end, the ministry hosted a workshop and mentoring session on the management
and disposal of seized and confiscated assets for all law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies.
International and National Cooperation in the recovery of stolen assets

The ministry has been working with anti-corruption agencies, law enforcement and security
agencies, as well as the Whistle Blowers’ Office on the recovery of stolen public funds. Additionally,
there has been increased international cooperation and collaboration with countries such
as United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland, France, Italy, Island of Jersey, and
United Arab Emirates to ensure that all identified assets stolen from Nigeria are recovered.
Asset Recovery
The HAGF was granted mandate pursuant to a directive of Council in November 2017 to sign on
behalf of the Federal Government, a Tripartite Agreement with the Swiss Federal Council and the
World Bank for the repatriation of $321million Abacha Loot. During the maiden Global Forum on
Asset Recovery in Washington DC, USA in December 2017, the HAGF signed the said Agreement.
The funds have since been received by the Government and is currently deposited with the Central
Bank of Nigeria.
The Commercial Court in the UK recently ordered a pay out of the sum of over $73million, with
interest to the Nigerian Government being part of the proceeds from the sale of OPL 245 by Malabu
Oil and Gas Company to ENI/SHELL. The said sum has also been received and deposited with the
Central Bank.
In addition, the Office of the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation has recovered the
sums of N59,163,029,949.46 (Fifty-Nine Billion, One Hundred and Sixty-three Million, Twenty-
Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty-Nine Naira, Forty-Six Kobo) and $385,495,900.00
(Three Hundred and Eighty Five Million, Four Hundred and Ninety-Five Thousand, Nine Hundred
Dollars) locally.
This brings the total sums so far recovered by the Ministry to $779,495,900.00 and N59, 163,029,949.46
respectively.
Recoveries through Plea Bargaining

In line with relevant provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, the ministry has reached
an advanced stage in efforts to ensure the forfeiture of cash and properties worth Billions of naira to
the coffers of the Federal Government. To this end, a memo is awaiting the approval of the President
to finalise negotiations with politically-exposed persons, who have been indicted and charged for
various corruption-related offences.

Open Government Partnership (OGP) Initiatives

Following the submission of the President’s letter of intent to the International Open
Government Partnership Secretariat, (OGP), the OGP confirmed Nigeria as its 70th participating
member country in December 2016. The OGP international initiative is focused on encouraging
governments to be more transparent and accountable to citizens, through an inclusive
governance structure. Nigeria joined OGP to improve transparency in the management of
natural resources and public funds as well as citizen participation in governance.
Nigeria committed to 14 areas grouped into four themes namely: Fiscal Transparency (Open Budget;
Open Contracting; Tax Transparency; Extractive industry Transparency and Ease of Doing Business);
Anti-Corruption; Access to Information and Citizen Engagement. Significant progress has been
made by the Attorney General’s Office in collaboration with other stakeholders including various
Ministries, Departments, Agencies and Civil Society in driving the initiative.
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI IN A GROUP PHOTO WITH JUDGES OF THE

CRIMINAL COURT AHEAD OF HIS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE
20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
(ICC) AT THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS ON 17TH JULY 2018
DANIEL WILLIAMS
LAWYERS IN A SESSION AT THE SUPREME COURT
Beneficial Ownership Transparency: The OGP Secretariat is coordinating the efforts of all stakeholders
to develop policies towards the establishment of a Public Central Register for Beneficial Owners
of Companies. It is expected that the register would curb illicit financial flows by exposing those
individuals who hide under shady companies to perpetrate tax evasion, corruption, money laundering,
drug trafficking and terrorism financing.
Access to Information
The ministry is charged with the coordination of the implementation of the Freedom of Information
Act. Further to this, it has trained government officials on FOI Compliance, and has successfully
established an online portal for the public to lodge requests for information and access information
on public records. There are ongoing efforts to issue additional guidance notes and amend the FOI
Act to strengthen sanctions for non-compliance by institutions.
Ratification of international instruments

In the period under review, the ministry processed 33 instruments of ratification for the signature
of the President.
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council is due every four years. Under the
UPR, members of the United Nations review human rights’ situations of Member States periodically.

Nigeria was reviewed in 2014 and was due for her 3rd cycle in June 2018. An Inter-Ministerial
Committee has been inaugurated to commence preparation for the forth-coming review.
Legal Advisory Services

In line with its status as the Legal Adviser of the Federal Government, the ministry has on a continuous
basis handled several major financial agreements, among others and provided legal opinions
and other legal services, on behalf of various Ministries, Department and Agencies of the Federal
Government.
Review of Legislations
In line with its mandate and Council directives, the Ministry has reviewed over 100 Bills on various
aspects of our socio-economic development. Some of these bills are receiving legislative attention at
the National Assembly, while work on others are being concluded.
Challenges
The implementation of the various reform initiatives and resolutions of Council by the Ministry has
not been without its attendant challenges. In prosecuting the various criminal cases, the following
challenges were encountered:
i. Poorly investigated case files, because of pressure during the peak of conflict at the theatre
ii. Over reliance on confession-based evidence
iii. Lack of forensic evidence
iv. Absence of co-operation between investigators and prosecutors at pre- investigation stages
v. Scarcity of skilled/trained forensic personnel to handle investigation of complex cases.
vi. Inadequate security for counsel handling terrorism cases.
vii. Converting military intelligence to admissible evidence.
viii. Lack of funds to execute the various reform initiatives and resolutions of Council is also a major
hindrance to the realisation of the objectives of this administration.
The ministry believes that, with the approval of the National Policy on Justice and its other reform
initiatives, its objective of improving the entire justice system will be realised.
SQUARE FILMS

LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Relatively peaceful
industrial milieu,
against all odds
Vision
To have a society where full and productive employment, industrial harmony, social security
and decent work are guaranteed for sustainable economic development
Mission
To create an enabling environment for national economic growth and development through best
practices in labour administration
Milestones
Industrial peace and harmony
The ministry ensured industrial peace and harmony through conciliation and apprehension of
industrial disputes in the following sectors: Banking and Finance, Oil and Gas, Health, Aviation,
Education and Power. The ministry also nipped emerging industrial crisis in the bud thereby creating
a relatively peaceful industrial milieu despite the economic recession.
Employment creation
In job creation and certification, the ministry tested and certificated 8,192 candidates both employed
and unemployed, upgraded 5,700 craftsmen and artisans, trained 905 Air Force officers’ wards and
wives, organised several workshops, trainings and seminars targeted at employment creation
Improving National Productivity

The ministry in collaboration with the National Productivity Centre is working on the development of
the first-ever National Wage Linkage System Template aimed at ensuring that wage determination
is guided, among other variables, by workers’ productivity.
L A B O U R A N D E M P LOYM E N T
Social Security protection for vulnerable Nigerians

The ministry is actively involved in the implementation of the social safety net programme, such as
N-POWER and Conditional Cash Transfer of the present administration of President Muhammadu
Buhari, aimed at providing succour to the poorest of the poor in the Nigerian society.
Work place inspection and safety

The ministry conducted routine specialised inspections of factories at workplaces nationwide towards
ensuring safety and health of workers in tandem with global best practices.
Policies’ formulation and validations

Towards protecting the well-being of Nigerian workforce and ensuring occupational safety and
health in the country, the ministry formulated and validated the underlisted policies.
• National Occupational Safety and Health Profile
• Diving, pressure vessel and lifting equipment regulations
• National Employment policies
• National Policy on Labour Migration
Child Labour Elimination Policy

The sensitisation workshop on child labour elimination policy was carried out in all the six-geo-
political zones of the country.
Community Social Protection Scheme (CSPS) - Special Project Unit

Implementation of the CSPS commenced in late 2017, with two sub-components that target specific
groups of unemployment population in the country, namely:
• Safety Net-Stop-gap jobs (SNSJ) for Unskilled Persons: Target beneficiaries constitute unemployed
Nigerians with educated qualification below secondary School Certificate or its equivalent and
• Graduate Employability Enhancement Scheme (GEES), which targets fresh graduates of tertiary
institutions.
• A Stakeholders’ Consultative meeting has been held, at national level, on the factors responsible
for the resilience of high unemployment rates in Nigeria and how to tackle the problem.
• Currently, a sub-national survey is on-going to collate the input of stakeholders at the grassroots
level.
• Findings from the survey and the recommendations of the consultative meeting would aid the
design and implementation of effective intervention projects to break the resilience of high
unemployment rates among the target population.

R E L A T I V E LY P E A C E F U L I N D U S T R I A L M I L I E U , A G A I N S T A L L O D D S
National Directorate of Employment

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) is the apex employment creation agency of
the Federal Government of Nigeria. It has been in operation for more than 30 years providing
mass employment for the unskilled and unemployed in Nigeria through training in vocational,
agricultural and entrepreneurial skills as well as activities in the public works sector.
Skills Training for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and some Members of
the Host Communities in the North-East of Nigeria
Following the outbreak of violent insurgency in the North East and the attendant challenges
such as
• The loss of livelihoods,
• Displacement and dislocation of large numbers of hitherto productive population,
• Large numbers of orphans, widows and eventual increase in mass unemployment,
Therefore, the need for an intervention to alleviate the sufferings of the people became
imperative.
The sector also recorded a 7% increase in
GDP in 2016, despite the country being in a
recession in addition to the growth of revenues
from export by about 592 per cent as reported
by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics for 2016
and 2017

HON. MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINES AND STEEL DEVELOPMENT, HON.
ABUBAKAR BAWA BWARI AND FORMER MINISTER FOR MINES AND
STEEL DEVELOPMENT, DR. KAYODE FAYEMI WITH PARTICIPANTS AT THE
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON MINING AND MINERALS
CORE DRILLING FOR COAL AT OKABA, KOGI STATE

MINES AND STEEL DEVELOPMENT (MMSD)
Reinvigorated.
Mandate
• Increase the revenue generation from the sector and its contribution to national GDP
• Develop the sector and improve its capacity to create jobs and broaden the range of economic
opportunities available to Nigerians
• MMSD’s interventions in the sector pursuant of its mandates have also been guided by other
strategic goals of this administration namely:
• Promoting and ensuring environmental justice and sustainability in mining operations
• Working with security institutions to ensure safety and security in the country, by the strict
monitoring of the movement and usage of explosives
• Contributing to this administration’s fight against corruption by identifying and bringing

economic saboteurs in the mining sector to book
• Promoting peace and unity in the country by working to ensure that all stakeholders in the
sector, especially host communities and state governments, can beneficially participate in the
sector.
Milestones
Roadmap for the growth and development of the Nigerian Mining Sector
This document prescribes collaborative actions of all stakeholders to guide the growth and
development of the sector over ten years (2015 – 2025)
Improved funding for the sector

The ministry sought for and obtained approval for N30bn (approx. $100m) intervention fund from
the Federal Government, partly to help provide cheap loans and grants to industry participants as
well as for directly investing in foundation infrastructure. It also secured support from the World
Bank for the funding of the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MSSED or MinDiver)
programme, a critical component of which is to provide technical assistance for the restructuring
and operationalisation of the Solid Minerals Development Fund, which would, amongst others, make
M I N ES A N D ST E E L D E V E LO PM E N T (M MS D)
finance available to Artisanal and Small & Medium-scale Miners (ASM) operators through micro-
finance and leasing institutions. The fund is to also help bring back on stream previously abandoned
proven mining projects like tin ore, iron ore, coal, gold and lead-zinc.
Launched a N5billion fund (made up of N2.5 billion by SMDF and a counterpart fund of N2.5 billion
by Bank of Industry) to provide single-digit interest loans to ASM operators.
Geological data generation

• Receipt of 26,000-line kilometres Electromagnetic (EM) data of some parts of the country
generated about a decade ago following the payment of the outstanding liabilities of US$2.7
facilitated by the Buhari Administration. Ground trothing is being conducted on sheets 289 and
303 in Ejekwe and Abakaliki in Ebonyi State and sheets 243 and 263 (Ilesha and Ondo) in Osun
State as well as sheets 100 and 122 (Kwiambana and Kushaka) in Kaduna State for validating
the anomalies identified. Interesting new discoveries have already been made confirming the
existence of base metals in Ebonyi State areas and gold in Osun and Kaduna beyond former
known areas of mineralisation
• Discovery of new mineral locations as well as facilitating update of existing ones and the
publication of mineral maps of states, zones and the entire country; made possible by additional
ground investigations nationwide by the Nigeria Geological Survey Agency
• Operationalising the MoUs and Technical Cooperation Agreements with the China Geological
Surveys, Shandong Mineral Exploration Agency and the National Office Hydrocarbons and Mines
‘ONHYM’ of Morocco
• Collaborating with SGS, a world-renowned material testing company, to strengthen the capacity
of NGSA Laboratory Facilities in Kaduna towards achieving ISO 17025 accreditation within the
shortest possible period
• Obtained the Federal Executive Council’s approval for the award of N15billion contracts to five
exploration companies to explore priority minerals including gold, lead, zinc, iron ore and rare
earth metals. Delineated areas arising from these activities would be blocked and concessioned
to technically and financially-competent mining investors
• Completed fieldwork on the exploration of Sokoto Phosphate. Ongoing works regarding

phosphate studies comprise the interpretation of analytical results received and preparation/
packaging of bulk samples for beneficiation tests. Preliminary reports indicated the potentials for
economic mineralisation of phosphate reaching 40kg/m3 phosphate nodules in some sections
of Dange shale. Grading >35% P2O5 content suggesting suitability for fertilizer manufacture. Test
drilling is ongoing within the mineralised corridor and into hitherto unknown areas in Kebbi
State. Discussions are ongoing with OCP (largest phosphate producer in the world) of Morocco
to carry out cross beneficiation tests for NGSA.
• Carried out nationwide carbonate rock exploration through the NGSA in collaboration with

R E I N V I G O R AT E D.
DR KAYODE FAYEMI, THEN MINISTER OF MINES

AND STEEL DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTER OF
STATE, HON. ABUBAKAR BAWA BWARI HANDING
OVER N2.5BILLION CHEQUE TO THE MANAGING
DIRECTOR OF BANK OF INDUSTRY MR OLUKAYODE
PITAN FOR ASM FINANCE SUPPORT FUND SCHEME
Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria (CTI) aimed identifying and characterising Nigeria’s
carbonate rock (limestone, marble, magnesite and dolomite) resources in terms of their location,
size, chemistry and suitability as raw material for cement manufacture. This is in line with the
diversification agenda of the present administration aimed at boosting the industrial minerals’
base of the country to support local industries and conserve foreign exchange
• Established gold mineralisation resources in Gwagwalada (FCT) and Kafin Koro (Niger State)
comprising vein ore mineralisation assaying >20g/t gold and alluvial mineralisation grading
between 1.5-2g/t gold
• Established a >25m vein bearing graphite resource assaying 3.2%C in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State
• Established lead/zinc ore mineralisation in Ebonyi State containing >100g/t silver
• Established huge kaolin mineralisation potential in Dagbalodo area of Ifelodun LGA of Kwara
State and Ikerre Ekiti and Isan Ekiti in Ekiti State considered suitable for the manufacture of
paints, pharmaceutical and chemical industries
• Carried out geological mapping within Maru Sheet 53 covering parts of Zamfara State, Gusau
Sheet 54, Kauran Namoda Sheet 32, Osi Sheet 224, Isanlu Sheet 225, Pategi Sheet 204 for providing
background geological data needed for investment decision making in gold operations as the
areas form part of the schist belt of the country noted for gold potentials
• Increased the capacity of the ministry to carry out exploration through acquisition of, among
others, drilling rigs and accessories, chemical and mineralogical testing equipment
• Established the occurrence of iron ore resources in Yola Nora, Tafawa Balewa LGA of Bauchi
State, Agbado-Okudu and Ebiya in Kogi State, bauxite resource of about 7.7million tonnes
grading about 49% Al2O3 in Sardauna LGA of Taraba State through the exploration activities of
the National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency, Kaduna
Mineral Title Administration

Revocation of non-performing or defaulting mineral titles in line with the provisions of the Nigerian
Minerals and Mining Act, 2007 thereby freeing areas that were hitherto held by mineral title
speculators for acquisition by more competent mining investors. This further led to the generation
of revenue to the Federation Account from titleholders who met the deadline for regularising their
payments. It also sent a strong signal to the mining community of our improved capacity to properly
regulate the industry and penalise those who deprive the country of due revenue.
• Received 7,756 mineral title applications and granted 4,276 with the balanced refused because
of failure to meet necessary requirements
• As at May 2018, Mining Cadastral Office (MCO) had 6,347 valid mineral titles
• Strengthening the capacity of the MCO to ensure a seamless process for obtaining exploration
licenses, permits, and approvals for willing and credible investors
Monitoring and enforcement of compliance

• Review of the Explosives Act, 1964 and stemming of cases of explosives’ proliferation, pilfering and
diversion, in partnership with the National Security Adviser’s Office. It also improved collaboration
between the ministry and the nation’s security agencies, especially the Nigeria Customs Service,
in addressing illegal export and smuggling of minerals; and the NSCDC in checkmating cases of
illegal mining
• Improvement of sustainability in the mining sector by producing the Mining Environmental

Regulatory Compliance Handbook, as well as the Guidelines for Environmental Protection and
Rehabilitation Programme for use by mining operators to facilitate sustainable mining in Nigeria
• Reinvigorating Mines Surveillance efforts with the deployment of newly-trained and empowered
officers across the federation including the commissioning of new vehicles for use by field officers
to improve monitoring of mining operations and enforcement of compliance with the provisions
of the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act, 2007 and its pursuant Regulations, 2011
• Delivery of a Centralssed GIS Web portal, as well as ICT Infrastructure upgrade and automation
for improved interaction with the global mining investors and dissemination of information
considered vital for attracting mining investors.

Resolution of legacy issues

The ministry executed the Modified Concession Agreement on National Iron Ore Mining Company
(NIOMCO) between Federal Government of Nigeria and Messrs Global Infrastructure Nigeria Limited
(GINL) and carried out Technical Due Diligence, Financial, Legal and Tax Audits on NIOMCO including
demobilising Koch Nigeria Limited from the site in preparation for handover of site to GINL in line
with the signed Modified Concession Agreement
The ministry, with the approval of the National Council on Privatisation, facilitated the out-of-court
settlement between contending parties on the Aluminium Smelting Company of Nigeria (ALSCON);
thereby paving way for commencement of aluminium production in Nigeria
Addressing low productivity

Developed a National Gold Policy that would facilitate the harnessing and refining of Nigeria’s
gold Nigeria for formal export as against the rampant smuggling that has denied the nation from
collecting royalties from exporters including loss of tax and foreign exchange. The policy also provides
for the Central Bank of Nigeria to establish a scheme that would enable it to build a gold reserve
BOXES OF CORE SAMPLES CORE DRILLING FOR IRON ORE AT YOLA NORA, BAUCHI STATE
through purchase of refined gold produced in Nigeria
Constituted a committee to develop strategies for harnessing tin and lead/zinc minerals including
gold as quick wins for the mining sector. This action is a follow- up on the successes recorded at the
ERGP Focus Labs which the ministry participated in and successfully facilitated the leveraging of
private investments, including the establishment of a gold refinery in Nigeria
The sector also recorded a 7% increase in GDP in 2016, despite the country being in a recession in
addition to the growth of revenues from export by about 592 per cent as reported by the Nigerian
Bureau of Statistics for 2016 and 2017.
Addressing Illegal Mining and Community Challenges

• Delivered on the objective of building a collaborative sector security framework by working
extensively with State governments and relevant ministries to formalise and manage our
artisanal miners, while also working with defense and security agencies to curb the actions of
illegal mining in the country
• Registered 825 mining cooperatives with each of the mining cooperatives comprising of at least
10 members and engaging no fewer than 20 labours culminating in the creation of about 15,000
jobs since 2015 while the department provided extension services to 330 formalised artisanal
miners across the six geopolitical zones
• Distributed over 1000 mine’s safety gears and other Personal Protection Equipment to formalised
artisanal miners across Nigeria
• Conducted six outreach programmes where staff go to mining communities to engage women
and children on issues bordering on dangers of use of child labour in mining operations. There
were also public enlightenment programmes in the forms of roadshows to educate members of
the public on child labour in mining
• Hosted the 2nd International Conference on Lead Poisoning associated with Artisanal Gold Mining
in Nigeria, with Special Focus on Prevention in collaboration with Medicines Sans Frontières (MSF)
and attended by world renowned experts on mining issues, environment, health, governance
and sustainable development from both the public and private sectors. This culminated in the
development of a governance framework for preventing lead poisoning associated with artisanal
gold mining
• Organised an inception workshop on Countrywide Survey, Mapping and Formalisation of

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining across the country
• Signed a two-year contract with United Nations Industrial Development Organisation in March
2017 to execute enabling activities for the development of National Action Plan (NAP) on Mercury
in the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Sector in Nigeria
• Promoted Women in Mining towards Shared Mining Prosperity, as part of its support to women

in the mining sector. The ministry has ratified collaboration with the Women in Mining in Nigeria
to promote gender mainstreaming in the mining sector as it hosted workshop on Gender
Mainstreaming in the Mining Sector. The workshop addressed social issues in mining including
child labour, conflicts, human rights, gender discrimination in mining
Addressing the weak Ease of Doing Business and perception issues

The Ministry developed a Solid Mineral Export Guidelines in collaboration with other stakeholders
including Federal Ministry of Finance and Nigeria Customs Service aimed at streamlining
monitoring of mineral exports at all ports of exit
Secured FEC approvals to undertake critical projects and programmes

To enhance the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the ministry and its agencies, the
ministry has secured the approval of the Federal Executive Council to execute critical projects and
programmes, including:
• Procurement of 12 4-wheel drive vehicles by MMSD to monitor mining activities in remote areas
of the country to ensure compliance of the rules and regulations of the mining environment
• Procurement of 2 drilling rigs for National Steel Raw Material Exploration Agency Kaduna to
enhance its operational capacity and expansion of research activities on steel and other important
minerals
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINES

AND STEEL DEVELOPMENT,
HON. ABUBAKA BAWA BWARI
DISBURSING RESEARCH
COLLABORATION GRANT CHEQUE
TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
• Establishment of the National Council on Mining and Mineral Resources Development to create
a forum for periodically brainstorming with stakeholders in the mining sector value chain on
policy matters with a view to improving on the cooperative governance of the sector
• Development of IT integrated Automation and interactive Web portal for the MMSD to create
One Stop Shop online interface for investors and other players in the sector to obtain data on a
broad range of subjects about our jurisdiction, and process key applications from anywhere in
the world
• Procurement of 2 Drilling Rigs for the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) in 2017 Budget.
The project is to enhance the Agency’s capability in its field work to determine mineral occurrence,
quantity and quality for geological data
• Anchored and monitored the promotion of a strong mining stakeholder engagement between
States, Federal, Civil Societies, Operators, Industry players along the entire Mining Value Chain.
Hitherto, the absence of this concept had greatly affected the ministry’s aspiration in promoting
the Mining Sector Governance which is an important part of the provisions of the African Mining
Vision
• Encouraged the engagement of stakeholders, especially the State Government aimed at

getting them to establish a Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) that would be used to enable State
Governments have stakes in mining
• Re-activated and funded the activities of the moribund Presidential Special Mines Surveillance
Task Force Team to fight the increasing menace of illegal mining which is a source of major
revenue leakage for the sector
• Inaugurated Mining Implementation and Strategy Team (MIST) to support the implementation
of the Roadmap
Other projects/programmes completed

• The Re-activation of the Mineral Resource and Environmental Management Committees
(MIREMCO) in 20 states. Ten States have so far been mobilised with take-off grants and operational
vehicles
• Establishing and equipping the Mines Environmental Analytical Laboratory in the ministry to
enhance a reliable data collection from mines field for compliance monitoring and maintenance
of data bank
• Procurement of 40 Field Vehicles for the Presidential Special Mines Surveillance Task Force to
monitor illegal mining
• Operationalisation of several existing MoUs and several new ones between the Federal Government
and other countries such as the Republic of South Africa, and the Peoples Republic of China.
Provisions of such MoUs include partnerships on capacity building, knowledge exchange, and

A DRILLING RIG PROCURED FOR MINERAL RESOURCE EVALUATION
improvement of geological perspectivity.
• Hosting of Stakeholders’ engagements in collaboration with UNDP on the alignment of the

African Mining Vision by establishing Gap Analysis Framework alongside Ministry’s Roadmap
• Inauguration of Committee of Donor Agencies for the Solid Minerals sector
• Implementation of Executive Order 001 on Promotion of Transparency and Efficiency in the

Business Environment
• Engagement of 53 positions for Critical Professionals/Skills and 80 positions for Drivers/Mechanics

following waiver approval granted the ministry by the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the
Federation
• Establishment of the Investment Promotions & Minerals Trade Department as an upgrade of the
now defunct Minerals and Metals Promotion Unit
• Procurement of inspectorate tools and equipment for regulatory functions for Mines Inspectors
• Logistics support for Special Mines Surveillance Taskforce on illegal mining- this support is in
form of quarterly allocations to the State chapters of the Taskforce for effective monitoring and
surveillance of illegal mining site nationwide
• Nationwide joint verification inspection of explosives storage facilities with full participation of all
security agencies for 2017 held from 10–19 January 2018
• Receipt of approval of the Attorney General of the Federation and Honourable Minister of Justice
for the reviewed Explosive Act to be transmitted to FEC for approval
• Review of proposed curriculum for training of members of Special Mines Surveillance Task Force
(SMSTF) on illegal mining in January 2018
• Procurement and commissioning of 40 vehicles for the operations of Special
• Recorded increased mineral production because of increased mining, quarrying and construction
activities nationwide
• Reactivation of Ajaokuta 110MW Thermal Power Plant for use in generating internally needed
electricity while the excess is fed into to the national grid.
• The completion of a comprehensive internal Technical Audit of the Ajaokuta Steel Plant carried
out in collaboration with Nigerian Society of Engineers to ascertain the status of the plant
equipment and put value on the requirements for the activation of the Plant.
Capacity Building
• MTI Graduated 714 students from 2015 till date in addition to 60 persons trained under NPower
Programme
• NIMG Jos graduated 66 post graduate students in the mining engineering, mineral engineering
and exploration
• 157 Gemmologist and other short courses were also trained by NIMG
• NGSA trained 11 scientific officers of NGRL, in Mintek, South Africa for 10 days on XRD, SEM, XRF,
Fire Assay and ICP-ores
• 49 NGRL staff were trained on: Health, safety and Environment at ABU Zaria by NGSA
Ongoing projects
• Implementation of various projects/programmes under the Intervention Fund
• The ministry has initiated the optimisation of the Gold Value Chain with a view to instituting
a Federal Gold Reserve Scheme, in which the Central Bank of Nigeria shall be involved. This
initiative would also include a National Gold Purchase Scheme that would involve cultivating
partnerships with State governments towards improving their beneficial participation in the
gold value chain especially as it touches on production, technics, trading, health and safety, and
environmental protection;
• Harmonisation of the Report on Gemstone Certification and Export/Trade Guidelines with the
Mineral Trade and Export Guidelines being developed by the MinDiver Project and Department
of Investment Promotion and Mineral Trade

• Installation of the Super-Concentrate Plant, Weathered Ore Treatment Plant. This project is
however discontinued due to the complete demobilisation of M/S KOCH occasioned by the
execution of the Modified Concession Agreement (MCA) on NIOMCO
• Procurement of Testing Equipment for the mini Metallurgical Testing Laboratory being
established;
• Inaugurated a Six-member Steering Committee on Research Collaboration with the Universities.

The programme is aimed at creating research innovation hubs nationwide and create effective
interface with research institutions to deepen knowledge and expertise to support sector growth
and competitiveness
• Ongoing capacity development programmes for ministry staff including 11 technical officers who
are currently attending Professional Technical (Internship) Training in South African active mine
sites, and ongoing training of 83 Middle Level Officers and 5 Directorate Level Officers
• Addressing the issue of office accommodation and equipment for some Zonal/States Mines
offices as well as for some agencies in the ministry
• The final draft of the new Explosives Act has been vetted by the Federal Ministry of Justice and
returned to the Ministry for onward transmission to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for
approval
• The Ministry is collaborating with tertiary institutions on Research and Development and has
shared N84 million among 11 engaged universities for research development in various areas in
the first phase while the second phase is being processed
SHUTTERSTOCK
If paucity of funding is replaced by an
adequate budget that will enhance
responsiveness, motivation of detectives
and officers of the Agency.

NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS (NAPTIP)
Poised to do even
more
Working to effectively stamp out human trafficking and to liberate and uplift the vulnerable,
especially women and children, from dehumanising and exploitative employment and usage;
and to ensure their rehabilitation and effective reintegration
5Ps Strategic Approach

Policy, Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and Partnership.
Establishment of Regional Anti-Human Trafficking Training Academy (RAHTA): On 20

September 2107, the Director General established a 29-member Steering Committee for the
establishment of the Agency’s Academy. The committee met severally and strategies on how
to get not less than 200 plots of land and fund from government and other donor bodies.
Prevention interventions
• Robust engagement with the media
• Super Story - The Agency sponsored a 16-episode TV drama series, Itohan, by Wale
Adenuga Productions on national television channels
• NAPTIP on the Move: Currently the Agency anchors a 30-minute television awareness
programme on NTA International every Wednesday 8:30pm
• Sustained public enlightenment activities in schools, motor parks, borders, and

other endemic areas
Community dialogues and engagements with various groups at the grassroots for mobilisation
against human trafficking, include NURTW, religious groups and traditional rulers
Establishment of the NAPTIP Training Resource Centre (TRC) equipped with the support of
the German Government
N AT I O N A L AG E N CY FO R T H E P RO H I B I T I O N O F T R A F F I C K I N G I N P E RS O N S (N A PT I P)
Establishment of Anti-Trafficking Vanguards and NAPTIP Focal Groups with Youth Corps
members
Media campaign against TIP on its own social media platforms and using those of human
trafficking ambassadors and campaigners within the Civil Society Organisations with a combined
total of over one million followers and still counting.
Establishment of 9 Zonal Commands in Benin City, Enugu, Kano, Ikeja. Maiduguri, Makurdi, Osogbo,
Sokoto, Uyo and a Liaison Office in Port Harcourt
Through the Training and Manpower Development, the Agency has been strengthened to source for
capacity building and manpower development activities for the enhancement of staff performance
and productivity. Staff have enjoyed training both within and outside the country and the effect of
the training received can be easily seen on the job performances of the staff.
Advocacy meetings and courtesy visits to chieftains in the private sector to encourage them to focus
their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) towards supporting the fight against human trafficking
Creation of the NAPTIP Rapid Response Squad (N/RRS) to react swiftly to public complaints and
credible information received from members of the public using NAPTIP Whistle Blower Policy link
on the website, anonymous complaints, intelligence reports from sister law enforcement agencies
Protection
• Rescue and rehabilitation of at least 13,000 victims of TIP and empowering a good number
of them with formal education programmes and vocational trades for meaningful living. Five
victims rescued by the Agency have successfully graduated from various universities in Nigeria,
under the Agency’s sponsorship
• Development of a National Policy on the Protection and Assistance of Trafficked Persons and
Guidelines on National Referral Mechanism to guide the treatment of victims by caregivers
establishment of nine shelters across the country with the cumulative capacity of about 300
bed spaces
• Remodelling and continuous improvement of the Agency’s shelters to provide quality services
to victims of trafficking
• Training and certification of officers of the Counselling and Rehabilitation Department to

professionalise social work in the Agency and improve the quality of protection services delivered
by the Agency
Prosecution
• Investigated 5,019 suspected human traffickers
• Obtained conviction of 352 traffickers from inception while others are at various stages of trial in

POISED TO DO EVEN MORE
Mainstreaming of human
SHUTTERSTOCK
trafficking into the national
curricula of schools which
is a product of NAPTIP’s
collaboration with National
Educational Research and
Development Council (NERDC)
N AT I O N A L AG E N CY FO R T H E P RO H I B I T I O N O F T R A F F I C K I N G I N P E RS O N S (N A PT I P)
courts or referred to relevant Agencies for further investigations and eventual prosecutions
• Re-enactment of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act in

2015 which provides stiffer punishment for trafficking in persons’ offenders
• Promulgation of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act in 2015 which is operational in FCT
for now. The Agency has charged numerous cases to court under this Act and three convictions
have been secured already
• Constant training and retraining of Investigators and prosecutors on anti-human trafficking

investigation and prosecution techniques
Partnership
The Agency maintains a cordial and functional relationship with United Nations bodies such as
UNICEF, UNODC, UNIFEM, UNICRI, ILO, etc
• International Organisations -IOM, INTERPOL, IBA, ABA, Terre des hommes
• Embassies – Italian, American, British, Netherlands, Swiss, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, French,
German, Benin Republic, Finland, Togo, The Gambia etc
• Law Enforcement Agencies –NIS, NPF, NDLEA, NSCDC, NCS, NAFDAC, FRSC, DSS, military etc
• NGOs – Idia Renaissance, NACTAL, WOTCLEF, WOCON, Rehoboth Home, etc
• Relevant Government Ministries/Departments/Agencies at Federal and State evels
These partnerships have yielded the following successes:
• Effective collaboration led to Nigeria’s existing MOU with the following countries: The Netherlands
(which led to Operation Coolvis and Counter-Intelligence Exchange Programme), Mali (which
led to Operation Timbuktu), Italy, Benin Republic, Finland, Spain, etc.
• Mainstreaming of human trafficking into the national curricula of schools which is a product of
NAPTIP’s collaboration with National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC)
• Strengthening of technical and operational cooperation with many countries on mutual legal
assistance, joint investigations and joint prosecutions, particularly the UK
NAPTIP collaborates with neighbouring countries - Cameroun, Benin Republic, Chad and Niger
Republic to strengthen mutual cooperation to stem trans-border trafficking
NAPTIP collaborated with the British Government to establish a Joint Border Task Force for enhanced
intelligence-led detection and mitigation of human trafficking at Nigerian international airports and
land entry points. The team was also trained and equipped. This initiative was birthed through the

POISED TO DO EVEN MORE
bilateral consensus between NAPTIP and the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom has
provided a platform for NAPTIP officers to have a presence at all the international airports in Nigeria
Collaboration with IOM towards the evacuation/reception of stranded Nigerians (including trafficked
persons) in different countries including Mali and Libya, etc. in different batches
Establishment of the National Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum on Trafficking in Persons which has
been convened 23 times since inception to periodically assess the level and effectiveness of Human
Trafficking intervention efforts in the country for future programming
Strengthening of the Intelligence & International Cooperation Unit for effective service delivery.
Created by the preceding NAPTIP Management, this has been revamped and better-equipped to
effectively carry out their duties and responsibilities. The IICU now conducts surveillance operations,
sting operations, and other undercover exercises This initiative, birthed through the bilateral consensus
between NAPTIP and the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom, has provided a platform
for NAPTIP Officers to have a presence at all the international airports in Nigeria.
The Reforms Unit is the Agency’s flagship Anti-Corruption & Zero Tolerance instrument that was
created to attend to grievances, misgivings, and internal grumblings. Their presence has seen staff
conform to minimum standards for fear of being sanctioned for falling short of Agency’s rules and
protocol
The Agency could do even more if paucity of funding is replaced by an adequate budget that will
enhance responsiveness, motivation of detectives and officers of the Agency which would be a
morale-booster and lead to the required productivity and effective service delivery
President Buhari has provided leadership and
direction to the Commission in line with his
commitment to ensuring that Nigeria meets all
national and global humanitarian obligations.
IDPS FROM THE NORTH-EAST RECEIVING

TRAINING IN CHARCOAL MAKING AS PART OF
THEIR RESETTLEMENT

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES, MIGRANTS AND
INTERNALLY-DISPLACED PERSONS
To whom more is
given
Mandate
• Safeguard the interest and treatment of refugees
• Resettlement of internally displaced persons
• Coordination of migration.
Consequently, the Commission provides durable solution to persons-of-concern (POCs) including

refugees, returnees/deportees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, internally displaced persons, and
migrants.
Milestones
President Muhammadu Buhari has provided leadership and direction to the Commission in line with
his commitment to ensuring that Nigeria meets all national and global humanitarian obligations. This
was further demonstrated by an exponential increase in budgetary allocation for the Commission’s
core capital projects, from N70 million to over N3.99billion in 2017, which made it possible for the
Commission to resettle more IDPs, rehabilitate and reintegrate returnees, provide livelihood support
to refugees, thus contributing towards addressing some of major constraints to economic growth
and social development as envisioned by the president.
a. Policy Development
i. Formulation of the draft National Migration Action Plan to guide the implementation of
the National Migration Policy.
ii. Presentation of the National Policy on IDPs to the Federal Executive Council
b. Refugee Management
iii. Signing and facilitation of the tripartite agreement between the Federal Government of
N A T I O N A L C O M M I S S I O N F O R R E F U G E E S , M I G R A N T S A N D I N T E R N A L LY- D I S P L A C E D P E R S O N S
Nigeria, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Government of
Cameroon for the return of Nigerian refugees in Cameroon
iv. Signing of bi-partite sub-project implementation between the Commission and UNHCR
for protection and assistance to urban refugees and refugees in Benue and Cross River
States
v. Profiling and registration of more than 20,000 Cameroonian refugees in Benue, Akwa-
Ibom and Cross River States
vi. Reduced backlog of asylum seekers application with the registration of asylum seekers
from Turkey, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Syria,
Niger Republic and Sudan. Over 210 applications were processed, from which 180 were
accepted.
c. Migration Coordination
i. Participated in the Presidential Task Force that is facilitating the return of close to 5,000
Nigerians stranded in Libya
ii. Working with the International Organisation for Migration for the return of over 7,000
Nigerians stranded in Libya and the empowerment and reintegration of over 500
returnees
iii. Coordinated the development of Nigeria’s Common Position on Migration Matters, in

line with the resolutions of the Global Forum on Migration and Development and the
Global Compact for Migration. The Nigerian Common Position will be presented at the
international round of GCM scheduled for September 2018 in New York.
d. IDPs Management
i. The Commission is the Presidential Committee on the North-East and a Presidential Task
Force on coordination of humanitarian support in the region. It is driving the initiative on
the return of over 90,000 Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram insurgency to Adamawa,
Borno and Yobe States
ii. The NCFRMI/NGO Humanitarian Framework of Co-operation Platform was established to

enhance management of POCs, including IDPs in the six geo-political zones.
e. Care and Maintenance and Durable Solutions
f. With the 2017 budget, the Commission is providing care and maintenance as well as durable
solutions to a targeted over 31,000 POCs in in 25 States and the FCT. This includes 15,529
persons targeted for empowerment through skills development and provision of machines/
materials inputs/tools for various economic activities that are expected to restore their
livelihoods. It also included the provision of building/shelter materials to Adamawa, Borno

TO WHOM MORE IS GIVEN
and Yobe States for the resettlement of IDPs in the three States most affected by the Boko
Haram insurgency
TARGET BENEFICIARIES OF THE COMMISSION’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES FINANCED WITH THE
2017 BUDGET
EMPOWERMENT SKILL/TRADE NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES
Provision of Grinding Machines 4,006
Provision of Sewing Machines/Materials 3,301
Provision of Irrigation Machines and Materials 1,646
Provision of Barbing Salon Starter Pack 1,132
Provision Rice Milling Machines 44
Provision of Rice De-Stoning Machines 37
Training and Provision of Machines and Materials for Ground Nut Oil Making 413
Training and Provision of Machines and Materials for Charcoal Making 852
Training and Provision of Machines and Materials for Poultry 591
Livestock (Cows, sheep and goat) 854
Provision of Agric machines and inputs 1,601
Training and Provision of Machines and Materials for spaghetti making 130
Training and Provision of Machines and Materials for Soap Making 610
Training and Provision of Machines and Materials for Block and Inter-locking Tiles Making 113
Training and Provision of Machines and Materials for Carpentry 138
Provision of Hair Dressing Starter Pack 61
TOTAL 15,529
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN MAKURDI,

BENUE STATE RECEIVING CARE AND MAINTENANCE MATERIALS FROM THE THE HFC FLAGGING OFF THE DISTRIBUTION OF SHELTER
HONOURABLE FEDERAL COMMISSIONER (HFC) SADIYA UMAR FAROUQ MATERIALS TO IDPS IN EBONYI STATE
LOCATION OF BENEFICIARIES OF COMMISSION’S 2017 ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME
S/N INTERVENTION LOCATION OF BENEFICIARIES

1 Food Items Cross-River: Ikom, Bakassi, Amana, Obudu, Danari, Calabar
Kebbi: Miayama
Benue: Makurdi, Agatu, Kwande
Borno: Banki, Maiduguri, Mobar, Kareto
Lagos: Ikoyi
Zamfara: Maru, Shinkafi
FCT-Wasa, Kuchigoro, Durumi
Akwa-Ibom: Itu
Nasarawa: Nyanya-Gwandara
Kano: Sumaila
Gombe: Dukku
Kaduna: Zaria
Yobe: Fika
2 Healthcare materials/drugs Adamawa: Madagalli, Michika, Mubi, Hong
Taraba: Gembu,
Borno: Maiduguri, Gwoza,
Benue: Makurdi, Agatu, Vandekiya
Zamfara: Shinkafi, Moriki
FCT: Kuchigoro
Akwa-Ibom: Eket
Cross River: Bakassi
Ebonyi: Ofe-Nakpa
3 Training/provision of Tailoring/Grinding Machines/Starter Packs Borno: Maiduguri, Konduga, Gamboru Ngala, Banki, Monguno, Mobar,
Adamawa: Madagali, Michika, Mubi,
Yobe: Geidam, Buniyadi,
Zamfara: Shinkafi,
Gombe: Yamaltu-Deba,
Taraba: Gembu, Nguroje
Kano: Kano, Sumaila
KB: Kamba, Bunza, Maiyama
Nasarawa: Lafia, Obi
Osun: Ile-Ife
Enugu: Enugu
Lagos: Ikoyi, lagos
Jigawa: Birning Kudu
4 Irrigation pump/hose Adamawa: Mubi, Hong
Kano: Kano, Wudil
Borno: Konduga, Gwoza, Bama
Gombe: Dukku
Kaduna: Saminaka
Zamfara: Zurmi
Kano: Sumaila
5 Livestock (provision of cows, sheep, goats) Taraba: Gembu
Adamawa: Hong
Kebbi: Kamba
Zamfara: Shinkafi
6 Barbing Salon Starter Pack Akwa-Ibom: Itu
Cross River: Bakassi
Lagos: Ikoyi
7 Provision of Agric Inputs and Machines Taraba: Mayo-Ndaga; Gade-Bayo;
Zamfara: Maradun, ZAM
Borno: Maiduguri
Benue: Vandekiya
Eungu: Enugu
Delta: Asaba
Nasarawa: Shabu
FCT: Wasa
8 Fish Farming/ Processing Borno: Gamboru Ngala
Ondo: Ilaje/Ese-Odo
Adamawa: Yola

S/N INTERVENTION LOCATION OF BENEFICIARIES

9 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Charcoal Making Borno: Konduga
Bauchi: Azare
Borno: Maiduguri
Zamfara: Maradun
10 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Carpentry Borno: Mobar
Cross-River: Bakassi
11 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Soap making Yobe: Geidam, Potiskum
Adamawa: Yola
Abia: Obingwe
Imo: Ideato
Oyo: Ibadan
Plateau: Pankshin
FCT: Durumi
12 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Block and Interlocking making Adamawa: Madagali
FCT-Durumi, Kuchigoro
13 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Poultry Jigawa: Birnin Kudu
14 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Catering Nasarawa: Nyanya-Gwandara
15 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Knitting Kebbi: Bunza
16 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Spaghetti making Zamfara: Shinkafi
17 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Groundnut oil making Zamfara: Maradun
18 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Palm Oil Making Cross-River: Ediba
19 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Cap making Yobe: Geidam
20 Rice-milling and De-stoning machines Adamawa: Madagali, Michika, Hong
Yobe: Geidam
Zamfara: Shinkafi, Maradun
Kano: Gaya
Jigawa: Birnin-Kudu
21 School furniture and Education Kits/uniforms Borno: Konduga, Gwoza, Bama, Kareto, Banki, Maiduguri
Adamawa: Hong, Yola
Yobe: Damaturu, Bade-Jakusko,
Bauchi: Azare,
FCT: Kuchigoro, Wasa
Nasarawa: Obi
Cross-River: Bakassi, Ediba
Edo: Benin
Kebbi: Bunza
22 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Cosmetology Ogun: Oru-Ijebu
23 Hair Dressing Enugu: Enugu
Ebonyi: Abakaliki
24 Training and Provision of Starter Pack for Interior Decoration Nasarawa: Nyanya-Gwandara
THE GOVERNOR OF BORNO STATE KASHIM SHETTIMA INSPECTING BUILDING MATERIALS PROVIDED
BY THE COMMISSION FOR THE RESETTLEMENT OF IDPS IN THE STATE
IDPS IN BUNZA, KEBBI STATE AT EMPOWERMENT TRAINING‑

THE HFC ACCOMPANYING NIGERIAN RETURNEES FROM LIBYA
THE HFC OVERSEEING

THE DISTRIBUTION OF
MATERIALS TO REFUGEES
THE TRANSIT CENTRE IN
THE HFC FLAGGING OFF THE DISTRIBUTION OF CARE AND NYANYA-GWANDARA,
MAINTENANCE MATERIALS TO IDPS IN BANKI, BORNO STATE NASARAWA STATE
THE GOVERNOR
OF ADAMAWA
STATE BINDO JIBRILLA
INSPECTING
A STORE OF
BUILDING MATERIALS
PROVIDED BY THE
COMMISSION FOR
RESETTLEMENT OF IDPS FROM NORTH-EAST TRAINED IN FOOD PROCESSING
IDPS IN THE STATE AS PART OF RESETTLEMENT
ARRIVAL OF THE STRANDED NIGERIANS AT THE PORT HARCOURT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

In response to the international
outcry on the situation, the Federal
Government mandated NEMA to plan,
coordinate and commence the action
of massive evacuation of Nigerians in
Libya
THE STRANDED NIGERIAN MIGRANTS BOARDING THE CHARTERED FLIGHT FROM LIBYA TO NIGERIA

NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY OF NIGERIA
(NEMA)
High impact
Door-to-door distribution of foods to displaced persons in the North-East is of two remarkable
interventions by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, through NEMA, with high impact.
The food distribution is the first of its kind since the beginning of the displacements with initial
approval for the release of 40,905.8 metric tons of grains for distribution to affected victims of
insurgency. 1,937,992 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) enumerated were in all the States in
the North-East.
Maize: 16,637.02 MT
Sorghum: 5,734 MT
Soya Beans: 8,534.06 MT
Rice: 10,000 MT
Total 40,905.8 MT
However, 5,000 MT out of the 10,000 MT of rice was given to the World Food Programme as a
support in responding to the needs of the people in the North East. Vice President, Professor Yemi
Osinbajo flagged off the project on 8 June 2017. The identified states for the special distribution are
Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba.
As a coordinated approach to the project, a committee was set up to actualise the special food
intervention with members drawn from representatives from the office of the National Security
Adviser (NSA), Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Chief of Naval Staff (CONS),
Chief of Air Staff (COAS), Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigeria Police. The committee
also included representatives from the Presidency.
In implementing the food distribution, a team was selected per State with a team leader to coordinate
the enumeration and food distribution to enumerated IDPs. In all 253,254 House Holds (HH) and
1,546,795 persons have been served in the food distribution since the beginning in June 2017.
The distribution is based on standard family size of six persons per household and food ration per
individual for 30 days, which is 280g x 30/ 1000Kg equal to 8.4 Kg. Each household collected a
total food ration of 6 people multiplied by 8.4kg = 50.4 Kg. Where there is variation of 6 persons per
household a factor is added to the total food ration.
N AT I O N A L E M E RG E N CY M A N AG E M E N T AG E N CY O F N I G E R I A (N E M A)
To be concise, the modalities are made up of transporting the food items to NEMA warehouses in
the states, thereafter to the camp holding stores and locations close to or around the IDPs. Officers
from NEMA were deployed for the direct distribution on the basis of door-to-door using the vouchers
earlier distributed to identify the beneficiaries.
BENEFICIARIES OF THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION

S/N STATE HHS COVERED IDPS SERVED
1 Adamawa 40,084 253,742
2 Bauchi 10,649 65,560
3 Borno 144,240 865,440
4 Gombe 7,120 42,720
5 Taraba 10,433 62,598
6 Yobe 40,728 256,735
253,254 1,546,795
Evacuation of stranded Nigerians in Libya was the other remarkable intervention.
MINI PICK-UP USED TO CARRY THE FOOD ITEMS TO THE DOOR STEPS OF THE IDPS FOR THE DIRECT DISTRIBUTION

H I G H I M PA C T
NOVO ISIORO
VICE PRESIDENT PROFESSOR YEMI OSINBAJO FLAGGING OFF THE

SPECIAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE. WITH HIM
WERE DG NEMA AND THE GOVERNORS OF BORNO AND BAUCHI STATES
In response to the international outcry on the situation, the Federal Government mandated NEMA to
plan, coordinate and commence the action of massive evacuation of Nigerians in Libya. The Agency
and relevant stakeholders swung to action after series of activities ranging from data acquisition, fact-
finding, diplomatic negotiation and actual evacuation of Nigeria from Libya – first batch of returnees
airlifted on Sunday 8 January 2018.
As at 28 February 2018, 2,130 had been evacuated. The evacuation was in five airlifts - four sorties by
Max Air and one by Medview Airlines.
RECEPTION CENTRE
The Reception Centre at the Port Harcourt International Airport was upgraded by the Federal Airport
Authority of Nigeria, feeding and logistics was handled by the NEMA South-South Zonal Office and
the area was highly secured by the security agencies headed by the military.
Due to deteriorating and extreme security situation in Libya the operation was suspended
The Federal Government has also
ensured that up-to-date remittances are
made into the Retirement Benefits Bond
Redemption Fund (RBBRF) maintained
with the Central Bank of Nigeria.
SOME PENSIONERS CHECKING FOR THEIR NAMES DURING A VERIFICATION

NATIONAL PENSION COMMISSION (PENCOM)
Saving an abused
scheme
The Commission is the apex regulator superintending all pension matters in Nigeria, including the
Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), the Defined Benefits (DB) Scheme - also known as Pay-As-You-
Go in the public sector - and the administrative structures established pursuant to the provisions of
the defunct PRA (Pension Reform Act) 2004 (amended in 2014).
Prior to the enactment of the PRA 2004, Nigeria operated a Defined Benefits Pension Scheme, also
known as the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Scheme in the public sector, which was unfunded, meaning
that pensions were paid solely through budgetary allocations, often provided intermittently. In
addition, its administration was characterised by inefficiency, lack of transparency and prevalence
of sharp practices. The private sector, on the other hand, was marred by low compliance because of
lack of effective regulation and supervision.
Growth and safety of pension assets

Even with the challenging economic conditions, pension assets increased from N4.96 trillion in
June 2015 to N7.94trillion as at March 2018, a growth of 60 per cent. Fact: this growth testifies to
the support by the current Administration of the Commission’s diligent implementation of the
PRA 2014. Whereas the Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) manage the pension funds, custody is
vested in the Pension Fund Custodians (PFCs). The Commission, on its part, ensures that both parties
adhere strictly to regulations governing pension fund investments. The pension fund assets are being
invested in safe and structured financial instruments, thereby deepening the Nigerian economy.
Increased contributors
The number of registered contributors in the CPS increased by 21 per cent; from 6.63 million in
June 2015 to 8.04 million as at March 2018. It is significant, considering the prevailing economic
circumstances; it is indicative of the trust in the CPS and commendable policy actions of government
as it focuses on its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). The Commission is also intensifying
efforts at ensuring the provision of infrastructural requirements for the launching of the Micro Pension
Scheme. This is a major kernel of the coverage expansion strategy.
N AT I O N A L P E N S I O N COM M I SS I O N (P E N COM)
Pension Industry investments in infrastructure for national

development
As the Muhammadu Buhari Administration has prioritised the provision of infrastructure for national
development, pension funds can invest in structured infrastructure projects that meet the stringent
quality requirements as enshrined in the Investment Regulations. For instance, pension funds
invested about half of the N100billion Federal Government of Nigeria Islamic bond (Sukuk), which
was issued to provide funding for critical road projects nationwide. Furthermore, the first FGN Green
Bond, which was dedicated to renewable energy projects attracted pension funds investment of
about N7 billion.
Review of Pensions of retirees under the Programmed

Withdrawal
Based on retirement benefits paid to date, there are many pensioners whose monthly pensions are
low when compared with their terminal salaries. Indeed, the issue of low pensions remains the most
potent bait which is being manipulated by various interest groups in attempting to undermine the
lofty gains of the CPS in Nigeria. The reasons for low level of pension for certain category of pensioners
include the recent generous salary increases especially for those retiring within the first 10 years of
the implementation of the CPS and whose accrued pension rights were calculated based on their
salaries as at June 2004. In addition, the relatively low monthly pension contributions for most public
service workers continues to hamper the accumulation of sufficient funds in respective employees’
RSAs at retirement. unlike the old PAYG Scheme where some categories of public servants were
entitled to fixed sums as pensions by administrative fiat, the CPS equitably ensures that each
SOME PENSIONERS AT A VERIFICATION

SAVING AN ABUSED SCHEME
employee earns pensions commensurate to their RSA balances at retirement.
This situation prompted the Commission to examine the balances in the Retirement Savings
Accounts of retirees who are on Programmed Withdrawal and are receiving pensions through PFAs.
It was discovered that the returns being generated by the PFAs on the balances of the RSAs of
majority of the affected retirees could be used to enhance their monthly pensions. Consequently,
the Commission sought for and obtained the approval of the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation to implement the pension enhancement which resulted in increased monthly pensions
for most retirees on Programmed Withdrawal. Accordingly, the PFAs were directed to commence
the enhancement of the pensions of all retirees on Programmed Withdrawal with effect from
December 2017.
This implementation is one of the significant milestones since the commencement of the CPS.
This action, aimed at bringing succour to existing retirees, is in line with Mr. President’s avowed
commitment to uplifting the welfare of retirees and Nigerians in general. It also confirms that the
CPS has workable internal mechanisms to respond to retirees’ legitimate demands as they seek a
reasonable retirement income. The Commission intends to sustain this periodic review in line with
relevant legal provisions.
Payment of retirement benefits

The main objective of the CPS is to ensure the timely payment of retirement benefits to retirees.
However, this was not so, in 2014, as the Federal Government did not release funds for the payment
of accrued pension rights. The situation was redeemed as President Buhari in his commitment to
the welfare of retirees, directed the release of N54 billion in April 2017 towards the settlement of
these inherited and current liabilities to Federal Government retirees under the CPS. The Federal
Government has also ensured that up-to-date remittances are made into the Retirement Benefits
Bond Redemption Fund (RBBRF) maintained with the Central Bank of Nigeria.
In the last three years, the
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Commission has ensured that
there is relative industrial peace in
the Public Service.

NATIONAL SAL ARIES, INCOMES AND WAGES COMMISSION
(NSIWC)
Diligently playing
its strategic role
NSIWC was established by the NSIWC Act No.99 of 1993, Cap. 72, Laws of the Federation of
Nigeria to, among other things, advise the Federal Government on issues relating to workers’
remuneration and retirement benefits.
In the last three years of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Commission has ensured that
there is relative industrial peace in the Public Service.
Fixing of National Minimum Wage

The Commission provides technical input to the work of the Tripartite Committee on National
Minimum Wage made up of government, the umbrella labour unions and employers’
consultative associations, towards the determination of the National Minimum Wage.
Public Service Pay Reviews

The Commission has been playing very active roles in all the processes leading to the review
of staff remuneration in the Federal Public Service, through the provision of technical input,
advice, institutional memory as well as participation on Government side, in the negotiations
with staff unions and professional groups in various sub-sectors of the Federal Public Service
such as Tertiary Education, Health and Petroleum, etc. The Commission’s role in such exercises
has been to save government the enormous cost that the unions’ pay demands would have
resulted to if not effectively checkmated by it.
Pay review for parastatals outside the Harmonised Salary Structures

Beyond the remuneration of public servants in the Harmonised Pay Structures, the Commission
also processes requests for pay review by parastatals with peculiar pay structures, for government’s
approval. Examples of such institutions are in the aviation, maritime sector and the oil and gas
sectors, the intelligence community and some regulatory agencies.
Review of pensions
In line with the provisions of the Constitution that public service pension should be reviewed
N AT I O N A L SA L A R I ES, I N COM ES A N D W AG ES COM M I SS I O N (N S I W C)
every five years or following any public service salary review, the Commission has assisted many
agencies in the Federal Public Service in resolving pension matters that have led to the prompt
payment of appropriate pension by such agencies and the Pension Transition Administration
Department (PTAD).
Resolution of industrial relations crises

The Commission has consistently played a critical role in resolving industrial relations crises in
different sectors of the Public Service by proffering viable solutions based on its experience and
employee compensation technical knowhow. The Commission also appears in court on behalf
of Government when unions or individuals take Government to court on issues bordering on
remuneration and or pension.
War on Corruption
The Commission has continued to provide critical evidence in many cases of corrupt practices
by Heads of public institutions in matters relating to the payment of unauthorised salaries and
allowances which are prosecuted from time to time by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission (ICPC).
Control of the upward growth of the wage bill

The Commission has been the guide of IPPIS, the Budget Office and the Accountant-General’s
Office in ensuring that the appropriate salary structures are used in wage bill budgeting and
payments.
Regulation of the Public Service Pay System

The Commission has been taking proactive steps to advise agencies of Government on measures
to control cost and limit abuses of the pay system. Some of such initiatives are:
i. Salary Inspection of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the Federal Public Service
to ascertain the level of compliance with government’s staff compensation policy
ii. Compilation of a comprehensive list of Establishments with their approved salary structures in
the Federal Public Service to guide salary administration in general and Integrated Personnel
and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), in particular
iii. Development of a Database on Manning Levels (Staff Strength) in the Public Service to provide
accurate data that will be used for effective personnel budgeting and implementation
iv. Providing appropriate interpretation of the application of wage-related circulars to Public Service
institutions to ensure probity and accountability as well as eliminate misapplication of public
funds.
Raising productivity in the Public Service

The Commission, in pursuance of its statutory role of monitoring productivity in the Public

D I L I G E N T LY P L A Y I N G I T S S T R A T E G I C R O L E
Service had collaborated with the National Productivity Centre in installing pilot productivity
improvement schemes in the Federal Road Safety Commission and the Nigeria Immigration
Service.
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The Commission
provides appropriate
interpretation of the
application of
wage-related circulars
to Public Service
institutions to ensure
probity and
accountability
CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH CENTRE BUILDING AT ODE-UGBO, UGBO KINGDOM, ILAJE LGA, ONDO STATE
CONSTRUCTION OF ONE BLOCK OF SIX CLASSROOMS WITH OFFICES AT GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, ODI, BAYELSA STATE

NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS
Quick-win projects
The construction of blocks of six classrooms in the nine States and Health Centres in four states
(Cross-River, Delta, Ondo and Rivers States) being one of the quick-win projects was conceptualised
by the ministry’s Department of Housing and Urban Development of the Ministry of Niger Delta
Affairs in pursuance of its statutory mandate to develop and improve the lives of the great people
of the Niger Delta Region through provision of infrastructure.
METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, EDEMAYA IKOT ABASI, AKWA IBOM STATE
N I G E R D E LTA A F FA I R S
CONSTRUCTION OF BLOCK OF SIX (6) CLASSROOMS WITH

OFFICES
The scope of works for the construction of Block of Classrooms included the following;
• Six (6) No. Classrooms Principal/Head Teacher’s Office Staff room.

• Store
• Conveniences ‘for Staff and Students
• A Generating Set
• Drilling of Borehole & surface/overhead water storage
SITE HAND OVER

STATE CONTRACTOR CONTRACT SUM DATE DATE COMPLETED PROJECT STATUS
l ABIA MIS FOLDAMS ENGINEERING COMPANY N59, 172, 619:28 30 I 01 I 2017 JUNE 2017 PRACTICAL
LIMITED COMPLETION
2 AKWAIBOM MIS LOGISTICS & MATERIALS LIMITED N59,554,963.03 31 I 01 I 2017 JULY 2017 PRACTICAL
COMPLETION
3 BAYELSA MIS SAFFART INTERNATIONAL CO. N59,367,301.03 29 I 01 I 20177 JUNE 2017 PRACTICAL
LIMITED COMPLETION
4 CROSS RIVER MIS NAMZY VENTURES LIMITED N59,392,608.99 Ol 10212017 SEPTEMBER 2017 PRACTICAL
COMPLETION
5 DELTA MIS BIRTHRIGHT PROPERTIES LTD N59,049,604.05 28101 I 2017 - ON-GOING
6 EDO MIS FRANKTECH GLOBAL RESOURCES N59,485,512. 98 2710112017 JULY 2017 PRACTICAL
LIMITED COMPLETION
7 IMO MIS MULTI DIMENSION CONCEPT & N59,071,736.79 3010112017 MAY2017 PRACTICAL
TECH LIMITED COMPLETION
8 ONDO M/S ELNITA NIG. LIMITED N59,158,817.13 27 I 01 I 2017 APRIL 2017 PRACTICAL
COMPLETION
9 RIVERS MIS DE-VINE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES N59,094,870.98 3110112017 JULY 2017 PRACTICAL
LIMITED COMPLETION
CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH CENTRES

The scope of works included the following;
• One Block Health Centre Building

• Gate house and Perimeter Fence
• Generator house.
• A Generating Set
• Drilling of Borehole & Surface/overhead water storage

QUICK-WIN PROJECTS
SITE HAND OVER

STATE CONTRACTOR CONTRACT SUM DATE DATE COMPLETED PROJECT STATUS
1 CROSS RIVER MIS NAMZY VENTURES LIMITED N51,890,202.88K 0110212017 - ON - G OING
2 DELTA MIS. MASCOT ASSOCIATES LIMITED N51,253,668.89K 2810112017 MAY, 2017 PRACTICAL
COMPLETION
3 ONDO MIS. MULTIFORTE RESOURCES LIMITED N51,476,449.68k 2710112017 JULY,2017 PRACTICAL
COMPLETION
4 RIVERS MIS KIKUCHI INVESTMENT LIMITED NS0,468,621. 93K 31 I 01 I 2017 - ON-GOING
IMPLEMENTATION OF 2016-2017 CAPITAL PROJECTS

ABIA STATE
PROJECT: CONSTRUCTION OF ONE BLOCK OF SIX (6) CLASSROOMS WITH OFFICES.
LOCATION: OSSAH COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL, UMUAHIA, ABIA STATE.
CONTRACTOR: M/S. FOLDAMS ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED.
CONTRACT SUM: 59,l 72,6l 9.28k
PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED
APPROACH VIEW OF THE BLOCK OF CLASSROOMS AT OSSAH COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL
AKWA IBOM STATE

LOCATION: METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, EDEMA YA, IKOT-ABASI AKWA-IBOM STATE.
CONTRACTOR:M/S. LOGISTICS AND MATERIALS LIMITED.
CONTRACT SUM: N59,554,963.03K
APPROACH VIEW OF CLASSROOM BLOCK AT METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, EDEMAYA IKOT ABASI, AKWA IBOM STATE
BAYELSA STATE
PROJECT: CONSTRUCTION OF ONE BLOCK OF SIX (6) CLASSROOMS WITH OFFICES. GOVERNMENT
LOCATION: SECONDARY SCHOOL ODI, BAYELSA STATE.
CONTRACTOR: M/S. SAFFAART INTERNATIONALCOMPANY LIMITED.
PUPILS SITTING IN FRONT OF NEW CLASSROOM BLOCK AT GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, ODI, BAYELSA STATE

QUICK-WIN PROJECTS
CROSS RIVER STATE

LOCATION: COMPREHENSIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL, NKO, YAKURR LG.A CROSS- RIVER STATE.
CONTRACTOR: M/S. NAMZY VENTURES LIMITED.
CONTRACT SUM; N59,392,608.99K
FRONT VIEW OF THE BLOCK OF CLASSROOMS AT COMPREHENSIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL, NKO
DELTA STATE
LOCATION: ADAGWE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, ERUEMUKOHWARIEN, DELTA STATE.
CONTRACTOR: M/S. BIRTHRIGHT PROPERTIES LIMITED.
PROJECT STATUS: ON-GOING
FRONT VIEW OF THE BLOCK OF CLASSROOMS AT ADAGWE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, REUEMUKOHWARIEN
EDO STATE
LOCATION: ALAGHODARO PRIMARY SCHOOL, IZIKHIRI, UHUNMWODE, EDO STATE.
CONTRACTOR M/S. FRANKTECHGLOBAL RESOURCES LIMITED.
INSTALLED COMPUTERS AT ALAGHODARO PRIMARY SCHOOL, IZIKHIRI, UHUNMWODE, EDO STATE
IMO STATE
LOCATION: EGBUOMA SECONDARY SCHOOL, EGBUOMA, OGUTA LG.A, IMO STATE.
CONTRACTOR: M/S. MULTI-DIMENSION CONCEPT TECH. LIMITED.
BLOCK OF CLASSROOMS AT EGBUOMA SECONDARY SCHOOL EGBUOMA

QUICK-WIN PROJECTS
ONDO STATE
LOCATION: METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, ODE-AYE, OKITIPUPA L.G.A, ONDO STATE.
CONTRACTOR M/S. ELNITA NIGERIA LIMITED.
BLOCK OF CLASSROOMS AT METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, ODE-A YE
RIVERS STATE
LOCATION: ARMY DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL, BORI CAMP, OB1O/ AKPOR L.G.A, RIVERS STATE.
CONTRACTOR: M/S. DE-VINECONSTRUCTION LIMITED.
BLOCK OF CLASSROOMS AT ARMY DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL, BORI CAMP, PORT-HARCOURT
CROSS RIVER STATE

PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH CENTRE BUILDING.
LOCATION ASSIGA OLD TOWN, YAKURR LG.A, CROSS-RIVER STATE.
CONTRACTOR M/S. NAMZY VENTURES LIMITED.
PROJECT STATUS: ONGOING
APPROACH VIEW OF THE HEALTH CENTRE AT ASSIGA TOWN
DELTA STATE
PROJECT: CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH CENTRE BUILDING.
LOCATION: EWROKPE COMMUNITYEMEDE KINGDOM, ISOKO SOUTH L.G.A DELTA STATE.
CONTRACTOR: M/S. MASCOT ASSOCIATES LIMITED.
FRONT VIEW OF THE HEALTH CENTRE BUILDING AT EMEDE KINGDOM

QUICK-WIN PROJECTS
ONDO STATE
LOCATION: ODE-UGBO, UGBO KINGDOM, ILAJE LGA ONDO STATE.
CONTRACTOR: M/S. MULTIFORTE RESOURCES LIMITED.
CONTRACT SUM: N51,476,449.68k
FRONT VIEW OF THE HEALTH CENTRE BUILDING AT ODE-UGBO, ILAJE LG.A
RIVERS STATE
LOCATION: OMUANWA IKWERRE L.G.A, RIVERS STATE.
CONTRACTOR: M/S. KUKUCHI INVESTMENT LIMITED.
PROJECT STATUS: ONGOING
APPROACH VIEW OF THE HEALTH CENTRE BUILDING AT OMUANWA, IKWERRE
LIST OF UNCOMPLETED PROJECTS IN HOUSING
NAME OF PROJECTS LOCATION

1. ABIA STATE
1 CONSTRUCTION OF SKILLS ACQUSITION CENTRE OWAZZA UKWA WEST LGA
2 CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING ESTATE WITH PERIMETER FENCING UMUDIOBA, OWAZZA UKWA WEST LGA
3 NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT ISI OBUZOR COMMUNITY UKWA WEST LGA
2. AKWA-IBOM STATE
1 CONSTRUCTION OF SKILLS ACQUSITION CENTRE IWUCHANG, IBENO LGA
2 CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING ESTATE UYO & IKOT EPENE LGA
3 NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT IDLING UDO COMMUNITY EKET LGA
3. BAYELSA STATE
1 CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING ESTATE WITH PERIMETER FENCING ODI , KOLOK/OPKOUMA LGA
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
2 NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT FAMGBE COMMUNITY YENOAGA LGA
4. CROSS RIVER STATE
1 CONSTRUCTION OF SKILLS ACQUSITION CENTRE IKOT NAKANDA AKAPBUYO LGA
2 CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING ESTATE WITH PERIMETER FENCING IKIPRI-IKANG NEW BAKASSI AKAPBUYO LGA
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
3 NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT EDIT IDIM IKOT EFFANG BAKASSI AKAPBUYO LGA
5. DELTA STATE
1 CONSTRUCTION OF SKILLS ACQUSITION CENTRE TUOMO BURUTU LGA
2 CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING ESTATE GBARAMUTU, WARRI SOUTH WEST LGA
3 CONSTRUCTION OF SNOS TWO BEDROOM BUNGALOWS OBON-TEGHERADA WARRI NORTH LGA
5 CONSTRUCTION OF SNOS TWO BEDROOM BUNGALOWS BATEREN WARRI SOUTH WEST LGA
6 CONSTRUCTION OF SNOS TWO BEDROOM BUNGALOWS DEGHALE WARRI SOUTH LGA
7 CONSTRUCTION OF SNOS TWO BEDROOM BUNGALOWS OGYAHE-EGHOROKE WARRI SOUTH LGA
8 CONSTRUCTION OF 20 NOS THREE BEDROOM BUNGALOWS ODE-ITESEKIRIb WARRI SOUTH LGA

9 NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT GBARAMUTU KINGDOM WARRI SOUTH WEST LGA
6.EDOSTATE
1 CONSTRUCTION OF SKILLS ACQUSITION CENTRE IGWELABA ORINIONHMOW LGA
2 CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING ESTATE WITH PERMETER FENCING AND UPPER SAKPONBA, IKOPBA-OKHA LGA
INFRASTRUCTURE
3 NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT GELEGELE COMMUNITY OVIA NORTH EAST LGA
7. IMO STATE
1 CONSTRUCTION OF SKILLS ACQUSITION CENTRE ABAEZI-EGBEMA, EGBEMA-OHAJI LGA
2 NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT NNEBUKWU COMMUNITY OGUTA LGA
8. ONDO STATE
1 CONSTRUCTION OF SKILLS ACQUSITION CENTRE AGADAGA OBON, ESE-ONDO LGA

QUICK-WIN PROJECTS
NAME OF PROJECTS LOCATION

2 CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING ESTATE WITH PERIMETER FENCING IGBEKEBO LGA & IGBOKODA LGA
3 NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT ORERE-AJA ILAJE LGA
9. RIVERS STATE
1 CONSTRUCTION OF SKILLS ACQUSITION CENTRE ELELE IKWERRE LGA
2 CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING ESTATE WITHn PERIMETER FENCING KULA ASARI-TORU LGA RIVERS STATE
3 NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT BEERI-NYOKURUR COMMUNITIES OGONI-KHANA LGA
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES COMPLETED BETWEEN 2015 AND 2018
VOCATION 2015 2016 2017 2018 TOTAL
1. POULTRY PRODUCTION 50 50 180 NA 280

2. FISHERY PRODUCTION 48 70 295 NA 413
3. SNAILRY PRODUCTION 0 150 0 NA 150
4. PIGGERY (SWINE) PRODUCTION 5 0 0 NA 5
5. FOOD PROCESSING/PRESERVATION 0 0 35 NA 35
6. CONFECTIONERIES (MEAT/FISH PIE CAKE. EGGROLL BURNS. PDF-PDF. 0 60 50 NA 110
ETC.)
7. SOAP AND DETERGENT (LIQUID. BAR AND POWDERED SOAP / 0 35 140 NA 175
DETERGENT)
8. CROP PRODUCTION 18 0 0 NA 18
9 CASSAVA PROCESSING PLANT 1 2 4 NA 8
10 OIL PALM PROCESSING PLANT 0 0 1 NA 1
11 COMMUNITY SHARED ICT AND BUSINESS HUB 0 45 0 NA 45
12 PROVISION OF TRICYCLE 48 0 150 NA 198
TOTAL 170 412 856 NA 1,438
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION PROGRAMMES DEPARTMENT FROM 2015 -

2018
PROGRAMME PROGRAMME NO OF
SIN TITLE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS DATE/ YEAR VENUE CONSULTANT REMARKS
1. Telephone Youth/Women 60 June/July 2016 Calabar MIS Swift & Just
Assemblage and empowerment
Repairs (Mobile Phone
assembly and
maintenance
MINDA phones/
other Skills)
2. Peace and Enlightenment November 2016 Okitipupa, Ondo
Security campaign State.
Enlightenment for Security
awareness in
the Niger Delta
States.
3. Enlightenment Sensitization November 2016. Okitipupa Ondo
Campaign to on the need State.
Youth/ Women to stay healthy
against HIV/AIDS, against endemic
Malaria diseases in the
Niger Delta State.
4. Sea Time Training Accreditation 50 Jan 2017 Lagos MIS Generic
Experience of youths and College
revalidation of
certificate
5. Artisan Training Vocational 50 January, 2018 Ikeji-Arakeji, Joseph Ayo
of non militant training of Osun Stat Babalola
rouths in youth on University
Housing/ entrepreneurship
Industry development in
Housing Industry
6. Peace and Enlightenment March, 2018 Eyekogba, Edo In House

security campaign State (March 15th
enlightenment for security 2018); Akampka,
campaign awareness in Cross River State
the Niger Delta (March 22nd 2018)
Region and MboLGA,
Akwa-Ibom State
( March 29th 2018)
7. Enlightenment Sensitization March, 2018 Eyekogba, Edo In House
Campaign to on the need State (March 15th
youth/ Women to stay heathy 2018); Akampka,
against HIV/AIDS, against endemic Cross River State
Malaria diseases in the (March 22nd 2018)
Niger Delta State. and Mbo LGA,
Akwa-Ibom State
(March 29th 2018)
8. Youth /Women Training & 50 March/April 2018 Ibadan MIS Camlia
Empowerment Capacity Building Baldwin
Training of Women in
Confectioneries
Soap and
Entreprenuership

QUICK-WIN PROJECTS
PUPILS AT ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS IN ALAGHODARO PRIMARY SCHOOL, IZIKHIRI, UHUNMWODE, EDO STATE
COMPUTER SETS INSTALLED AT COMPREHENSIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL, NKO, YAKURR LGA, CROSS RIVER STATE
ONGOING CONSTRUCTION OF OPAC MODULAR REFINERY IN KWALE, DELTA STATE

NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC)
Projects’ completion
helping to revive the
communities
THE COMMISSION’S 4R INITIATIVE
• Restructuring the balance sheet
• Reforming the governance protocols
• Restoring the Core Mandate
• Reaffirming commitment to doing what is right and proper.
A B I A STAT E
CONSTRUCTION OF WATCH TOWER ROAD, BAKASSI SHOE INDUSTRIAL MARKET, OSISIOMA

Prior to the award of the contract in February 2015 for ₦149,500,000, flooding made the road unpassable
during the rains. So, a rigid pavement design was adopted in the implementation of this project which
has now been completed; resulting in improved socio-economic activities within and around the Bakassi
Shoe Market environment of Aba.
CONSTRUCTION OF CRYSTAL PARK ROAD, ABA/OWERRI ROAD

This project was awarded in December 2014 at a contract sum of ₦188,124,091. The scope entails
construction of 1.22km single carriage asphalt pavement with reinforced concrete drains. Construction
commenced in March 2016 and was completed in April 2018. The road which was in a deplorable condition
is now motorable and commercial activities in this area has also improved.
A K W A I B OM STAT E
OKU IBOKU INTERNAL ROAD, OKU IBOKU, ITU LGA

This project was awarded in 2014 at a contract sum of ₦850,000,000 and was completed in 2017. It is a
flexible pavement design of internal roads with reinforced concrete trapezoidal drains and covers a total
of 5.8 kilometres at Oku Iboku Community in the state. The completion of the internal roads has improved
the socio-economic condition of the people and made access in and out of the area very conducive.
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF NDDC, MR NSIMA EKERE, (MIDDLE) INSPECTING THE OBOLO-UMUEZE ROAD
CONNECTING ISIALA MBANO LGA AND EHIME MBANO LGA IN IMO STATE. BEHIND HIM IS THE NDDC DIRECTOR
PROJECT MONITORING AND SUPERVISION, ENGR. EMMANUEL AUDU
CONSTRUCTION OF ABA ETO ROAD, ODIONO/ISUTBE, IKOT ABASI

This project was awarded in 2015 at contract sum of ₦225,385,083 and was completed in December
2017. It is a 900m rigid pavement road with reinforced concrete drains. The completion of the road has
engendered development in Odiono and environs.
B AY E L S A STAT E
OGBIA NEMBE ROAD

Nembe and surrounding communities constitute one of the major oil-producing communities in the
State and the area has been producing oil and gas for decades with flow stations and wells operated by
the Shell JV partners.
Over the decades, right from when oil exploration and production started in the early sixties, the
communities were not assessable by road. Plans to construct a road to link the hinterlands remained
on the drawing board until 2006 when the NDDC in conjunction with SPDC JV partners entered into
partnership with an MOU for the construction of a 25 km road with several bridges to link Ogbia in Ogbia
Local Government and Nembe in Nembe Local Government, and connecting about 14 communities,
including Opume, Emakalakala, Akipelai, Etiama, Ogbolomabiri, Bassambiri and others.
The road, with an award cost of N24,421,857.276.17, is now completed and ready for commissioning.

QUICK-WIN PROJECTS
OTUOKE INTERNAL ROADS (PHASE 2), OGBIA LGA

This 1.8km rigid pavement road project was executed at a contract sum of N599,050,600. It was completed
and commissioned in 2017, opening up new areas for development and improved socio-economic
activities in Otuoke and environs.
C RO SS STAT E
IGOLI-ABAKAPA JUNCTION ROAD, OGOJA LGA

This important road project was conceived to reduce travel time between Ogoja and Yala Local Government
Areas of Cross River State. It was awarded in December 2014 at the contract sum of ₦242,699,615 and
the scope of work provided for the construction/rehabilitation of 4.2km asphalt pavement; The project
was completed in 2017 and has improved the transportation of goods and services as well as mutual
cooperation between the two LGAs.
UTI AGBA’S PALACE ROAD IN OBUDU LGA

This project was awarded in 2011 at a contract sum of N220,300,500. It is a very strategic project that
links up the palace of the King of Obudu. The contract implementation commenced in 2012 but was later
abandoned by the contractor. The project which measures 1.5km of asphalt pavement was completed in
2017 following the directive by the Vice President that contractors who have abandoned project should
return to their project site.
BETUKWELOHONG ROAD IN OBUDU LGA

This project was awarded in June 2014 at a contract sum of N239,354,250.00. The road connects Betukwel and
Ohong communities with Obudu Town. The project was completed in 2017 and measures approximately
1.7km. The farm produce from these communities can conveniently be transported to the urban areas.
D E LT A S T A T E
TEBU-GBOKODA-UDO ROAD, UDO-AJAMITA ROAD AND TEBU-GBOKODA ROAD OLERO CREEK COMMUNITY
This project was executed in various lots and covers a total of about 8km rigid pavement with reinforced
concrete drains providing access to many coastal communities within and around Olero Creek Clan in
Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State. The completion and commissioning of the project in
November 2017 brought vehicular traffic to the Olero Creek communities and eliminated the-age long
difficulties associated with the transportation of goods and services through the river. This has therefore
improved socio-economic activities in Olero clan and enhanced inter-communal relationship because
of the accessibility.
132KV TRANSMISSION LINE AND 1 NO. 30MVA 132/33KV SUBSTATION EACH AT UGHELLI AND OZORO
This power infrastructure project was executed at the cost of N2,152,261,383.41 and was completed in 2017.
The Afiesere substation is a double circuit transmission substation that is powered through the 132KV
transmission line from Ughelli. However, the double circuit arrangement provides for the extension of
the transmission line from Ughelli to another 30MVA substation at Ozoro. The project is completed and
the 30MVA substation has been energised and outgoing Feeder Lines to the injection substations that
ONDO GOVERNOR ROTIMI AKEREDOLU JOINED BY NDDC CHAIRMAN SEN VICTOR NDOMA-EGBA AND NDDC MD NSIMA EKERE TO
FLAG OFF THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE ARAROMI-AKODO-IBEJU-LEKKI ROAD, CONNECTING ONDO AND LAGOS STATES
will feed the distribution networks for Afiesere, Isiokholo and other neighbouring communities have
reached advanced stage of completion. The delivery of this project will fast-track the development of
the beneficiary communities as small-scale businesses and cottage industries could be established to
benefit from the power that is available leading to job creation.
OSUBI NEW LAYOUT ROAD, OKUOKOKO, OKPE LGA

The contract for the construction of Osubi New Layout road measuring about 3km was awarded in
December 2014 at the cost of N737,995,042.90. It is an asphalt pavement design with reinforced drains
for the discharge of storm water. The completion of the project has transformed the community by
improving accessibility and socio-economic activities of the populace.
JUMU JAYEN ROAD LAYOUT, OFF NTA EXPRESSWAY, EKPAN, UVWIE LGA
This project was awarded in May 2012 at a contract sum of ₦237,294,725. It is approximately 1.3km
asphalt pavement road connecting other adjoining road with Jumu Jayen road which links up the NTA
expressway. The completion of the project has brought development to the people as places which were
not accessible are now motorable.
E D O STAT E
ISERE ISIBO AND OMOZEE ROAD, BENIN CITY

This project was awarded in May 2012 at a contract sum of ₦99,642,000. The road, measuring approximately

QUICK-WIN PROJECTS
770m, connects the old and new Government Reserved Areas in Benin City. The completion of this project
in 2017 has bridged the distance between the GRAs and shorten the distance into the Benin metropolitan
from Benin-Sapele road.
OKARO OKALIGBAN EDOGUN BYEPASS

This project was awarded in February 2015 at a contract sum of ₦199,500,000. It is a 1.3km asphalt
road connecting the outskirts of Benin on Sapele Road with the outskirts of Benin on Lagos Road.
The completion of this project in 2017 has reduced travel time for the road users in this neigbourhood
and beyond to access Benin-Lagos expressway from Sapele road. More infrastructure projects are also
springing up in this area.
I MO STAT E
MOPOL 18, IRETE IN OWERRI WEST LGA

This is an internal road network within Mopol 18 Barrack, constructed at a contract sum of N199,595,000.
The project was awarded in December 2014 and was completed in March 2018. The completion of this
project has uplifted Mopol 18 and improved communal life within the barracks.
O N D O STAT E
2KM ROAD FROM MARYLAND HOTEL TO COASTAL HOTEL, OKITIPUPA

This project was awarded in 2012 at the cost of N238,522,285, to address the challenges faced by the
inhabitants of Maryland Hotel road and the adjoining streets in accessing Broad Street, a major road in
Okitipupa Township. The project was completed in October 2017, not only fulfilling its objective but also
ushering in development in that locality.
FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT ROAD AT IDANRE

This project was awarded in December 2014 at the contract sum of N249,500,000 to provide a comfortable
means of accessing both Idanre Hill Tourist Centre and Idanre market. The road which measures over a
kilometre was completed in 2017 resulting in improved socio-economic condition of Idanre.
R I V E RS STAT E
DOXA AVENUE, OFF DR. PETER ODILI ROAD, TRANS-AMADI, PORT HARCOURT
This road project was awarded in December 2014 at a contract sum of N248,122,350. It is a 1km flexible
pavement with reinforced concrete drains and connects Peter Odili Road with Abuloma Road. The
completion in 2017 has engendered development and improved socio-economic activities within Doxa
Avenue and environs.
4KM BEERI ROAD AND DRAINS WITH 2 CULVERTS IN KHANA LGA, RIVERS STATE
The construction of this road infrastructure project commenced in 2016; two years after it was awarded.
The road measures approximately 4 kilometres and was executed at the cost of ₦644,932,157. It is a very
strategic project connecting three rural communities in Ogoniland, namely; Yonbe, Luegbo and Beeri. The
main occupation of the inhabitants of these communities is agriculture and by the achievement of this
milestone, the farmers can easily evacuate their agricultural produce to the urban areas.
OMAGWA INTERNAL ROAD, IKWERRE LGA

This internal road project was awarded in May 2013 at the contract sum of ₦241,738,900. It links up the
Omagwa new layout with the Port Harcourt-Owerri road. The project was completed in January 2018 and
has opened new areas for developmental projects especially housing which will help to decongest the
highly populated areas of Port Harcourt and environs.
EGBELY-OGWE 4KM ROAD RIGID PAVEMENT AND CONCRETE ROAD, OMUMA LGA
This rigid pavement project was awarded in February 2015 at a contract sum of ₦249,685,760.00. It is
intended to link the Egbelu community in Umuogba in Omuma LGA, Rivers State and Ogwe community
in Ukwa West LGA, Abia State. However, 1.5km length of road was accommodated in this award with
outstanding of 2.5km to actualise the goal of the entire project.
…AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS

FOOD SECURITY
Distribution of agricultural input comprising organic liquid fertiliser and soil conditioner, which help
plants to digest nutrients.
“This product will not only increase farm yield dramatically, it will also restore the ecological properties
of the soil, making it more suitable for agricultural use and encouraging more youths to embrace modern
farming,” said NDDC’s Managing Director, Mr Nsima Ekere, in a message at the flag-off.
PARTNERSHIP WITH NEXIM

The Commission is partnering with the Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM) to set up an export
development fund targeted strictly at the agricultural value chain, from training to planting, processing
and provision of funds for setting up agricultural enterprises. Rationale: The region is blessed with a
lot of agricultural products that can be developed for export. We have rubber, palm oil, cashew nuts,
shrimps that can be developed to keep the youths gainfully employed as well as generating foreign
exchange for the country.
RURAL TELEPHONY
This is to improve access to educational and healthcare resources for the rural women and youths in the
region. It would also improve commerce in the benefitting communities as the rural farmers would be
able to sell their farm produce to their customers in urban areas. The project will equally boost agriculture
in the rural communities. This will reduce the rural-urban migration among the women and youths.
The project has so far covered three communities in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State,
Oloibiri in Ogbia LGA, Opokuma and Agbere in Bayelsa State, as well as Unenurhie and Bolu Apelebiri in
Delta State.

QUICK-WIN PROJECTS
CAMPAIGN AGAINST VANDALISATION

The Commission organised Anti-Vandalism, Sensitisation and Awareness Campaign seminar for youths
in the nine Niger Delta states on protecting crude oil pipelines. The campaign was aimed at maintaining
peace and tranquillity to sustain increase in revenue for the government and create employment
opportunities. It would also enhance electricity supply, improve health for the people of the region and
boost the economic activities of the Niger Delta people.
PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES

The Commission procured and distributed relief equipment for people living with disabilities in the
NDDC mandate states; to improve the standard of living for the physically challenged persons in the
region, avail them of better health and boost their morale by giving them a sense of belonging.
DRUG ABUSE
The Commission organised workshops on Drug Abuse Prevention across the nine states of the region
to minimise the rate of drug abuse in the region. The workshops sought to re-orientate the youths and
women towards the use of drugs. It was also to create a platform for persons with drug problems towards
smooth re-integration into the community as well as reduce youth restiveness in the region.
MOTIVATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The commission organised one-day Women Entrepreneurship workshops in the nine states of the region
to motivate entrepreneurship and personal growth in the region. It was meant to create wealth and
employment, equip women in career advancement and business developmental skills, promotion of
local content. It would also strengthen and build the capacity of community-based entrepreneurs’ access
to business development services to market and business linkage.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE

In conjunction with the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), the Commission
sponsored an Oil Spill Response Management training; to mitigate on issues of environmental pollution
resulting from oil spills in oil-producing areas which hitherto was caused by the aging and corrosion of
the oil pipeline and sometimes by human sabotage (militancy/restiveness) in the region.
This is to create a pool of NOSDRA-certified oil-spill responders able to manage spill and environmental
remediation within the Niger Delta region. It will also help to achieve a pollution-free environment that
will foster and promote agricultural and fishing in the region and by extension improve the economic
and social lives of the people.
TECH TRAINING
The Commission mounted a telecommunication (fibre optics) training to build specific skills in leading-
edge technologies to enhance growth in the communities and create awareness of the potential
businesses that may arise from knowledge of fibre optics and telecommunications.
SKILLS’ ACQUISITION
The Commission started a Waste-To-Wealth Recycling Hubs programme across the region, to train and
equip artisans relevant skills and tools for self-employment. Focus areas: welding and fabrication;
furniture making and woodwork; catering and confectionary; food processing and home management
(tie and dye).
Others are: modern printing technology; fashion design and tailoring; computer technology/programming;
entertainment industry and entrepreneurship.
ENTERPRISE INNOVATION AND GROWTH

The Commission is collaborating with SMEDAN and BHIP to establish an enterprise innovation and growth
Hub in the Niger Delta region. The project is to be sited in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State for the innovation and
sustainable growth of MSMEs in the Niger Delta. In this regard, the strategic partnership agreement has
been signed with the partners.
In 2011, the Commission started a partnership with ESI to develop strategic skills for the Niger Delta
Home Finishing. In 2018, the programme graduated and empowered 100 youths in home finishing skills,
such as plumbing, carpentry, floor tilling, electrical wiring and decoration.
The Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Development is also working with an NGO (Thespian Crew
Academy) in the training of Niger Delta youths in film and movies industry.
MODULAR REFINERY
In the all-important petroleum sector, the Commission is working out a Public Private Partnership for
the establishment of modular refinery, starting with the Amakpe International Refinery in Akwa Ibom
State. The Commission is currently interfacing with stakeholders such as NNPC, Ministry of Petroleum
Resources, AMCON and BOL in a bid to secure their collaboration and partnership.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Between 2017 and 2018, the Commission’s Directorate of Education, Health and Social Services distributed
desks and benches to 364 primary/secondary schools in the nine NDDC mandate states to create a conducive
environment for learning in the region.
The Commission also sustained the Post-Graduate Foreign Scholarship Programme which it started in
2010. So far, 1,409 students have benefited from the programme which seeks to build capacity and fill the
manpower gap in the oil and gas sector.
In health, the Commission distributed Hepatitis B and Typhoid vaccines to Primary Health Centres in all the
Senatorial districts in the Niger Delta for immunisation against typhoid fever and Hepatitis B viral infections.
The Commission also supplied Lassa Fever protective kits to hospitals and clinics in the Niger Delta to check
the spread of the virus among health practitioners and patients.
Monkey Pox Virus kits and medicaments for the containment of the disease were also distributed to hospitals
and clinics in the region.

OPAC MODULAR REFINERY IN KWALE, DELTA STATE
Similarly, the Commission presented hospital equipment to six health facilities in the three Senatorial
districts of Akwa Ibom State to enhance the efficiency of healthcare personnel and improve healthcare
service delivery.
Special medical referrals and check-ups were conducted to ensure universal coverage of quality health
coverage to the people of the region. All the efforts were geared towards the attainment of Sustainable
Development Goal 3 of the United Nations.
SOCIAL SERVICES
The Commission distributed relief materials, including health packs and food items to victims of disaster
and displaced communities in the Niger Delta.
Assistance to the less-privileged was extended to selected orphanages and Aged People’s Homes in the
region. For these elders, the Commission is providing e-libraries in orphanages across the region.
Widows in the Niger Delta were not left out, as an empowerment programme was set up to provide start-
up capital for them to engage in small-scale businesses.
The Commission is equally equipping prisons in the Niger Delta as part of the measures to improve the
quality of lives of lives of the inmates. The Commission is providing working tools such as computers and
printers, generators, health packs and food items.
As part of developing the spiritual
content of pilgrimages, the Commission
has infused into its programmes the
concept of Prayer Convocations in Israel
by pilgrims; where prayers are fervently
offered for the peace and development
of Nigeria and its leaders.
NIGERIAN PILGRIMS AT A PRAYER CONVOCATION IN ISRAEL

NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN PILGRIM COMMISSION
Repositioned – and
manifesting
Mandate
To organise, co-ordinate, regulate and control Christian pilgrimage in Nigeria.
Creed
Proclaiming Christ, Serving Nigeria
Vision
A nation of excellence transformed through the sparkling contributions and exemplary conduct
Christian Pilgrims home and abroad.
Mission
To provide efficient services to the Christian community in Nigeria in the sphere of Christian Pilgrimage
guided by the principles of fairness and truth to all stakeholders at all times, and to developmentally
regulate, coordinate and promote pilgrimage in a progressive manner.
Under the able leadership of the Executive Secretary, Rev. Dr. Uja Tor Uja, the Commission has carried
out far-reaching reforms. Chiefly among these is the critical re-examination of existing collaborations
with relevant stakeholders and creating more effective structures for greater achievement of desired
goals.
Repositioning Christian pilgrimage

A fresh template for Christian Pilgrimage has been developed ito produce focused and result-
oriented pilgrimage.
Building Pilgrimage Stakeholders and Operational Structures

Some of the key stakeholders of Christian Pilgrimage are:
a. States’ Christian Pilgrim Welfare Boards
N I G E R I A N C H R I ST I A N P I LG R I M COM M I SS I O N
b. Christian Pilgrimage Operators (CPOs)
c. Churches and church groups
d. Strategic companies and personalities.
For a more focused and corporate approach to

pilgrimage, a formidable working relationship
has been fostered through
• Annual conferences of pilgrimage

managers and leaders (state officials), in
Nigeria as well as abroad
• Annual conference of CPOs (in Nigeria)
• Focal meetings with church leaders and

groups, including pastors, youth and women
eaders.
This has produced and coordinated approach

to pilgrimage in Nigeria, focusing on results
and not just activity.
CPOs, who were only 35, three years ago, are

now over 100 and actively carrying pilgrimage
with support from NCPC. It is envisaged
that they will largely drive pilgrimage as
NCPC concentrates more on regulatory and
supervisory roles.
Nigerianising Pilgrimage
Successful pilgrimage is hinged on provision of effective ground handling services to the pilgrims.
These services include hotel accommodation, feeding of pilgrims, transportation to holy sites and
providing appropriate tour guides to the pilgrims. Annual retooling conferences are held with
emphasis on Nigerianising Pilgrimage and making it more Godly and productive. New monitoring
and evaluation frameworks have been developed with great results achieved. While respecting other
nations, NCPC Nigerianised pilgrimage by:
• Branding pilgrimage planes with Nigeria’s columns with the logo “Christ Pilgrim, NIGERIA”
• Branding pilgrimage souvenirs with Nigerian colours (instead of the hitherto company colours of
the ground handlers and air carriers)
• Production of souvenirs in Nigeria

REPOSITIONED – AND MANIFESTING
• Improving the quality of souvenirs generally
• Provision of Nigerian foods in-flight and on ground at pilgrimage.
Pilgrimage sites abroad

All pilgrimage sites which are not Christian have been removed from the schedule of activities,
including those that are likely to expose Nigerian pilgrims to danger.
Strengthening of Nigeria’s diplomatic relations

The Commission has worked, especially in the past three years, at strengthening diplomatic relations
with nations of pilgrimage destinations. This is more so with Israel where very strong relations are
budding with Nigeria with the Commission as an anchor.
Some other diplomatic teams are working in close partnership with the Commission, but not limited
to Greece, Italy, Rome, Turkey, Ethiopia, Cote D’ Ivoire, Jordan, Egypt and Ghana.
Pilgrimage and health

Good health is emphasised by the Commission for pilgrims. There is a standing Federal Medical
Committee to see to the physical fitness of pilgrims as they embark on the journey to the holy lands.
The target of the Commission is to ensure zero mortality for pilgrims. So far, this has been achieved
in the last three years. This enviable record has been facilitated through a thorough selection by the
Commission of its medical team members, which is anchored purely on merit.
SGF MR. BOSS MUSTAPHA WELCOMING THE GHANAIAN MINISTER OF CHIEFTAINCY AND RELIGIOUS
AFFAIRS, MR. SAMUEL KOFI DZAMESI AND ES NCPC TO HIS OFFICE.
N I G E R I A N C H R I ST I A N P I LG R I M COM M I SS I O N
The Commission also maintains a medical clinic in Tel Aviv from which medical supplies and
personnel are deployed to cater for the needs of pilgrims at various locations across Israel.
Infrastructure development
While operational structures have been improved on, key physical infrastructure are not left out.
This is in the areas of ICT and buildings. The Commission’s operations are defined by high-level ICT
facilities, and to this extent, investment in ICT infrastructure has been substantially increased to
facilitate communication with stakeholders. They are upgraded nationwide to match the changing
demands in communication. The Commission depends on cutting-edge technologies to drive daily
operations. All activities of the Commission are on the web for ease of access by all.
Pilgrim Heritage Camp

By far the most ambitious and relevant infrastructural development is the conceptualisation and
construction of a Pilgrimage Heritage Camp which is the biggest on-going capital project of the
Commission.
It is conceived to provide accommodation for intending pilgrims undergoing orientation before

departure to the holy lands. It will provide venues for meetings and conferences for both the NCPC
and other users. In the long run, it is envisaged that a Pilgrimage College and farm (styled after the
Israeli model of agriculture) will be part of the Camp.
This project has started with a generous budgetary provision made for it in the 2018 budget.
Capacity building for the work force

As part of the continuous retooling of work models, the Commission is building capacities of all levels
of its personnel. Many medium and senior level officers have been exposed to capacity building
programmes both within the country and outside.
The focus is to create a crop of competent officers who will be experts in the management of
pilgrimage. This is beginning to bear fruits in areas of mobilisation, screening, pilgrimage management
and operations.
Collaborating with NAHCOM to build peace

The NCPC fully realises what religion can do to achieve peace. To this end, it has collaborated effectively
with the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCOM, its counterpart for Muslims) to educate the
adherents of both Christianity and Islam to embrace peace in their interactions.
There are ongoing efforts by the two agencies to organise a National Peace Summit at which the
peace question will once again be x-rayed with far-reaching resolutions for Nigerians of varied
religions and tribes to truly see themselves as one.
Effectively tackling abscondment

The Commission has put in place a stiffer screening measure to curb the ugly trend of abscondment.

REPOSITIONED – AND MANIFESTING
The Commission has also interfaced effectively

with other relevant government agencies as
the Office of Secretary to the Government of
the Federation and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
to effectively create communication lines
with pilgrimage host countries to address the
menace. These efforts are yielding results as
abscondment is now reduced to a very low
level of about 0.2%
A model in Pilgrimage Operations

The Commission has been able to develop key
competencies in different areas of pilgrimage ES NCPC REV TOR UJA WITH CHAIRMAN HAJJ COMMISSION,
operations visibly noticed by international BARR. ABDULLAHI MUKHTAR
communities.
One of the most visible evidence of developed competencies in pilgrimage administration by the
Commission is the decision of the Ghanaian government to send a delegation to NCPC on a study
visit.
The delegation was led by Ghana’s Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs. At the end of the
study visit, the delegation was highly impressed with NCPC’s level of competency in pilgrimage
administration and has resolved to call on NCPC to help Ghana to set up its Pilgrims Commission.
Developing spirituality in pilgrimage: Orientation and Prayer for Nigeria

While efforts are geared towards developing structures, capacities and infrastructures, the leadership
of the Commission is also building high spiritual values to its pilgrimage programmes.
One important aspect in this respect is the thorough orientation of intending pilgrims to emphasise
the spiritual relevance of pilgrimage which should ultimately lead to moral transformation.
As part of developing the spiritual content of pilgrimages, the Commission has infused into its
programmes the concept of Prayer Convocations in Israel by pilgrims; where prayers are fervently
offered for the peace and development of Nigeria and its leaders.
Expectedly, many positive manifestations of God’s grace have followed the efforts of the Commission’s
quest to develop pilgrims spiritually for the task of nation-building.
Beating targets and

more
REVENUE TARGET AND COLLECTION
YEAR TARGET (N) COLLECTION (N)
2015 944,446,908,000.00 904,072,689,941.72
2016 937,331,237,000.00 898,673,857,431.07
JAN - DEC 2017 770,573,730,409.00 1,037,102,179,400.58
Highest-ever collected revenue by NCS
TOTAL NUMBER OF SEIZURES AND DUTY PAID VALUE
YEAR NUMBER OF SEIZURE DUTY PAID VALUE (N)

2015 5, 485 7,512,544,036
2016 6,150 10,252,408,422
JAN - DEC 2017 4,492 12,777,321,405.74
(Including 2,671 Pump Action Riffle)
Distribution of Relief Materials To IDPs

In line with a Presidential directive that all seized foods and other perishable items be given to
the victims of insurgency in the North-East, 252,666 bags of 50kg rice, 82,140 litres of vegetable
oil, 19,491 cartons of soaps and other items have been distributed to IDPs in Borno, Yobe,
Adamawa and Edo States.
CUSTOMS COMPTROLLER-GENERAL COL HAMEED ALI EXAMINING A SEIZED PUMP ACTION RIFLE
SOME OF THE SEIZED PUMP ACTION RIFLES

B E AT I N G TA RG E TS A N D MO R E
NEW FINANCE MINISTER ZAINAB AHMED DURING HER VISIT TO THE CUSTOMES HQ
SEIZURE OF 2430 BAGS OF RICE AT OWERRI

BY FEDERAL OPERATIONS UNIT (FOU)
ZONE ‘C’ OWERRI, IMO STATE SEIZED CONTRABAND AT THE ONITSHA AREA
THE ACG OF NCS SPEAKING ABOUT THE BAM IMPLEMENTED HQ STRIKE FORCE TEAM DISPLAYING SOME SEIZED CANNABIS,
BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTION FOR EXCISE TRADE TRAMADOL AND CODEINE FROM THE EDO DELTA AREA
NLNG

PETROLEUM RESOURCES
BigWins …and other

wins
On 27 October 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari launched the called Short-and Medium-Term
Priorities to Grow Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry 2015-2019 and tagged 7BigWins. This report will
summarise the gains in the each BigWin. For details, updates and socio-economic impacts, please
visit http://www.7bigwins.com/
BigWin 1: Policy and Regulation

(a) National Oil Policy
Addresses petroleum issues (specifically oil), articulates a vision for the oil sector and sets policy goals,
strategies and an implementation plan for the introduction of an appropriate institutional, legal,
regulatory and commercial framework to resolve the barriers currently affecting investment in the
sector.
Status: Gazetted
(b) National Gas Policy
Defines the vision of the Federal Government on Nigeria’s abundant natural gas endowment. It
establishes the medium to long-term targets for gas reserves growth, and utilisation and records
strategies to be pursued to ensure the successful implementation of the policy in accordance with
Nigeria’s national socio-economic development priorities.
Status: Gazetted
(c) National Petroleum Fiscal Policy
Defines the policy of the Federal Government of Nigeria on Nigeria’s petroleum fiscal resources;
establishes short, medium and long-term targets for fiscal development and records strategies to be
pursued to ensure the successful implementation of the Policy.
PETROLEUM RESOURCES
The National Petroleum Fiscal policy covers Upstream, Midstream and Downstream sectors of the
oil and gas value chain.
Status: Stakeholder Consultations still ongoing
{{ Proposed draft legislation being reviewed by a team comprising the Ministry of

Petroleum Resources (MPR) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC)
{{ Yet to be endorsed by the Federal Executive Council (FEC)
(d) Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)
Draft submitted to the Federal Executive Council for approval to transmit the draft to the National
Assembly.
Status: Stepped Down
(e) Appropriate Pricing Framework (APF)
This Administration met a huge debt of subsidy payments and a struggling downstream sector.
The Ministry has driven policies which have since opened up the downstream sector to private
players, private investment and diversification of products sourcing through the introduction of the
Price Modulation Mechanism (PMM), and subsequently, Appropriate Pricing Framework (APF) and
Liberalisation in 2016, which has been able to save an estimated sum of N1.4trillion which would have
been expensed as subsidy payments.
BigWin 2: Business Environment and Investment Drive

To enable a business environment that increases attractiveness and guarantees profitability to existing
and potential investors, the Ministry embarked on several investment campaigns and activities. For
instance, following the gazetting of the National Gas and National Oil policies, the ministry went
on roadshows to China and India where multi-billion-dollar MOUs were signed on much-needed
infrastructure developments across the oil and gas value chain, and visited the headquarters of all
International Oil Companies to increase investment commitment in the sector. The visit to ENI/Agip
yielded a commitment to invest in a 150,000bpd Greenfield refinery. Others were the facilitation of
GSA between TEPNG and INDORAMA for urea plant phase 2 and TEPNG and Greenville for mini
LNG and facilitation and participation in concept/project development for the following proposed
projects/investments: Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) proposed Ammonia Plant; ENI
planned Refinery; Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialization Programme (NGFCP) and Okpai Phase 2.
Significantly, a new Joint Venture Cash Call system is in place, which relieves the Federal Government
of the huge burden of funding the cash call obligations of our Joint Venture operations.

BIGWINS …AND OTHER WINS
The ministry, had on behalf of NNPC, engaged the IOCs and secured a discount of 25% from each JV
Partner on the pre-2016 Cash Call Arrears resulting in a final settlement sum of US$5.1 billion payable
from incremental production from the JV assets over a five-year period without any interest charges
during the repayment period. In addition, the 25% discount will not qualify for tax deduction.
BigWin 3: Gas Revolution

National Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme - Nigeria’s contribution towards reducing
global carbon emissions and climate change effects on the environment and a key component
of the National Gas Policy – unveiled in December 2016 during the Nigeria/ World Bank/IGU
Workshop on Gas Flare Out and the Gas Flare (Waste and Prevention) Regulation 2018 has been
developed to underpin the implementation of the NGFCP.
Implementation of this programme will unleash a gas revolution that will lead to improved
power generation, full-scale industrialisation and LPG penetration at the domestic levels.
Framework for Domestic LPG penetration, which aims, among others, to increase overall LPG
utilisation over a period of 10 years, has been developed and execution has commenced.
Progress made on major Gas Infrastructure Development Projects are as follows:
• OB3 Pipeline
• EPC contract awarded with target completion in Q3 2018
• Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Pipeline
• Federal Executive Council approval obtained for the 40” x 614km pipeline.
• Odidi-Warri Expansion Pipeline
• The 40” x 30km pipeline procurement contract has been awarded. EPC award has been approved
by the Federal Executive Council and target completion is Q1 2019. Completion of this project is
expected to increase domestic gas capacity by 440mmscfd by 2019.
BigWin 4: Refineries and Local Production Capacity

Comprehensive rehabilitation and revamp of the existing refineries
The ministry has embarked on reforms to reposition the nation for petroleum products’ sufficiency
and ultimately be a net exporter of such products. In line with these reforms, there has been an
enhancement of domestic capacity for refining products through the partial resuscitation of Port
Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries as well as the repair of pipelines supplying products to various
parts of the nation.
PETROLEUM RESOURCES
NNPC has finalised negotiations with selected financiers on the financing terms for the rehabilitation
of the three refineries by the Original Refinery Builders. The refineries will operate at over 90 per cent
capacity utilisation upon completion.
Greenfield/Modular Refineries
The conducive investment climate has also supported the construction of the Dangote
650,000bpd refinery in Nigeria scheduled to be completed in 2020. The enhanced domestic
capacity will minimise the pressure on demand for foreign exchange for the importation of
products. Furthermore, at least two modular refineries with a combined capacity of 16,000bpd
are expected to be commissioned before the end of Q4, 2018 to add to the domestic petroleum
products supply pool.
In addition, there is a proposed 150,000bpd Agip Refinery – Technical working group has been
constituted for key study areas with NAOC to provide lead.
Ten investors/licensees that can break ground on Modular Refineries in 2018 have been
identified, of which two (2) have received shipment of their equipment/component in Nigeria
with expected commissioning on or before the end of Q4, 2018.
Establishment of Republic of Niger-Nigeria Crude Oil Pipeline and a New

Refinery in Northern Nigeria
The governments of the Republic of the Niger and the Federal Republic of Nigeria have signed a
bilateral agreement for the construction of a crude oil transport pipeline from Niger to a border
town in Nigeria for the establishment of a new refinery in Nigeria.
BigWin 5: Niger Delta and Security

Through several facilitations by the ministry, including an all-inclusive meeting with Niger
Delta leaders and representatives hosted by President Muhammadu Buhari, political level
engagements by the Vice President with host communities in all the oil-producing States
to reaffirm the Federal Government’s commitment on critical issues concerning the region’s
peace and development and
the development of the Strategic Implementation Work Plan (SIWP) with support from Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and in collaboration with the Ministries of Niger
Delta Affairs, Environment and the Office of the Vice President, substantial progress has been
recorded in stabilising the security condition in the region for the development and growth of
oil production in the Niger Delta.

BigWin 6: Transparency and Efficiency

Milestones:
• A monthly reporting system developed for all the ministry’s Agencies makes meetings more
proactive and reports more result-oriented
• Meeting with stakeholders – vendors and contractors in the Office of the Department of
Petroleum Resources (DPR) - completed on automating the tracking of crude oil molecules
from the wellhead to the destination globally
• 90 staff have been identified for capacity building training on Cost Engineering and Cost Controls
of Major EPC Project to improve the skill set of Ministry staff in project delivery (i.e. on schedule
and within budget).
• The first batch of the capacity building of 30 staff has been conducted
• New Cash Call system, which is a self-funding system, has been rolled out and new teams have
been deployed to JV Companies. This facilitated for payment of all 2017 Cash Calls without any
carry-over
• Stakeholder engagements have been completed and the list of directives for reducing the crude
oil production cost per barrel from $32.00 to $15.00 has been finalised. Since the inception of this
activity, oil production cost per barrel has reduced to $28 per barrel. Stakeholder engagements
have also been completed and the list of directives for reducing the contracting cycle from 36/24
months to not more than six months has been developed.
• A collaborative Ministry of Petroleum Resources ICT policy has been developed. To enable the
ministry effectively carry out its mandate of facilitating for Nigeria’s petroleum reserves utilisation
online real-time.
• Basic Network infrastructure is in the process of being deployed
• All industry stakeholders are aligned on the concept of re-injecting water into reservoirs rather
than the current practice of re-injecting gas which disallows for other important usages of gas –
power, industrial, monetisation, etc.
• Stakeholder engagements and workshops conducted to firm up project definition and scope
• A proprietary vendor was recommended by the industry and meetings held to ascertain the
suitability
• A proposal for a pilot test evaluated and recommendation made to the Minister of State for
Petroleum Resources. Both the latter and GMD NNPC have approved of the execution of a pilot
PETROLEUM RESOURCES
run and if successful to extend to other fields.
• Scoping completed for an oil and gas project database which will include estimated costs, actual
costs of projects and a variety of key cost metrics and ratios on completed projects. This would
facilitate for effective cost benchmarking, review and validation, thus improving our project
management performance.
BigWin 7: Stakeholder Management and International

Coordination
OPEC Crude Oil Production Cuts and Nigeria’s exemption
Global oil prices plunged from over $100/b in 2014 to under $30/b in the beginning of 2016, resulting in
a huge revenue loss to the Governments of the Federation. OPEC, in a series of high-level negotiations,
successfully rallied its Members and other oil producers to stabilise the global oil market. At a meeting
in Algiers in September 2016, an understanding was reached between OPEC and non-OPEC oil
ministers to cut global oil production by 1.8mbd to reduce the overhang that accounted for the
drastic fall in oil prices. Of the over 20 countries which participated in the negotiations, only Nigeria
and Libya were exempted from the production cuts. This decision was ratified at the November and
December meeting of the OPEC and non-OPEC ministers. That agreement saw the price of oil rising
to over $50/b by the end of the first quarter of 2017, and around $7% in early 2018.
This rise in crude oil prices coupled with the exemption from the cuts that Nigeria was able to negotiate
went a long way in boosting the distributable revenue of the governments of the federation, while
the nation’s reserves have heavily doubled with the period.
Furthermore, the ministry successfully completed a major exercise of reconciling differences in the
crude oil production data that OPEC receives from Nigeria and the ones they get from Secondary
Sources. The significance of this exercise to Nigeria lies in the critical role those figures play in
determining crude oil production quota of OPEC member countries. The result of their exercise has
assisted in obtaining extensions of exemption from OPEC and non-OPEC production cuts three
consecutive times since the agreement came into force on 1 January 2017.
Nigeria has consistently been invited to the OPEC – NON OPEC Joint Ministerial Monitoring
Committee Meetings at both Technical and Policy levels although not a member of JMMC.
African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) Reforms

Nigeria was mandated by the APPO Council of Ministers to lead the organisation’s transformation.
Nigeria’s Minister of State Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu was unanimously appointed by the Council
of Ministers to assume the Presidency of APPO, barely two years after he had completed his term,
to lead the transformation of both the Secretariat and the APPO Fund. The APPO Secretariat was
moved from Congo Brazzaville to Abuja with effect from 1 April 2018.

Other milestones
Establishment of the National Council on Hydrocarbons

Within the period under review, the Federal Executive Council approved the establishment of
the National Council on Hydrocarbons (NCH). The objectives of the NCH include strengthening
institutional linkages and processes for stakeholder consultations on a regular basis.
The inaugural session of the NCH was held in Abuja from 21st - 22nd November 2016 and the 2nd
edition took take place in Akwa Ibom from 15th – 20th November 2017. The outcomes were widely
circulated to assist government, the organised private sector, and labour, civil society organisations
to review and/or initiate policies in the sector
NNPC Restructuring
The NNPC of the past was bureaucratic and loss-making, with very little accountability for
performance and results. In a bid to transit NNPC to a commercially-focused entity, the old structure
was replaced with autonomous entities that enable a step change in performance to accelerate
the desired change to a focused, accountable, competitive and transparent organisation. The four
entities created are: Upstream, Downstream, Refineries and Gas & Power, with a Group HQ and a
Ventures Unit. Each autonomous unit is led by a COO who is responsible for driving the profitability
of each autonomous unit.
Today, NNPC is regaining commercial focus with increased transparency. For the first time in NNPC’s
history, monthly financial and operational reports are publicly published across all major local and
international platforms.
Old loss- making crude oil swap contracts were also replaced with an improved, performing and
transparent Direct Sales Direct Purchase (DSDP) contract which not only saves the Corporation
money but has been the major source of petroleum product supply for the nation.
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI WITH THE HEAD OF CGGC MAMBILLA PROJECT,

PRESIDENT CGGC LYU ZE XIANG AND GENERAL MANAGER CGGC
ZHANG WEI AS HE MEETS WITH PARTNERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF MAMBILLA POWER PLANT DURING HIS 6-DAY VISIT TO BEIJING
CHINA ON 6TH SEP 2018

After over 40 years on the
drawing board, the Engineering,
Procurement and Construction
contract for Mambilla 3,050
MW Hydroelectric Power Station
has been signed
POWER, WORKS & HOUSING MINISTER BABATUNDE FASHOLA, SAN,
ACCOMPANIED BY MD/CEO, TCN, MR USMAN GUR MOHAMMED AND THE
OJON OF EJIGBO & IJAN KINGDOM IMAKIYO II, OBA MOROOF ADEKUNLE
ADISSA AT THE COMMISSIONING OF 2 X 100MVA, 132 /33KV POWER
TRANSFORMERS AT THE EJIGBO TS, EJIGBO L.C.D.A OSHODI/ISOLO LGA
LAGOS.

Unprecedented
injection of
infrastructure
nationwide
POWER SECTOR
Nigerians from all parts of the country continue to report better power supply, more hours of supply
and less use of their generators. This is not an accident, but unfolding evidence of this Administration’s
methodical plan to deliver incremental, then steady and eventually uninterrupted power to our
homes, markets, offices and factories.
Generation
On 18 December 2017, Nigeria achieved the highest peak power generated onto the national grid
and delivered to customers of 5,222.3 MW.
In April 2018, for the first time, for five consecutive days, the national grid delivered more than 100,000
MWh of energy for the day. That is more than 4,166 MW hours per hour delivered to consumers
nationwide.
Generation capability additions over the past year include:
• Government’s Fast Power programme added 75 MW at the Afam IV power station after the
failure of its privatisation, with another 240 MW now being tested for full operation this year.
• After over 40 years on the drawing board, the Engineering, Procurement and Construction
contract for Mambilla 3,050 MW Hydroelectric Power Station has been signed with a Chinese
Joint Venture and early works will soon kick off under the Presidential Infrastructure Development
Fund while the loan negotiation is in progress with the Government of the People’s Republic of
China.
• With these new facilities, repairs and rehabilitations by Government and private investors at
many power stations, Generation capability is now over 7,500 MW. Power delivery to consumers
is now limited by the capacity of the distribution systems which are owned and operated by
11 private Distribution Companies (DisCos) and the Yola Electricity Distribution Company. Yola
Disco is now owned and operated by Government following the failure of its privatisation before
this Administration took over.
• Government’s Payment Assurance Programme took off in January 2017. It is a financing scheme
to guarantee that the Government-owned Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) consistently
pays for all the power it buys from the Generation Companies (GenCos). NBET does not use the
power but on-sells it to the DisCos for delivery to consumers nationwide. The DisCos are not yet
able to pay for all the power they take from NBET. The Payment Assurance Programme ensures
that the GenCos are paid for performance and Nigerian consumers do not suffer from inability to
cover the cost of generating power while the DisCos improve their ability to collect payments for
power they deliver to their customers.
• Government is encouraging the DisCos and other large consumers to buy the power they need
directly from GenCos. Government’s Eligible Customer policy backed by a lawful regulatory order
of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has taken off with 100 MW of Power
Purchase Agreements between large consumers and GenCos with Transmission Company of
Nigeria (TCN) conveying the power from the Supplier to the Buyer.
Transmission
Unfortunately, not all the 7,500 MW generation capability is generated and delivered to consumers.
Transmission is no longer the bottleneck. TCN continues to add transmission capacity to ensure it
can transmit all the new generation expected this year and in the coming years.
Capacity additions all over the country completed in the past year include:
• 1x100 MVA 132/33 kV transformer at Katambe substation in Abuja Federal Capital Territory
• 1x100 MVA 132/33 kV transformer at Apo Substation in Abuja Federal Capital Territory
• 1x60MVA 132/33kV transformer at Keffi Substation in Nasarawa State, raising the capacity to 90
MVA
• Capacitor banks to stabilise power supply from Apo and Keffi Substations
• Katsina – Daura 132kV transmission line in Katsina State
• New Mayo Belwa 1x60MVA substation in Adamawa State
• 1x60 MVA 132/33 kV transformer at Bauchi Substation in Bauchi State
• 1x60 MVA 132/33 kV transformer at Gombe Substation in Gombe State

U N P R EC E D E N T E D I N J ECT I O N O F I N F R A ST RU CT U R E N AT I O N W I D E
POWER, WORKS AND HOUSING MINISTER BABATUNDE FASHOLA,

SAN, AT THE COMMISSIONING OF 150MVA, 330/132/33KV
TRANSFORMER AT THE MANDO STATION, AND THE 2 X60MVA, 132/33KV
TRANSFORMER AT POWER STATION KAKURI IN KADUNA STATE
PW&H MINISTER BABATUNDE FASHOLA AT THE ENUGU REGION

TRANSMISSION COMPANY OF NIGERIA ON THE INSPECTION OF
2 X 60 MVA 132/33KV POWER TRANSFORMER UPGRADE PLUS 4
NOS OUTGOING 33KV FEEDERS AT NEW HAVEN, ENUGU STATE
• 1x60 MVA 132/33 kV transformer at Dan Agundi Substation in Kano State
• New 2x60 MVA 132/33 kV substation at Odogunya in Ogun State
• 1x60 MVA 132/33 kV transformer at Ajah in Lagos State
• 1x40 and 1x60 MVA 132/33 kV transformers at Ejigbo Substation in Lagos State
• 1x100 MVA132/33kV transformer at Alimosho Substation in Lagos State
• Third Asaba – Benin 330kV transmission line in Delta and Edo States
• 1x60 MVA 132/33 kV transformer at Uyo in Akwa Ibom State
• 1x60 MVA 132/33 kV transformer at Calabar in Cross River State
• New 2x30 MVA 132/33 kV substation at Nsukka in Enugu State
Distribution
Power delivery to consumers is constrained because the existing 33kV distribution lines and
substations cannot take more than 5,000 MW of the 7,500MW that can be delivered at TCN’s
330/132/33 kV substations. Unfortunately, the 11 DisCos which own and operate this segment of the
electricity system have not kept pace with TCN and the GenCos.
This Administration is committed to lawful interventions to ensure the operators of the distribution
business live up to expectations especially in the areas of distribution capacity, service delivery,
collection efficiency, and metering to eliminate contentious estimated billing.
In distribution capacity, this Administration has approved as a matter of urgent policy an intervention
by Government in the construction of new 33 kV and 11 kV infrastructure to deliver the available but
unutilised 2,000 MW on the national grid to paying customers directly and through the DisCos.
In metering and collection efficiency, this Administration has resolved a contract dispute it inherited,
which goes back 15 years, ending a court judgment against Government into a N39 billion fund
to meter customers. With the issuance by NERC of a Meter Asset Provider regulation which allows
investors to support the DisCos with meters as a separate business, this important metering
programme can now take off.
Yola Electricity Distribution Company, now run by Government following the failure of the privatisation
before this Administration took over, is showing the way by example by:
• Completing new facilities, such as the recently-commissioned 2.5 MVA 33/11 kV distribution
transfer at Yola Town Injection Substation, to improve customer services, replace facilities and
restore services destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgents in its franchise area.
• Increasing collections from all well-meaning consumers.

• Applying the Meter Asset Provider regulation to meter a targeted 250,000 customers.
• Applying the Eligible Customer regulation to build new infrastructure to deliver dedicated power
from the 2,000 MW that is available but unutilised to industries and other large consumers, so
they do not have to rely on much more expensive diesel generation.
Off Grid
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has developed the Off-Grid Electrification Strategy. The
primary objective is to increase electricity access to rural and underserved clusters. Part of this
strategy is to fast-track development initiatives towards achieving the overall objective of the
FGN Economic and Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) and the Power Sector Recovery Programme
(PSRP).
As a result, REA has secured $350m from the World Bank, through the Nigeria Electrification Project
(NEP), to achieve the Government’s aim of supplying clean, reliable, affordable and sustainable power to
INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS AT SABON GARI MARKET, KANO
millions of Nigerians within the next few years. This

fund will enable implementation, private sector
participation and drive further investment in the
delivery of solar mini grids and standalone solar
systems for homes and enterprises, the Energising
Education Programme (EEP) for the electrification
of federal universities and teaching hospitals and
the Energising Economies Initiative (EEI) for the
electrification of economic clusters.
Under the EEI, there are pilot projects being

A TRADER USING ELECTRICITY implemented: Sabon Gari Market in Kano State,
FROM SOLAR PANELS
Ariaria Market in Abia State, and Sura Shopping
Complex, in Lagos State. Providing power to these
clusters will drive economic growth towards
improving Nigeria’s GDP. Consequently, these
markets utilised hazardous heavy duty and small
diesel generators, which in the case of Sabon Gari
Market, led to a fire outbreak resulting in the loss of
N10billion worth of goods.
The Energising Education Programme (EEP)

involves powering 37 Federal Universities and 7
Teaching Hospitals, including the provision of
street lights within the Universities’ main campus
for security as well training centres, which will
provide courses in renewables. Phase 1 of the EEP involves powering 9 Federal Universities and 1 Teaching
Hospital, of which mobilising to the project sites have begun for construction and it is expected that the
Phase 1 beneficiaries will have access to uninterrupted power supply by May 2019.
The REA has also developed an Energy Database which seeks to provide vital data on potential off-grid
sites across Nigeria, which are suitable for standalone solar systems and/or mini grids. This database can
be accessed on the REA’s website and is still further being updated with more data.
In addition, the Rural Electrification Fund (REF) is now operational. The process for accessing this fund by
the private sector is currently in progress.
As the off-grid electrification strategy does not seek to replace the national grid but rather complement it,
efforts to extend the national grid to unconnected communities and providing adequate street lighting
for security is being undertaken by the REA. In 2017, 413 contracts were awarded and 385 of these projects
are complete.
WORKS SECTOR
• The federal road network constitutes about 17 per cent of the total National Network but carries

more than 70 per cent of the vehicular traffic.
• With improved funding of road development in 2016 and 2017, Nigerian roads are witnessing
significant interventions.
• The Government has prioritised investment in the road sector, putting emphasis on heavily
trafficked North – South & East – West routes and those leading to agricultural producing areas,
refineries, NNPC depots and ports.
• Government is also intervening on internal roads in tertiary institutions and heavily-deteriorated

sections on the federal road network under emergency contracts.
ANNUAL BUDGET RELEASES 2012 - 2017

AMOUNT BUDGETTED ACTUAL FUNDS RELEASED PERCENTAGE RELEASED
YEAR (N) (N) (%)
A B C D
2012 133,697,103,470 92,817,759,653 69%
2013 134,427,651,813 58,350,534,632 43%
2014 98,669,008,704 34,879,660,947 35%
2015 20,646,000,000 12,539,550,985 61%
2016 251,220,169,985 169,528,000,122 67%
2017 306,952,920,725 234,068,678,636 76%
TOTAL 638,659,933,972 368,115,506,339
ON-GOING FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS AS AT DECEMBER 2015

TOTAL AMOUNT CERTIFIED TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR
FOR ON-GOING PROJECTS ON-GOING PROJECTS AS AT
NO. OF TOTAL CONTRACT SUM AS AT DECEMBER 2015 DECEMBER 2015
S/N ZONE PROJECTS (N) (N) (N)
1 NORTH CENTRAL 37 402,933,894,838.60 181,826,598,779.23 135,061,166,209.09
2 NORTH EAST 25 325,640,233,407.72 151,572,216,958.10 133,391,333,186.37
3 NORTH WEST 21 221,415,596,258.30 84,964,964,999.21 72,807,137,392.65
4 SOUTH EAST 46 305,366,675,380.85 112,641,682,718.94 82,862,112,608.22
5 SOUTH SOUTH 42 489,965,197,186.74 114,228,145,424.84 51,479,839,956.70
6 SOUTH WEST 35 438,064,572,157.83 175,481,541,962.32 126,097,286,182.97
GRAND TOTAL 206 2,183,386,169,230.04 820,715,150,842.64 601,698,875,536.00
SUMMARY SHEET ON ON-GOING FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS AS AT DECEMBER 2016

S/N ZONE NO. OF TOTAL CONTRACT SUM TOTAL AMOUNT CERTIFIED TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR
PROJECTS (N) FOR ON-GOING PROJECTS AS ON-GOING PROJECTS AS AT
AT DECEMBER 2016 DECEMBER 2016
(N) (N)
1 NORTH CENTRAL 35 370,308,717,831.28 161,715,930,562.06 127,435,675,246.81
2 NORTH EAST 26 326,399,995,179.72 154,921,964,774.98 150,789,102,621.16
3 NORTH WEST 21 221,415,596,258.30 90,180,701,358.15 84,719,865,455.44
4 SOUTH EAST 45 295,860,097,988.30 111,078,024,684.23 90,252,889,164.15
5 SOUTH SOUTH 42 489,965,197,186.74 116,175,903,474.00 61,424,106,370.00
6 SOUTH WEST 35 438,064,572,157.83 195,684,027,183.75 166,382,538,388.81
GRAND TOTAL 204 2,142,014,176,602.17 829,756,552,037.15 681,004,177,246.37
SUMMARY SHEET ON ON-GOING FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS AS AT DECEMBER 2017

S/N ZONE NO. OF TOTAL CONTRACT SUM TOTAL AMOUNT CERTIFIED TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR
PROJECTS (N) FOR ON-GOING PROJECTS AS ON-GOING PROJECTS AS AT
AT DECEMBER 2017 DECEMBER 2017
(N) (N)
1 NORTH CENTRAL 45 451,031,769,079.16 187,444,154,602.13 151,310,103,410.23
2 NORTH EAST 35 448,863,429,925.51 188,264,694,297.28 169,884,542,860.32
3 NORTH WEST 35 310,679,567,904.41 118,845,750,187.29 100,716,865,952.28
4 SOUTH EAST 49 334,714,869,854.48 126,540,131,072.66 103,913,774,971.73
5 SOUTH SOUTH 43 542,637,298,079.27 131,497,720,325.79 72,276,703,136.58
6 SOUTH WEST 43 460,803,178,796.57 231,612,611,975.05 191,531,605,511.31
GRAND TOTAL 250 2,548,730,113,639.40 984,205,062,460.20 789,633,595,842.44
TOTAL KM OF BRIDGES CONSTRUCTED & REHABILITATEDFOR THE PERIOD JANUARY – DECEMBER 2016
JAN-DEC 2016
KM OF ROADS CONSTRUCTED (ASPHALTIC WEARING COURSE) 460.49
KM OF ROADS REHABILITATED (ASPHALTIC WEARING COURSE) 930.98
KM OF ROADS CONSTRUCTED (ASPHALTIC BINDER COURSE) 976.53
KM OF ROADS REHABILITATED (ASPHALTIC BINDER COURSE) 942.40
LINEAR METER OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED 3,487.75
LINEAR METER OF BRIDGE MAINTAINED 2,434.37
LINEAR METER OF BOX CULVERTS CONSTRUCTED 6,647.52
LINEAR METER OF RING CULVERTS CONSTRUCTED 52,186.13
NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED 18,275.00

TOTAL KM OF BRIDGES CONSTRUCTED & REHABILITATEDFOR THE PERIOD JANUARY – DECEMBER 2016
JAN-DEC 2017
KM OF ROADS CONSTRUCTED (ASPHALTIC WEARING COURSE) 487.81
KM OF ROADS REHABILITATED (ASPHALTIC WEARING COURSE) 256.04
KM OF ROADS CONSTRUCTED (ASPHALTIC BINDER COURSE) 59.63
KM OF ROADS REHABILITATED (ASPHALTIC BINDER COURSE) 64.50
LINEAR METER OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED 2,792.44
LINEAR METER OF BRIDGE MAINTAINED 2,301.96
LINEAR METER OF BOX CULVERTS CONSTRUCTED 5,230.58
LINEAR METER OF RING CULVERTS CONSTRUCTED 80,941.95
NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED 13,478.00
THE NEWLY RECONSTRUCTED HADEJA

- NGURU ROAD, PHASE II: KIRIKASAMA
- NGURU IN JIGAWA STATE; INSET: AERIAL VIEW
RECONSTRUCTION OF LAGOS-SAGAMU-IBADAN DUAL CARRIAGEWAY SECTION 2
REHABILITATION OF SOKOTO-TAMBUWAL-JEGA-KONTAGORA-MAKERA ROAD
DUALISATION OF OBAJANA JUNCTION TO OKENE DUALISATION OF OBAJANA JUNCTION TO BENIN
REHABILITATION OF ENUGU-PORT HARCOURT DUAL CARRIAGEWAY DRAINAGE WORK ON ENUGU-PORT HARCOURT DUAL CARRIAGEWAY

REHABILITATION OF ALESI-UGEP(IYAMOYUNG-UGEP) SECTION IN CROSS RIVER
DUALISATION OF KANO-KATSINA ROAD, PHASE I IN KANO AND KATSINA STATES
CONSTRUCTION OF OJU TO LOKO-OWETO BRIDGE OVER RIVER BENUE
SUBSOIL INVESTIGATION AT THE ONGOING WORK ON BODO -BONNY ROAD WITH BRIDGES
EMERGENCY REPAIRS OF COLLAPSED TATABU BRIDGE ALONG MOKWA-TEGINA ROAD IN NIGER STATE
PLACEMENT OF BOULDERS COMPLETED ON THE1ST SLOPE ON THE

EROSION CONTROL WORKS AT THE EXISTING NIGER BRIDGE BRIDGE CENTERLINE ON EXISTING NIGER BRIDGE
COMPLETION OF GOMBE-NUMAN-YOLA ROAD PHASE II (GOMBE-KALTUNGO)
DUALISATION OF SAPELE – EWU SECTION II, AGBOR – EWU JUNCTIONIN EDO STATE

REHABILITATION OF 9TH MILE – OTUKPO – MAKURDI ROAD (OTUKPO – OTUKPA SECTION) IN BENUE STATE
RECONSTRUCTION OF SOKOTO-TAMBUWAL-JEGA-KONTAGORA-MAKERA ROAD
REHABILITATION OF ACCESS ROAD TO APAPA-TINCAN ISLAND PORT-NNPC DEPOT (ATLAS COVE ULTRA-MODERN TRUCK PARK
AND DEDICATED BRIDGE FROM LIVERPOOL END
ON-GOING WORKS ON PHARMACY ROAD UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
HOUSING SECTOR
Public Buildings and Housing Development
INTRODUCTION:
The Public Buildings and Housing Development Department is one of the core professional
Departments of the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.
The Department is made up of three professional disciplines in the construction industry namely
• Architecture,
• Building and
• Quantity Surveying.
MAJOR ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT

• National Housing Programme
• Construction of Federal Secretariat complexes
• Construction of Monument in Honour of Late Nnamdi Azikiwe Mausoleum and conference

centre
• Rehabilitation of Federal Secretariats
• Consultancy Services to other MDAs
• Development of artisans training centres
NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMME

• The Federal Government Budgeted N35.6bn for the National Housing program in the year 2016.
• After a series of consultations and presentations by relevant stakeholders in the industry at the
instance of the Hon. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), it was
concluded that
• there was the need to design a housing model (National Housing Program) that would best
suit the cultural diversities of the country and particularly encourage local manufacturers,
professionals and artisans in order to create wealth and jobs and its attendant impact on the
economy.
• This initiative is geared towards supporting local manufacturing and aimed at standardization of
housing construction in Nigeria.

• In November 2016, The Ministry Awarded Contracts to 542no Contractors worth N27,448,884,281.64
(Twenty-Seven Billion Four Hundred and Forty-Eight Million Eight Hundred and Eighty-Four
Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty- One Naira Sixty- Four Kobo) for the construction of 2736
units in categories of:
{{ One Bedroom Semi-Detached Bungalow;
{{ Two Bedrooms Semi-Detached Bungalow;
{{ Three Bedrooms Semi-Detached Bungalow and;
{{ Condominiums Block Of 24 Flats .
BUDGET ANALYSIS
YEAR AMOUNT APPROPRIATED AMOUNT RELEASED
2016 N35.6bn N11.1bn
2017 N28bn N10.69
2018 N35.408bn
House Types.
The five (5) approved design types being constructed under the 2016 NHP based on Short Term
Strategies are;
{{ 1 Bedroom Semi detached bungalows,
{{ 2 Bedroom Semi detached bungalows type A,
{{ 2 Bedroom Semi detached bungalows type B,
{{ 3 Bedroom Semi detached bungalows,
{{ Condominium Blocks of 1 Br (4 Units), 2 Br (16 Units), and 3Br (4 Units) flats/

block.
• Construction works are ongoing in 34 States of the Federation.
• 284 No. units have been completed
• 860 No. units have been roofed and nearing completion.
Job Creation
In the implementation of the National Housing Program;
• only building components that are produced locally in Nigeria are being used, except where
it is established that the component is not being produced locally e.g (i) electrical fittings &
accessories (ii) locks & keys or where production capacity is very inadequate as in the case of
sanitary wares and fittings.
• It is estimated that over 23,000 №s doors, 27,500 №s windows, 260,000m2 floor tiles, 170,000m2
wall tiles, 3,500 water closets, 3,500 wash hand basins, 2,800 kitchen sinks, 560,000 litres of
paint and 340,000m2 roofing sheets etc, will be required for the program.
• jobs equivalent to over 413,000 man-days of skilled labour and 440,000 man-days of unskilled
labour are being created under the program.
STATES WHERE CONSTRUCTION IS ONGOING

SOUTH WEST ZONE NORTH WEST ZONE
 OYO STATE  JIGAWA STATE
 OGUN STATE  KADUNA STATE
 ONDO STATE  KEBBI STATE
 OSUN STATE  KATSINA STATE
 EKITI STATE  SOKOTO STATE
NORTH CENTRAL ZONE  ZAMFARA STATE
 BENUE STATE  KANO STATE
 KOGI STATE SOUTH EAST ZONE
 KWARA STATE  ANAMBRA STATE
 NASARAWA STATE  EBONYI STATE
 NIGER STATE  ENUGU STATE
 PLATEAU STATE  ABIA STATE
 FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY  IMO STATE
SOUTH SOUTH ZONE NORTH EAST ZONE
 AKWA IBOM STATE  ADAMAWA STATE
 CROSS RIVER STATE  BAUCHI STATE
 DELTA STATE  BORNO STATE
 EDO STATE  GOMBE STATE
 BAYELSA STATE  TARABA STATE
 YOBE STATE

STATE WHERE LAND IS NOT YET AVAILABLE

SOUTH WEST ZONE
 LAGOS STATE
STATES WHERE CONSTRUCTION IS YET TO COMMENCE

SOUTH SOUTH ZONE
 RIVERS STATE
STANDARDISED BUILDING COMPONENTS
SOURCES
COMPONENTS MANUFACURED 100% IMPORT
LOCALLY DEPENDENT
DOORS - SECURITY DOORS AND FLUSH DOORS YES NO
WINDOWS - CASEMENT, SLIDING, LOUVRES [SPECIAL] YES NO
TILES - WALL & FLOOR YES NO
CEILING YES NO
PLUMBING FITTINGS AND ACCESSORIES - WC, WHB, KITCHEN SINK NO YES
ELECTRICAL FITTINGS AND ACCESSORIES - WALL BRACKETS, SOCKETS AND SWITCHES NO YES
ELECTRICAL CABLES YES NO
PAINT - INTERNAL & EXTERNAL YES NO
IRONMONGERY - METAL RAILINGS, BUGLARY BARS YES NO
IRONMONGERY - LOCKS NO YES
CHALLENGES
The following are some of the challenges of the National Housing program:
i. Land: - Acquisition of land for the programme that is accessible, free from encumbrances and
with titles ready has posed a challenge especially in the big city states of Rivers and Lagos.
ii. Site conditions: - In a number of states especially in the southern part of the country, poor soil
conditions have necessitated use of costly raft foundations and delay to rapid progress of works.
iii. Payment to Contractors: - The annual limited budgetary provisions may pose a challenge to the
timely implementation of the National Housing programme.
iv. Problem of unencumbered land in the South East Geo-Political Zone
NORTH CENTRAL ZONE

• Issue of compensation
• Fencing of the whole project site
SOUTH EAST ZONE

• Access road
• Litigation by FUTO
• Fencing of the whole project site
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMME IN KWANNAWA AREA A NEWLY COMPLETED HOUSING ESTATE IN KATSINA STATE
DANGE SHUNI LGA IN SOKOTO STATE WHERE 76 HOUSING UNITS WERE BUILT
ELECTRIFICATION WORK IN PROGRESS IN A

HOUSING ESTATE IN ZAMFARA STATE A HOUSING ESTATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN KADUNA STATE
A NEWLY 3-BEDROOM HOUSE IN ENUGU STATE, PART

A HOUSING ESTATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SOKOTO STATE OF THE NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMME

AN AERIAL VIEW OF A NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMME BUILDING ONE OF 68 HOUSING UNITS BUILT AS PART OF THE
SITE AT IDUMWN-EHIJIE IN BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, 8 FEB 2018 NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMME IN DELTA STATE
NEW BUNGALOWS IN KWARA STATE, PART OF THE

A HOUSING ESTATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN PLATEAU STATE NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMME
CONSTRUCTION OF NNAMDI AZIKIWE MAUSOLEUM AT INOSI ONIRA, ONITSHA,

ANAMBRA STATE:
• Contracts awarded to M/S BNL Engineering

and Construction Ltd. in 2012
• Work is progressed steadily on site after

overcoming some challenges.
• In December 2017, the FEC approved the review

of the project from the original contract sum of
N1, 496,531,400.83 to N1, 953,624,928.92 i.e. an
increase of N457, 093,528.09 due to additional
works which include the entrance gate house
and fence, mechanical electrical plumbing
services, demolition and reconstruction of
mausoleum roof gutter, mausoleum windows
omitted from the BOQ, roof over void in admin
block and fluctuation in materials, labour and
plants and equipment.
CONSTRUCTION OF NNAMDI AZIKIWE MAUSOLEUM
AT INOSI ONIRA, ONITSHA, ANAMBRA STATE • About 75% completion
AUTOMOBILE DELEGATES AT WORK, NNEWI, ANAMBRA

Showcasing
success stories
of empowered
delegates
The Post Training Engagement (PTE) Unit is a very critical component in the Reintegration
phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). This is because the tail end of sustainable
reintegration depends on the level of evidential livelihood means created for the beneficiaries
in any of the DDR programme globally.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PTE UNIT
STATE DISTRIBUTION OF EMPOWERED DELEGATES
2015-2018 2013-2015 TOTAL

ABIA 14 28 42
AKWA IBOM 46 11 57
BAYELSA 678 735 1413
CROSS RIVERS 33 18 51
DELTA 507 352 859
EDO 34 70 104
IMO 63 71 134
ONDO 91 80 171
RIVERS 668 938 1606
2134 2303 4437
EMPOWERMENT TRADE AREAS/DELEGATE DISTRIBUTION (2015-2018)
TRADE AREA NO
COMMODITY 458
BUILDING MATERIAL 441
FISH FARM 364
FASHION & DESIGN 242
Others 178
CATERING & EVENT MANAGEMENT 133
POULTRY 78
WELDING & FABRICATION 68
RESTAURANT & BAR 39
CARPENTARY & WOOD WORK 36
ELECTRONIC SALE 36
BAKING & CONFECTIONARIES 35
HAIR DRESSING 26
TOTAL 2134

EMPOWERMENT TRADE AREAS/DELEGATE DISTRIBUTION (2013-2015)
TRADE AREA NO
WELDING & FABRICATION 1163
MARINE ENGINEERING/MECHANIC/QUARTER MASTER 326
OTHERS 176
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS 102
COMMODITY SHOP 93
CRANE OPERATOR 90
RESTAURANT 90
FISH FARMING 86
ICT 46
POULTRY 43
CATERING 37
FASHION DESIGN 31
ELECTRONIC SHOP 20
TOTAL 2303
The Unit has always been on a growth and improvement path, because of massive improvement
in the quantity and quality of trade areas business starter packs being delivered to the empowered
delegates. For instance, from recent survey carried out by the Unit on the empowered delegates,
it was discovered that delegates empowered within the last six months made higher profits than
those empowered two to three years ago. This was made possible because of the better quality and
quantity of trade items given to the delegates. There has been closer monitoring of the activities of
both delegates and vendors charged with the responsibility of empowering the delegates.

S H O W C A S I N G S U CC ESS STO R I ES O F E M P O W E R E D D E L EG AT ES
ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AT KAIAMA VTU CENTRE
Sample Evidence of Success Stories from

Empowered Delegates
Upon inauguration of the Unit, Empowerment Starter REAR VIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
BUILDING AT KAIAMA VTU CENTRE
Packs were not properly managed by some delegates.
However, increased mentoring and monitoring of the
delegates has led to an increased number of delegates
who not only wish to keep their empowerment starter pack but are thriving in their various
trade areas. Below are a few of such Success Stories recorded by the Presidential Amnesty
Programme.
Name: Enoch Lawrence
Trade Area: Tailoring and Fashion Design
State: Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Enoch Lawrence is a delegate empowered by Awene-Ebi Nigeria Limited in the Tailoring and
Fashion Design trade area, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Within 18 months, he has become
successful in the trade area. During a recent visit by the OSAPND verification team, it was
observed that Enoch Lawrence has a well-stocked fabrics section in his shop and has engaged
the services of at least three other tailors. He has utilised the starter pack provided during initial
empowerment in production of clothes for customers and also bought new stock. Enoch
Lawrence measured and sewed a standard Etibo (Niger Delta male shirt), for a member of the
PTE Verification team.
Name: James Livingstone
Trade Area: Commodity Shop
POULTRY SECTION AT TARIOK CENTRE
OIL & GAS TRAINING CENTRE GREEN HOUSE FARMING, DELTA STATE
FASHION DESIGN DELEGATE (BALAMERE INVST. LTD) WOOD WORK DELEGATES IN SAPELE, DELTA STATE

SHOE MAKING DELEGATES AT WORK (KEN DOUBRALTD) PIG FARMING SECTION
POULTRY EQUIPMENT FOR DELEGATES IN STORAGE OIL & GAS VTU CENTRE, ONDO STATE
STAFF ISSUING CERTIFICATES AT GRADUATION

CEREMONY (BIBOPRE INT’L SERVICES LTD)
DELEGATES DURING GRADUATION (TARIOK NIGERIA LTD) A DELEGATE SWEEPING THE DECK OF A VESSEL
State: Yenagoa, Bayelsa State

This is JAMES LIVINGSTONE, a delegate empowered with commodity shop trade area
in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State by Emerald Stride. Livingstone has become a very happy man,
sustaining his family with the business, including training his children and siblings in school.
Livingstone has expanded his business, selling other items, aside what was given to him by the
office. Livingstone has also started building his personal residential house with some part of the
profits from his business. He takes proper stock of sales, restocking, saving his income in the
bank and has secured the shop against burglary. He was more than willing to take us to the site
where the building is, to show as evidence of growth through his thriving business. Livingstone
has also planned to have another shop in the same city because of the success of his business.
Livingstone appreciates what the Federal Government through OSAPND has empowered him
with and vows to maintain it with focus, discipline and commitment.
Name: Oyobolo Osi

Trade Area: Building Materials
State: Arogbo, Ondo State
Oyobolo Osi hails from Arogbo Town in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State. He was
among the 40 delegates allocated to Elohim Professional Farms Limited for empowerment/
business set-up and was empowered in the sales of building materials.
At a PTE Unit empowerment verification exercise, a team of OSAPND Staff assigned to cover
Ondo State visited Mr. OyoboloOsi in his building materials shop in Arogbo. The delegate was
found to be in a happy and joyous mood; his shop was also seen to be well-stocked with items.
He says he he can now conveniently cater for his family while thanking the Federal Government
of Nigeria.
Name: Emotimi Jonathan

Trade Area: ICT
State: Efurun, Delta State
Emotimi Jonathan is a delegate empowered by Synergy Impact ltd on ICT in Efurun, Delta
State. During a recent visit by the OSAPND verification team, he had three people working
under her, with another person in training on phone repairs. She has a well-stocked shop that
indicated a thriving business. She also showed a high level of discipline, humility and maturity
with the way she conducted herself.
Name: Chioma Nwobia

Trade Area: Unisex Salon
State: Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Chioma Nwobia is a delegate empowered by House of Henri in Unisex Salon in Port Harcourt,
Rivers State. Her salon is strategically located in a busy part of Trans Amadi in Port Harcourt.

During a recent visit by the OSAPND verification team, she was very busy attending to customers,
alongside the self-employed staff that work with her. Her salon is very well-stocked, with a variety
of services, which she has added since initial empowerment. She can save money regularly
from income generated in addition to catering for her personal needs.
The Vocational Training Unit has, from 2016 till date facilitated the training and empowerment
of over 2000 delegates in various skills such as agro-allied, automobile, plastic manufacturing,
transfer technology, welding & fabrication, construction, marine technology, woodwork and
carpentry, and catering and hospitality.
Milestones
i. 59 delegates trained in the Aviation sector, from 2015-2018, 19 in Type rating, 1 in Instrument
rating, 19 in Aircraft maintenance, 10 in Air Traffic Control and 10 in Standard Flight training
ii. 5 Vocational Training Centres constructed, and work has commenced in all, but there is still room
for more improvement of already established structures
a. Maritime Vocational Training Centre in Oboama, Rivers State.
b. Basic Skills Vocational Training Centre in Boro Town, Kaiama, Bayelsa State.
c. Power and Energy Vocational Training Centre in Bomadi, Delta State.
d. Oil and Gas Vocational Training Centre, Agadagba-Obon, Ondo State.
e. Agricultural Vocational Training Centre in Gelegele, Edo State.
Work has commenced at all training centre, but there is still room for more improvement of already
established structures.
iii. From 2016-2018, 400 of our delegates have been trained in Automobile at Innoson Kiara
Academy by M/S Jamub Global Services Limited, in partnership with Innoson Kiara Academy in
Nnewi, Anambra State. We still have 200 delegates that are currently undergoing training at the
Centre.
iii. We have trained our 1178 delegates in agriculture, and about 559 currently in training.
Repositioned to provide
training which will enhance
the professional, technical,
managerial and leadership
capabilities of public servants
THE HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE

FEDERATION, MRS. WINIFRED OYO-ITA
COMMISSIONING THE AFRICAN CAPACITY
THE RENOVATED 250-BED FACILITY BUILDING FOUNDATION (ACBF) COMPUTER-
BASED TEST CENTRE (CBT)

Making civil
servants EPIC
Under the supervision of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, it is a premier institute
for developing and enhancing capacity of public servants.
Conceptualised as a Civil Service College, the Federal Government changed its name in 2008
to broaden and enlarge its functions
Vision
To be a world-class centre of excellence, transforming public sector governance, management
and leader-ship development
Mission
A sustained commitment to modernisng public sector governance, management and
leadership development through transformational training, research and consultancy, anchored
on integrity, innovation and professionalism
Mandate
To provide competency-based and demand-driven training to public servants, using information
and cutting-edge technology services to enhance their professional, technical, managerial and
leadership capabilities
Milestones
The Muhammadu Buhari Administration has demonstrated strong support for the transformation
of the Civil Service by approving the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan of
the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
Partnerships that work

The management of the Institute has been working assiduously on collaborative efforts with
critical stakeholders, individuals and organisations within and outside Nigeria. Today, PSIN
is collaborating and partnering with Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), State
Governments and Federal Institutions to build capacity of staff.
1. Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND)

2. National Centre for Aviation Technology (NCAT)
3. National Directorate of Employment (NDE)
4. National Insurance Commission (NAICOM)
5. Federal Housing Authority (FHA)
6. Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF)
7. Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA)
8. Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Responsibilities
9. Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PITAD)
10. National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
11. Federal Ministry of Health
12. Federal ministry of Education
13. Kogi State Government
14. Kwara State Government
15. Niger State Government
16. National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)
International Organisations, Donor Agencies for infrastructural support and

institutional strengthening
1. Korea Organisation International Corporation Agency (KOICA)
2. African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
Government Agencies, Private Organisations (under Public-Private

Partnership), Financial Institutions for infrastructural development and
organizational strengthening.
3. Nigerian Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT)
4. Galaxy Backbone
5. NITDA
6. HIIT
7. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
8. World Bank

MAKING CIVIL SERVANTS EPIC
Creating a new vision

As the leading institute for building the capacity of civil servants the PSIN has been repositioned
to provide training which will enhance the professional, technical, managerial and leadership
capabilities of public servants. As part of the repositioning, the Institute has developed a Strategic
Plan document that will guide the operations, activities and programmes of the Institute towards
achieving its mandate as well as fulfilling its vision and mission for the next five years.
The Strategic Plan of the Institute is geared towards the achievement of the Federal Civil Service
Strategy and Implementation Plan (FCSSIP) of the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the
Federation aimed at total transformation and reorientation of the civil service by ensuring
that civil servants imbibe the culture of being Efficient, Productive, Incorruptible and Citizen-
Centered (EPIC).
DELEGATES IN CIVIL SERVICE COLLEGE, SINGAPORE FOR THE BENCH MARKING STUDY VISIT
THE CONSULTANT, PROF. SAIDU AMINU

AND THE ADMINISTRATOR PSIN, DR. ABDUL-GANIYU
GROUP PICTURE DURING THE STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT OBATOYINBO DURING THE STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT
Curriculum Review
The Institute’s curriculum has been reviewed. The 2018 curriculum has been updated to
accommodate the ever-evolving changes in the public sector and in line with the Enterprise culture
and Commercial Orientation of the Head of Civil Service Strategic Plan. The courses include:
• Entrepreneurship
• Pre- retirement programmes and
• Vocational Skills
• ICT
Information and Communication Technology, a strong tool for the actualisation of the Federal Civil
Service Strategy and Implementation Plan has made the world a global village. PSIN is moving
with the times to position the Nigerian Public Service to be responsive, deliver quality service to the
Nigerian people and carry out its functions in a professional, efficient, timely and effective way in line
with global best practices.
To achieve this, the ICT facilities have been expanded, the Institute now has over 250 computers
and can boast of:
1. A well-equipped computer laboratory

2. An e-library where over 800,000 books can be accessed and
3. A computer centre
4. The addition of 80-seater Computer-Based Test Centre donated by African Capacity
Building Foundation (ACBF) from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation now enables the
Institute to conveniently conduct CBT tests for at least five groups of 200 participants daily.
Infrastructure
• Moribund projects have been resuscitated
• Rehabilitation of the 250-capacity male hostel
• Renovation of classrooms
• Renovation of lecture halls
• Renovation of the Auditorium, (400-capacity)
• Renovation of the clinic, police station,
• Renovating and equipping the computer centre
• This administration has squarely tackled security challenges in the Institute
• Construction of two tennis courts
• Establishing strong partnerships and collaborations with MDAs, State Governments, Corporate
bodies, International Organisations which have yielded positive results

MAKING CIVIL SERVANTS EPIC
• Carried out various projects to give the Institute a facelift (main gate and the parameter fence)
• Landscaping and general maintenance of the environment
• Added a borehole to ensure constant supply of water
• Modernised the reception area
• Set up an e-library (in collaboration with NITDA)
• Set up a computer centre (in collaboration with HIIT)
• The e-Government Library (in collaboration with KOICA)
• Constructed Sporting Facilities
Statement of Quality Assurance
• The Institute prides itself of rich data base of highly qualified, experienced and competent
resource persons
• The use of modern teaching techniques and modern teaching aids
• Regularly builds capacity of staff to offer the needed support to participants
Benchmarking and study visit
The Institute is striving to be a “world-class centre of excellence in transforming Public Sector
Governance, Management and Leadership Development” through collaborative efforts with key
players in the sector within and outside the country to good governance and best practice in
delivering public services for speedy economic development.
Through the support of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, the
institute successfully coordinated a bench marking study visit for Heads of State Civil Service and
other key players in the sector in the State and Federal Government towards the implementation of
the 2017-2020 Implementation Plan. Delegates visited Public Service institutions and other relevant
places in Malaysia and Singapore whose public service is rated the best in the world to exchange
knowledge and ideas and understudy the structure of the public service in those countries.
The Institute is collaborating with the World Bank to provide capacity building/training for civil servants
in all the States of the Federation on Fiscal Performance Management Framework. The programme
will support PSIN and State-Level Manpower Development Institutions to embed courses in the
various functional areas of Public Financial Management (PFM), Open Government Principles (OGP)
and Good Governance into the standard training programmes for civil servants in the federation. This
programme is aimed at providing institutional strengthening for State Governments.
The Public Service Institute of Nigeria is working tirelessly to build a public service that is Efficient,
Productive, Incorruptible and Citizen-Centred (EPIC), that will conduct government business with
transparency and accountability in line with the change mantra of the President Muhammadu
Buhari Administration.
PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON THE NORTH-EAST INITIATIVE
Activities at a Glance JANUARY 2017

TO MARCH 2018
Coordination of Activities of Development

PCNI Monthly Coordination Meetings
Financial Institutions
More than 200 high priority issues
across sectors have been discussed and/or
resolved during the PCNI coordination meetings
3 Major Development Bank Partnerships
PCNI has worked closely with DFIs working in the North East to
with 100 partners from over 50 public
coordinate their activities and interventions with regards to
coverage, prioritization and cost effectiveness. Through these
and private organisations.
interventions with significant amounts towards the Building
Back Better of the North East. These funds are earmarked for 6 State Offices, one in each state follow up
projects across education, agriculture, health, social cohesion and with partners on the ground to address challenges
infrastructural development. and share information and ensure synergy
Rebuilding Health Infrastructure Repatriation of Displaced

Nigerians in Cameroon
PCNI serves as the secretariat of the Technical Working

Group (TWG) of the Tripartite Commission for the
voluntary repatriation of Nigerian refugees in Cameroon.
Hospital Equipment and Furniture provided to
7 General Hospitals to serve over 280,000 safely repatriate
The TWG is working to
people. over 90,000 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon.
Providing Linkages Among

NE Stakeholders Initiating
Conversations
Convening Critical Filling Critical Gaps

Meetings
Advocating for the

Monitoring Progress of
North East
Rebuilding
Solving System-Wide
Problems

ACT I V I T I ES I N CO L L A B O R AT I O N W I T H STA K E H O L D E RS
Sector  Highlights
Health  43,116 people reached with free medical care in 9 LGAs across 6 States
 20,000 children dewormed in Gombe & Bauchi
 Delivery kits for 16,400 pregnant women
 Essential Drugs and Medical Consumables for PHCs in 36 LGAs across 6 States to serve
over 240,000 people.
 25,000 people screened for hepatitis and 3,000 treated across 5 North East States
Resettlement  43, 050 households across 30 LGAs, supported with building materials to rebuild their
homes
 4,000 households supported during their repatriation from Cameroon
 N1,040,548,421 spent to completely rebuild and equip Bama General Hospital
Non-Food Items  7,000 households received non-food items distributed across the 6 states
Education  1,456 students funded to continue education in 43 schools across Northern Nigeria
 1,200 primary school teachers trained to benefit 60,000 households in Borno,
Adamawa and Yobe
 Over N1.15 Billion spent on model school reconstruction of GGSS Chibok
Job Creation  100,000 Farming Households supported on agricultural tools (including tractors) in
Yobe, Taraba and Adamawa with service support
 4,000 North East SMEs to benefit PCNI-BOI partnership on Government Enterprise &
Entrepreneurship Programmes
 1,200 trained in ICT related skills, including digital design and mobile device repairs in
Borno, Adamawa and Yobe
 Provided ICT Tools and Equipment worth N136m to universities in Borno, Adamawa
and Yobe
Food Items  225,754 Households given 5,643,843kg of food items provided to over in 40 LGAs across
6 North East States
Partnerships  In collaboration with over 800 Civil Society Organisations through state networks.
 $300m pledged over 5 years by Oil and Gas sector stakeholders with implementation
started in Education and resettlement.
Development  PCNI set up the North East Recovery & Stability Programme (NERSP) to coordinate and
Financial properly channel development financing towards the North East
Institutions  NERSP programme ensures accountable and transparent use of multilateral
development bank commitments to the North East.
 Under NERSP, a rigorous and regular process of prioritization and sequencing of
intervention is carried out, led by the states to ensure funding addresses priority needs.
 $460m raised for North East over 5 years from multilateral financial institutions to be
channelled through NERSP
 Coordinating deployment of World Bank $200m multi sectoral interventions covering
296 infrastructural and social projects
 Administered an African Development Bank grant to support education in Chibok LGA
benefitting over 30,000 residents
Strategic  Representatives of 20 Security & Media Organisations trained on Conflict Sensitive
Communications Communications
 1,000 readers of weekly newsletter communicating government activities across the
North East
 120,000 readers reached via Daily Trust weekly column
 More than 4,000 Twitter followers
 1,200 media practitioners trained on Using New Media for Humanitarian Reportage.
BAYO OMOBORIOWO

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT
CABINET AFFAIRS OFFICE
Keeping the FGN on

track
Under the purview of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), the Cabinet
Affairs Office (CAO) provides technical and administrative support in coordinating the meetings
of the Federal Executive Council, Council of State and the Nigeria Police Council.
The Cabinet Affairs office successfully tracked the implementation status of all Government-
approved projects from May 2015 to April 2018.; affording the President and the cabinet, first-
hand information on the status of all the approvals made for the goal of delivering the election
promises to the people.
SUMMARY OF MEMORANDA PROCESSED FROM 2015-2018

2015/16
(NOV 2015 –DEC 2017 2018
2016) (JAN – DEC) (JAN – MAY) TOTAL
Number of Memos/Notes/Briefs processed 123 327 161 611
Approvals by the Federal Executive Council 101 276 107 484
Number of Meetings Held 26 47 18 91
The portal seeks to create
NESA BY MAKERS
easy access to government
policies and programmes
for the citizens, promote
participatory governance
by empowering the citizens
with affordable channels of
communication, promoting
transparency, reducing
wastages, etc.

E-PARTICIPATION
Keeping citizens
abreast of
Government’s
policies and
programmes
The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) is responsible for
coordinating the implementation of the Federal Government policies and programmes as
well as the frontline advisory institution of the Presidency. To drive its functions, the OSGF has
deployed Information and Communication Technology in line with the National Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) Policy. The Office being the Secretariat to the Council of State,
the Federal Executive Council and other such bodies chaired by the President, is a repository
of Federal Government policies and programmes. It is in ensuring that the citizenry is kept
abreast of these policies and programmes that the Government deployed the e-participation
system, a Citizen–to–Government interactive portal. It seeks to create easy access to government
policies and programmes for the citizens, promote participatory governance by empowering
the citizens with affordable channels of communication, promoting transparency, reducing
wastages, etc.
The portal was developed with the support of a technical partner, Messrs. Hephzibah Integrated
Technologies Limited, at no cost to the Government, and is being hosted by Galaxy Backbone.
It allows citizens to register at first log-in to ensure that it is humans and not machines using
the portal. It allows the citizens to request for information from Government; submit an idea
to Government; lodge complaints to government; respond to Government; report issues
to Government and give compliments to Government. While the Government is obliged to
provide responses.
It is designed to be scaled up to allow voice calls and text messages to dedicated lines. This will
increase more participation as statistics has shown that there are over 152 million active lines in
E- PA RT I C I PAT I O N
Nigeria with a majority not necessarily using emails but are comfortable with calls and text messages.
The OSGF serves as the Coordination and Quality Control Unit while two nodal officers each
in all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), serves as contact persons to ensure prompt
response(s) to issues channelled to their organisation. They are responsible for providing feedbacks
to the Quality Control Unit who will in turn respond to the citizens’ requests. The Project Unit would
generate periodic reports/statistics from the dashboard or viewed by the Presidency to articulate
contributions/comments from the public and levels of performance by MDAs. This would further
promote transparency and accountability and enhance efficiency in service delivery.

KEEPING CITIZENS ABREAST OF GOVERNMENT’S POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES
Where a culture of transparency
and zero tolerance to corruption
is the order, NACA is being
reorganised and strategically
repositioned

A SPEAKER AT THE #ISABIHIV CAMPAIGN AT KING’S COLLEGE, LAGOS, 9 OCTOBER 2018
A MEMBER OF THE NIGERIA HIV/AIDS
INDICATOR AND IMPACT SURVEY TEAM 29
RECORDING RESULTS ON LIGALI STREET,
AJEROMI IFELODUN LGS IN LAGOS STATE

NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE CONTROL OF AIDS (NACA)
Poised to
fully deliver -
transparently
Mandates
• Coordinate and plan identified multi-sectoral HIV&AIDS activities of the National Response
• Facilitate the engagement of all tiers of government on issues of HIV&AIDS
• Advocate for the mainstreaming of HIV&AIDS interventions into all sectors of the society
• Develop and periodically update the Strategic Plan of the National Response Programme
• Provide leadership in the formulation of policies and sector-specific guidelines on HIV&AIDS
• Establish mechanisms to support HIV&AIDS research in the country
• Mobilise resources (local and foreign) and coordinate its equitable application for HIV&AIDS
activities;
• Develop its own capacity and facilitate the development of other stakeholders’ capacity
• Provide linkages with the global community on HIV&AIDS
• Monitor and evaluate all HIV&AIDS activities
• Facilitate the development and management of the policies and strategies of all sectors to
ensure the human, financial and organisational resources to support the successful execution of
the national HIV/AIDS response programme
• Establish, encourage and promote training programme for the employees of the Agency and
other appropriate persons from public or private organisations
• Perform such functions as may, from time to time be assigned to it by the Government
N AT I O N A L AG E N CY FO R T H E CO N T RO L O F A I D S (N AC A)
• Facilitate collaboration for the management of HIV and opportunistic infections
• Under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, where a culture of transparency and
zero tolerance to corruption is the order, NACA is being reorganised and strategically repositioned
to fully deliver its mandate as the national HIV and AIDS coordinating agency.
2016 marked the beginning of the planning for the next strategic planning cycle, 2017 to 2021.
The HIV prevalence came from a high of 5.8% in 2001 to 3.0% (ANC, 2014).
11,325,552 individuals were counselled, tested and received their results, a 32% increase from the 2015
figures of 7,738,594. Out of this number, 360,941 individuals tested HIV positive, a slight percentage
increase (6.6%) in number of persons who tested positive between 2015 and 2016 but overall
percentage decrease was by 39.5 per cent between 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2016.
1. To ensure an HIV-free generation which is a demonstration of Federal Government’s

commitment on treatment and PMTCT, 56,483 pregnant women living with HIV received
anti-retroviral prophylaxis for PMTCT in 2016 compared to the 53,677 in 2015.
2. For effective TB/HIV collaboration, 85 GeneXPERTS machines were procured and installed
for accurate TB diagnosis among People Living with HIV (PLHIV).
LAUNCH OF NIGERIA HIV/AIDS INDICATOR AND

IMPACT SURVEY AT ASO ROCK VILLA, ABUJA

P O I S E D T O F U L LY D E L I V E R - T R A N S PA R E N T LY
3. The national response has cumulatively placed 983,980 adults and children with advanced
HIV infection on treatment in accordance with the nationally-approved treatment protocol,
which recorded an increase of 13.8% from the 2015 figure of 853,992.
4. NACA secured approval of the National Economic Council to release 0.5-1% of its states’
monthly Federal Allocation for the HIV/AIDS response.
5. The agency also secured an approval for the inclusion of HIV/AIDS into NHIS to partially sort
out HIV treatment sustainability issue in country.
6. Federal Ministry of Finance allocated a permanent office accommodation to the Agency.
7. Organisational restructuring to reduce running cost and boost capacity, efficiency and
transparency.
8. Secured sponsorship for population-based survey to ascertain the accurate prevalence of HIV,
hepatitis, and syphilis in the country, establish national and state treatment programmes,
and improve procurement of HIV commodities to reduce expiries and wastages.
A wide range of reforms has
solidified the standardisation of
the delivery of the promises of
good governance and prudent
management of resources for
Nigerians generally and pilgrims,
especially.
ONE OF THE MUCH IMPROVED POST-2015 MASHA’ER SITES AT MUNA & ARAFAT

NATIONAL HAJJ COMMISSION
Making Hajj a true

spiritual journey
May 2015 witnessed two great events in the history of Hajj in Nigeria. The most important was the
transition from the second to the board of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria. Since then, three
Hajj operations have been conducted and numerous achievements recorded.
In 2016 and 2017, Nigeria experienced economic recession which drove forex rates to unprecedented
heights. In view of this trend and the resolve of the Commission to align itself with the policy
thrust and direction of the new administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, in combating
corruption and delivering good governance to Nigerians, the leadership of the Commission initiated
and implemented a wide range of reforms that improved service delivery to Nigerian pilgrims, as
mandated by the present Administration. This has solidified the standardisation of the delivery of the
promises of good governance and prudent management of resources for Nigerians generally and
pilgrims, especially. The verifiable, modest achievements made by NAHCON are as follows:
1. Reduction in the cost of key Hajj services
2. Preventing financial abuses in the management of Hajj
3. Tackling illegal tour operators’ menace: early 2017, 113 unregistered tour operator companies
across the country were visited and given 21 days to regularise their operations
4. Multibillion refunds to pilgrims for poor services
5. Introduction and gazetting of Hajj and Umrah regulation.
6. Licensing of all State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Agencies/Boards/Commissions.
7. Improvement in the quality and capacity of Saudi service providers
8. Increase in efficiency of Pilgrims’ airlift to and from Saudi Arabia
9. Conclusion of all phases of Pilgrims airlift to and from Saudi ahead of schedule
10. Arriving Madinah and Jeddah International airports instead of just Jeddah. (See Table 1)
N AT I O N A L H A J J COM M I SS I O N
CURRENT SELF-OWNED OFFICE HEADQUARTERS OF NAHCON IN ABUJA
11. Taking over responsibility of delivering Zamzam water to Nigeria for all pilgrims in the first
phase of the
12. Operation (See Table 2)
13. Formation of National Medical Team: The combined manpower of medical personnel prior
to 2015 used to be over 2000 personnel to serve 95,000 pilgrims. From 2016, the entire
team was fewer than 500. (See Chart 1 for statistics of pilgrims in the various years in relation
to medical personnel)
14. Introduction of Hajj Savings Scheme
15. Hajj Training Institute for Hajj Administrators/Managers
16. Conveyance of all pilgrims’ luggage of their return to Nigeria
17. Reduction in cases of multiple hand luggage
18. Elimination of the menace of lost baggage to the usual “lost due to misplacement or
exchange at transit” or the like
19. Improvement in quality of pilgrims’ accommodation in Saudi Arabia, with all pilgrims now
accommodated in 3,4 and 5-star hotels in the highbrow Markaziyyah area of Madinah,
which is not more than five minutes’ walk to the Haram (See Table 3)
20. No more accommodation of pilgrims in over 100 small and medium houses, mostly of
Grades B and C standard in Makkah & Masha’ir (See Table 4)
21. Improvement in quality of buses used for transportation in Saudi Arabia
22. Improvement of pilgrims’ welfare in Masha’ir (Ritual Sites)

MAKING HAJJ A TRUE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
23. Desert coolers in Arafat and improved

sanitation
24. Service-Oriented Hajj Management
25. Securing an owned Permanent Site for

NAHCON in NIGERIA
26. Securing a befitting Office in Makkah.

Since 1975, the office of the Nigerian Hajj
Commission in Saudi Arabia had been in
Jeddah. However, the need to be closer
to pilgrims made NAHCON, in 2015, to
relocate its Hajj Operational Headquarters
to Makkah, for better supervision and
affinity
27. Introduction of Automated Pilgrims’

Management System: The solutions
which would have cost the Commission
about $500,000.00 was developed and
deployed free of charge in collaboration
with the Pakistan Hajj Mission
28. In response to the unfortunate stampede

of 2015 in which 317 Nigerian pilgrims
and officials died, NAHCOM resolved to
establish a DNA data bank for Nigerian
pilgrims each year and that is to enable
NAHCON’S CURRENT OFFICE AT MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA
the Commission quickly identify and
trace pilgrims in the event of death and
in absence of any form of identity so as to
address the challenge of identification that was faced
29. Reduction in air fares: By US$50 for Northern and Southern departure points and US$100 (for
Maiduguri and Yola Departure points). The total savings from this amounts to USS4,056,850
30. Reduction in local charges: In 2017, the decentralisation of Hajj fares, a total savings of
N1.538billion.
31. In 2018, same procedure was adopted and as such N2,811,100.395.00 was saved
32. The provision of a flat rate BTA to all Nigerian pilgrims at USD800 reduced capital flight
from Nigeria
N AT I O N A L H A J J COM M I SS I O N
33. Reduction in cost of pilgrims’ suitcases: In 2017, to supply the suitcases at the cost of N21,500
per set but NAHCON, in a bid to further reduce the cost of Hajj, negotiated the price down
to N16,665.
34. Reduction of dependence on Federal Government spending: The Commission reduced its
dependency on Federal Government in funding its offshore operations from 69% in 2014
to 23% in 2017
35. Reduction of Hajj officials from over 2,000 to nearly 500
36. Management of vehicles owned by Nigeria in Saudi Arabia
37. Tackling corruption and Hajj-related malpractices: The Commission saved innocent pilgrims
from being duped to an estimated $1.6 Million. It also improved the image of Nigeria in
Saudi Arabia
38. Refunds to pilgrims for un-rendered or poorly-rendered services: In March 2016, the
Commission refunded the sum of N1.75billion to Pilgrims’ Boards of the 36 States of and
the FCT for onward refund to pilgrims. Similarly, in 2017, it refunded N526million Naira
39. Introduction of the National Media Team, harmonising the system of covering and reporting
Hajj, and expansion of public enlightenment and engagement: In line with Section 4(1)
g of the NAHCON (Establishment) Act, the Commission embarked on enlightenment;
introduced “As You Answer the Call”, aired weekly (Mondays by 10:00pm) on NTA Network
and “Hajj A Spiritual Journey” on Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN); echoed across
NAHCOM’s social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @nigeriahajjcom to
enlighten pilgrims as well as showcase the Commission’s activities.
TABLE 1
ACTIVITY 2015 2016 2017
Arrivals into Madinah by Air 64% 67% 61%
Visiting Madinah before Arafat 92% 100% 99%
TABLE 2
YEAR OF ACTIVITY 2015 2016 2017
Delivery of Zamzam Holy water to Nigeria 82% 100% 100%
TABLE 3
ACTIVITY 2015 2016 2017
No of Buildings in Madinah 48 27 27
Grade A 7 25 25
Grade B 24 2 2
Grade C 17 0 0

MAKING HAJJ A TRUE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
Note:
In 2017, the Commission decided to eliminate agents and deal directly with landlords who
owned buildings in the choice area of Markaziyyah in Madinah. The Commission was able to
negotiate prices for bed spaces downwards resulting in a reduction of SAR702 per pilgrim and
a saving of SAR52,650,000. Or USD14,047,491.99 in foreign exchange demand to Nigerian
Government.
TABLE 4
ACTIVITY 2015 2016 2017
No of Buildings in Makkah 99 88 98
Grade A 53 41 54
Grade B 34 40 32
Grade C 12 7 12
ACTIVITY 2015 2016 2017

FG financing of Offshore Budget 68% 28% 23%
IMPROVED PILGRIMS’ TRANSPORTATION 2015 - 2017
POST-2015 ACCOMODATION FOR PILGRIMS INSIDE IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION FOR PILGRIMS 2015 - 2017
In 2017, NEPAD Continental
Office and NEPAD Nigeria
after harmonisation of
related programmes had 10
developmental programmes for
which a work-plan was prepared
for the realisation of vision 2063 A CROSS-SECTION OF DIGNITARIES

INCLUDING THE FORMER FIRST LADY
OF LIBERIA, THE CEO OF NEPAD
Development Agenda AND OTHERS DURING A WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME

NEPAD NIGERIA
Consolidating –
for sustainable
economic growth
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) is a strategic policy framework for the
entrenchment of sustainable economic growth and development. NEPAD envisions a new structure
of an Action Plan between the continent and the rest of the world based on Africa setting its own
agenda. It lays out, in broad terms, a strategy for Africa’s economic renaissance and sustainable
development. NEPAD’s primary objectives among others are:
i. To eradicate poverty
ii. To place African countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and
development
iii. To halt the marginalisation of Africa in globalisation and enhance its full and beneficial integration
into the global economy
iv. To accelerate the empowerment of women and youths
Mandate
NEPAD Nigeria is mandated to identify and work with partners in the public and private sectors,
including the Civil Society and international organisations operating in Nigeria, to develop,
implement, and promote NEPAD programmes at the country level
Milestones
Tackling poverty and unemployment
In line with the change agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari, NEPAD Nigeria is committed to
the reduction of extreme poverty through the building of capacities and empowerment of women
and youths in Nigeria. The skills’ acquisition programme for hawkers and other vulnerable groups
organised by NEPAD Nigeria drew about 296 participants from the FCT and adjoining States of
N E PA D N I G E R I A
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF WOMEN TRAINED IN MODERN FARMING AT OWERRI, IMO STATE
Niger and Nassarawa; who were trained in soap, cake, bead-making, barbing and beauty therapy.
The participants drawn from the Civil Society Groups, Women Associations, Cooperatives and Men
Groups were at the end of the training provided with free starter packs to promote self-reliance and
economic diversification.
Skills Initiative for Africa programme

The workshop on Skills Initiative for Africa was organised by African Union Commission, NEPAD
Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) and the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and
Development of Germany to tackle the skills gap in Africa and also to raise the continent’s overall
capacity and ability to create new employment and economic opportunities for the youths, build
desired skill capabilities and enhance their employability into a globally competitive and rapidly
modernising labour market and entrepreneurship ventures. The programme was launched in
Nigeria on the 1 March 2017. NEPAD Nigeria had obtained a tax waiver for the shipping of equipment
needed for the implementation of the Skills Initiative for Africa into the country by the German
Government.
Capacity building workshop on modern farming techniques for women and

youths in Imo State
The programme was held for 299 women and youths from all the Local Government Areas of the
State. It included intensive lectures on modern agriculture, animal feed production, fisheries, poultry
as well as excursion to farm sites for practical experience. The programme was declared open on 5
March 2018 by the representative of the Imo State Governor.

CO N S O L I DAT I N G – FO R S USTA I N A B L E ECO N OM I C G RO W T H
Agro-business training of women in Nigeria

NEPAD Nigeria in partnership with the NEPAD Continental Office in South Africa trained 15 women
from Nigeria on Agro-Business Value Chain in South Africa from 5–7 December 2017 under the
Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) in line with the Malabo
declaration in South Africa.
Supporting IDPs with relief materials

NEPAD Nigeria through the Unified Nigeria Youths Forum (UNYF) presented the Internally Displaced
People in the North-East with some relief materials to alleviate the conditions of the people living in
IDP camps.
Blueprint for participation by women and youth in agriculture

A three-day meeting of agricultural experts was organised by the Department of Programmes
Development and Implementation to develop a Blueprint and Costed Plan of Action on the
involvement of Women and Youths in Agriculture. It was held from 27-29 September 2016 in Abuja.
The blueprint was to attract more women and youths to the agricultural sector as a veritable avenue
for accelerating economic growth and development. The intended aim was to scale up interest in
agribusiness in alignment with the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme
(CAADP); the basis for agricultural development of the continent.
Climate-smart agriculture for female farmers

The two-day programme was held in Owerri, Imo State, in February 2018 for 250 female farmers. The
programme witnessed presentations on climate changes, causes, impact on agricultural activities,
AN APRM TEAM FROM SOUTH AFRICA DOING A

FOLLOW-UP ON THE ELECTION AND VIOLENCE
PROGRAMME SLATED LATER THIS YEAR
N E PA D N I G E R I A
adaptation strategies; encouraging women to engage in agricultural activities despite the adverse
effect of climate change.
Good Governance tour

NEPAD Nigeria embarked on good governance tour for advocacy and sensitisation purposes in
Niger, Kaduna and Imo. The tour manifested in the conduct of a successful violent free and fair
election in Anambra State.
Hosting right
Nigeria has been granted hosting right on Election and Governance, which aims at addressing
election as a source of instability and conflict in Africa. This is in recognition of Nigeria’s participation
in the high-level consultative meeting on Governance and Election Event with the APRM Continental
Secretariat from South Africa.
Appraisal and formulation of the National Agricultural Investment Plan

NEPAD Nigeria entered into a joint agreement on appraisal and formulation of the National
Investment Plan in line with the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme
(CAADP), Malabo Declaration for Nigeria held from 22–24 February 2017 in Abuja.
Organisation of NEPAD-Sheroes Forum

The hosting of NEPAD-SHEROES Forum created in participants (women) the zeal to work hard, think
positively, fight for their right and compete favourably with their male counterparts in all spheres of
life to succeed. The programme held in Abuja attracted over 350 women from the Civil Society
APRM DELEGATES WITH THE NEPAD CEO DURING A COURTESY VISIT TO THE
SGF ON THE LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS OF NIGERIA TO HOST THE ELECTION AND
GOVERNANCE EVENT IN ABUJA

CO N S O L I DAT I N G – FO R S USTA I N A B L E ECO N OM I C G RO W T H
NEPAD NIGERIA PRESENTING RELIEF MATERIALS TO IDP CAMPS IN THE NORTH-EAST
Organisations, NGOs, public and private sectors, IDPs, vulnerable groups and physically challenged
as participants.
MOU with Ministry of Niger Delta on infrastructural development

NEPAD Nigeria signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Niger Delta and
investors during the Africa Business and Infrastructure Forum held in South Africa in 2017. The MoU
was aimed at encouraging investors to invest in Nigeria and create employment opportunities.
Harmonisation of developmental programmes

In 2017, NEPAD Continental Office and NEPAD Nigeria after harmonisation of related programmes
had 10 developmental programmes for which a work-plan was prepared for the realisation of vision
2063 Development Agenda.
Conclusion
The establishment of NEPAD Nigeria is geared towards eradicating poverty and promoting good
governance with a view to fast-tracking the economic integration of the continent. NEPAD Nigeria
is currently positioned to consolidate on its remarkable achievements recorded over the years in the
implementation of its National Programme of Action (NPoA). The latter is a diagnostic programme
derived from the Peer Review of Nigeria. It is a comprehensive plan that can further spur development
in socio-economic transformation of governance in Nigeria.
With the massive support from various
AL JAZEERA
arms of government, the Corporation
hopes to continue the establishment of
the enabling environment for the film
industry to key into the vision, programmes
and policies of this administration.

NIGERIAN FILM CORPORATION
Repositioning for a
virile nation
Within the last year, the Corporation has been re-invigorated to meet the present-day challenges of the
Nigerian film industry. The new focus is the repositioning of the Corporation to develop a film industry that
will serve as an instrument for mobilisation, social development, nation-building and an alternative source
of wealth creation, job opportunities and revenue generation. In a nutshell, the vision is to integrate the
Nigerian film industry into the overall economic and industrial policy of the present administration.
Interactive forum with stakeholders: As a first step towards actualising this vision, interactive meetings
were held with stakeholders to sensitise them on the plans of the present administration for the Nigerian
film industry and how the industry/stakeholders can fit into this. Particularly, the new emphasis on
developing alternative sources of revenue and employment for the teaming Nigerian youth.
These interactive sessions were held in Lagos, Kano and Enugu (the production clusters of the film
industry). It also provided a platform to establish feedback mechanisms and inputs of stakeholders into
the development of a road map for the further growth of the Nigerian film industry. Each zone submitted
input which will form part of the national road map for the film industry.
Physical development: In the last year and with the support of the Federal Government, the Corporation
successfully completed the ultra-modern male and female hostels for the students of the National Film
Institute, 200-Seater modern cafeteria and a Cinematography Centre at the permanent site in Lamingo,
Jos, Plateau State. These will create the enabling environment for the students of the Institute, which is the
foremost film school in Nigeria.
In addition, the re-modelling of the former Colonial Film Unit, currently the office of the Corporation in
Lagos has commenced. A Modern Exhibition Theatre and Post-Production Film Equipment are being put
in place. These will provide the much-needed facilities for Nigerian filmmakers at affordable rates by the
government.
The Corporation has successfully opened an office in Umuahia (Abia State) and has acquired office space
in Yola (Adamawa State) and Asaba (Delta State). These offices will serve the administrative needs of the
Corporation and outlets for training and capacity building for those aspiring to pursue professional careers
in film art and business in these zones.
More significantly, after over a decade of renting offices in Abuja, the Corporation has acquired a permanent
office in the Federal Secretariat.
N I G E R I A N F I LM CO R P O R AT I O N
Training and capacity development for youths
The Corporation has successfully trained over 1000 youths in Kano, Lagos and Jos in collaboration with
State Governments and federal legislators in select constituencies across the country. The training covered
all areas of film - directing, editing, still photography, costume and make-up, sound and cinematography.
The overall aim of the training is to lay the basis for the emergence of a new set of filmmakers that will add
value to the Nigerian film industry and reduce youth unemployment as they are specifically designed to
make the participants self-employed and employers of labour. We hope to expand the training to the six
geo-political zones and 36 states of the federation.
Industry promotion: Zuma Film Festival: This is Nigeria’s flagship film festival organised by the Corporation
on behalf of the federal government. The object, among other things, is to provide a platform to recognise,
reward and celebrate the talents behind the growth, development and emergence of the global film
brand now known as Nollywood. After years of dormancy, Zuma was revived and rebranded last year. It
successfully took place in 2017 with international participation and support, at the Jabi Lake Mall; putting
Nigeria back on the global film festival map and has now become the most important platform for
projecting Nigerian rich cinematic, cultural and tourism potentials to the outside world.
The next edition is scheduled to take place 1-7 December 2018 in Abuja with the theme “Archiving for
Creativity”.
The National Film Archive: Established in 1994 by the Corporation, it stores over 25,000 films including
sound tracks and film negatives that were retrieved from overseas film laboratories. It is a depository of
Nigeria’s audio-visual history and heritage from the early 1930s to the present day.
Last year, the Corporation embarked on the restoration and digitisation of the films in the archive for
public viewing. Consequently, it entered into collaboration with the German Government through the
Arsenal Film Institute in Berlin. The collaboration has led to the successful restoration of Shaihu Umar,
a film produced over four decades ago. Shaihu Umar is a feature-length film directed by Adamu Halilu
(pioneer Director of Nigerian Film Corporation) and is based on the book of the same title authored by Sir
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Nigeria’s First Prime Minister. Efforts have also commenced to digitise Chinua
Achebe’s Things Fall Apart for public viewing.
In furtherance to the German–Nigerian cultural relationship, the German government donated scanners
to the Archive and have trained Nigerian archivists to operate the equipment so that further digitisation
and restoration can be carried out by Nigerians.
International cooperation: To further the global reach, impact and market of the Nigerian film industry,
the Corporation commenced the process of reviving various dormant cultural treaties and agreements
that Nigeria signed with other countries while initiating new ones with other film cultures. In furtherance
to the visit of King of Morocco to Nigeria, the Corporation visited the kingdom last year and initiated
discussion that will lead to the signing of MoU with Nigeria that will cover: Capacity building and bilateral
exchanges, cinema education, co-production agreements and treaties, archival studies, distribution of
Nigerian films and development of modern cinema theatres.
This has also been replicated with the Centre Nationale Du Cinema in France. Officials of both countries

R E P O S I T I O N I N G FO R A V I R I L E N AT I O N
recently met in Abuja to discuss the contents of an MoU that will further Franco-Nigerian relationship.
The relationship with the German government has already started yielding results as stated above and the
German government through the University of Frankfurt is supporting and funding an M.A in Archiving
at the National Film Institute (first of its kind in Africa). It is also supporting an International Archival
Workshop that will lay the basis for the emergence for a National Film Archiving Policy that will be adopted
by other African countries through the AU framework. This will take place in December in Abuja, Nigeria.
The Corporation is also expanding film co-operation with the United States of America, United Kingdom
and China and talks have already commenced in this regard. We hope that all these will expand the
global reach and market of the Nigerian film industry with the attendant multiplier effect on the Nigerian
economy.
Nigerian Film Commission: In line with global best practice, and to ensure that the Nigerian Film
Corporation taps into the enabling environment being created by the government for the film industry
to thrive, the Corporation commenced the process of its transformation into a film commission. The Bill
to this effect has reached an advanced stage in the National Assembly and it is expected to be passed by
next year.
The Commission is expected to:
• play an advisory role to the Federal government generally on regulatory and developmental matters
relating to the film and video industry in Nigeria
• Act as a developer, promoter and coordinate the sustainable growth and development of the Nigerian
film industry
• regulate, manage, and disburse the proper application of the National Film Development Fund (NFDF)
and other government interventions and grants for the film sector
• produce films for domestic consumption and for export, acquire, distribute and exhibit films of
national interest for information and educational purposes
• regulate foreign crews seeking to shoot films and other activities in Nigeria
• establish National Film Video and Sound Archives for the preservation and conservation of our national
audio-visual heritage
• initiate and implement national film policies and collaborate with developmental partners
Its emergence will broaden the Corporation activities and cover arears that were hitherto not covered by
its present law which is over 40 years old. It will be more pro-active and lead to the exploitation of the full
potentials of the film industry for national development.
The Corporation is encouraged by the massive support from relevant arms of government and hopes
to continue the establishment of the enabling environment for the film industry to key into the vision,
programmes and policies of this administration.
WORKMEN INSTALLING ROOF ON NBRRI DEMONSTRATION 1-BEDROOM HOUSE MADE FROM LATERITE/CEMENT I MORTARLESS NTERLOCKING BRICKS

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Proving that
we’ve got all it
takes to tackle our
challenges
Various agencies of the ministry are at work on sustainable solutions to existing technologies to help
in the conservation of foreign exchange and proving beyond all reasonable doubts that Nigerians
have everything here.
Many of these solutions were on display at the Science Technology and Innovation Expo held in
March 2018 in Abuja.
NBRRI
MOVABLE HOUSE
This is a new building technology developed
by the Nigerian Building and Road Research
Institute (NBRRI).
Here you have a three-bedroom made of red

bricks with kitchen, two conveniences and a
little circulation that could be used as dining
area. Everything (floor, wall, ceiling finishing,
the frames for the doors and windows) was
made in-house.
It can be dismantled and reassembled in

another location of your choice within two to
three days.
NBRRI’S 3-BEDROOM MOVABLE HOUSE
The technology affords as much as 40 per
S C I E N C E & T EC H N O LO GY
cent savings from the conventional works.
It does not require the of use mortar for the joints. The bricks which interlock into each other, if they
properly made, do not need plastering
HYDRAFORM MACHINE
NBRRI’s HYDRAFORM Machine is an
interlocking brick-making machine used to
produce interlocking blocks by hydraulically-
compressed laterite/ cement mixture.
The machine has a steel frame with a

single and double compression mould
with hydraulic systems which runs into the
compression chambers for compaction. It is
powered by electricity/ electric motor with a
comprehensive strength of 4Npa.
The machine has a production capacity of 1500 bricks per 8hours/working day for a single mould,
and 3000 bricks for the double mould. It could be deployed for a mass housing scheme and can
also support small and medium scale entrepreneurship. Special mould can be fitted to produce
standard size of bricks and it is consistent in size and high quality of bricks produced.
LAMINATED BAMBOO BOARD

This invention is particularly directed to the conversion of locally-available
round bamboo to flat laminated boards with grooves which find
application as ceiling panels, wall cladding, flooring and partition
in buildings.
The bamboo can be sourced fresh or collected from waste

bamboo recovered from scaffold in our environment. The board, which comes in
panels of 900 x 90 x 15mm offers not only strength but also aesthetics and can fit together with the
aid of the tongue and groove joint until the desired dimension is gotten
POZZOLANA
In line with NBRRI’s current thrust to boost local content and produce a cheap, qualitative and yet
highly-competitive alternative to the conventional Portland cement, a product known as NBRRI
Blended (Pozzolana) Cement will soon be in the market.
It can be used with Portland cement at a ratio depending on raw material but varying from 20:80 to
50:50. This will reduce the cost of housing provision.
Advantages of Pozzolana

P ROV I N G T H AT W E’ V E G OT A L L I T TA K ES TO TAC K L E O U R C H A L L E N G ES
• In Pozzolana cement, costly clinker is replaced by cheaper pozzolanic material. Hence it is

economical.
• Pozzolana cement generates reduced heat of hydration and that too at low rate.
• Pozzolana cement is finer than ordinary Portland cement and because of pozzolanic action, it
improves the pore size distribution and reduces the micro cracks at the transition zone.
• The plant can be replicated in all zones because the raw materials are available in all parts of
Nigeria
NASENI
HOME-DEVELOPED ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE
Free and fair election is the cornerstone of every democracy and the primary mechanism for
exercising the principle of sovereignty of the people. The election must be participatory, secured,
transparent and responsible.
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) solar-powered electronic
voting machine with cloud-based collation
of election results relies on a robust hardware
and software. This machine guarantees
national, state and local government election
results on the same day and at the same time.
The machine minimises human interference

in elections; eliminates the use of paper ballots
and ballot boxes, multiple registration and
voting; enhances real-time collation of results;
and quickens registration and voting times.
A SOLAR-POWERED ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE BY NASENI
Issuing voters cards and printing hard copy of
results instantly.
NASENI RICE THRESHER

An important equipment in the rice value chain, the rice thresher is a machine used for the separation
of rice grain from dried paddy. The machine
can conveniently process all varieties of rice
grown in Nigeria.
Technical Specification include Efficiency:

97%, power requirement: 5.7hp, Dimensions:
1300 x 1365 x 800mm, weight: 170kg and the
discharge rate: 400kg/hr.
NASENI NOOR DUAL PURPOSE

PORTABLE HARVESTER/ WEEDER
The handheld harvester/weeder is a petrol-
powered multi-purpose farm equipment
designed to uproot unwanted weeds in and
between rows in farm fields or gardens also
for harvesting of rice, wheat, maize, millet and
guinea corn stalks. The machine is handheld
equipped with a supporting hanger belt. The NASENI RICE THRESHER

speed of the machine is controlled via a throttle, which is conveniently located on the handle support
for ease of operation. It has an interchangeable headset for different operations and purpose.
NASENI UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

In its Research and Developmental works in Aeronautics Technology, NASENI has designed,
developed and produced the first UAV and was commissioned successfully.
The radio-controlled multi-purpose plane is specifically meant for agricultural application to

facilitate dispensing of herbicides/pesticides
in farmlands. The UAV can also be deployed
in unmotorable swamps and remote forest
that may require some fumigation or certain
infectious pest control. The low-altitude
ability of the innovation is suitable, amongst
others, for Pesticide/Herbicides dispensation,
traffic supervision and control, emergency
services including–rescue operation, pipeline
monitoring/surveillance, and power line
surveillance.
ANOTHER NASENI UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
Except for servo motor, battery and radio

components which were bought, all parts needed were designed and fabricated within NASENI
system with Power Equipment and Electrical Machinery Development Institute (PEEMADI), Okene
an Institute under NASENI playing the leading construction role under directives from NASENI
Headquarters. The engine was modelled and built with configuration of DA170 (Desert Aircraft)
engine. It is adopted from NASENI double stroke engine.
NASENI NUKAI MULTI-GRAIN THRESHER

This is a fuel-economy engine-driven post-harvest processing machine for separating grains from
harvested dried plants. It operates based on the use of interchangeable beaters and sieve, thus it is
suitable for threshing various grain crops including maize, millet, guinea corn, cowpea and groundnut.
FIIRO
Commercialisation of R&D: School Feeding Programme
To complement the Federal Government’s National School Feeding Programme, the Federal
Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), developed a High Nutrient Density Biscuit from
appropriate combinations of locally-grown food crops. This product has been fully commercialised
by Nasco Group, an indigenous company with track record in biscuit production and marketing to
be marketed under the trade name “Champ”. The biscuit was officially presented to Mr. President at
the Federal Executive Council Meeting in February 2018 by the Minister of Science and Technology,
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.
Detailed product quality analyses in terms of the nutritional compositions - proximate chemical
composition, physicochemical and microbiological properties as well as sensory evaluation /
acceptability, suitable packaging and animal studies as well as pilot scale production have been
carried out. The product has the nutritional composition to meet one third of the recommended
dietary allowance (RDA) for both macro and micro nutrients for school-age children (ages 5 – 13
years). Specifically, the biscuit contains: 15 – 17 grams of protein per 100g with at least one third of the
recommended dietary allowance of specific nutrients such as iron, calcium, iodine, selenium, zinc,
magnesium, vitamin A, the B vitamins, folic acid, vitamin C etc; providing at least 450 kilocalories of
energy per 100g of biscuit consumed.
This product provides a more hygienic way of handling School Feeding Programme in line with
international best practices as against cooked food. About 25 million school children would benefit
from this product with obvious advantages of enhanced cognitive development and improved
school enrolment. About 25million school children will be fed on daily basis with this product.
FIIRO has also developed Ready-to-Use-Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to combat Severe Acute
Malnutrition.
Nigeria currently imports about 4,500metric

tones of RUTF yearly (mainly through UNICEF)
valued at about N56.5billion despite the high
potential for local production.
Local production of RUTF apart from

eliminating the time (six to eight weeks)
and logistical challenges associated with
international freight will ensure job and
wealth creation as well as reduce or totally
eliminate foreign dependency on RUTF, save
foreign exchange, stimulate agricultural and READY-TO-USE THERAPEUTIC FOOD
industrial activities and by extension stimulate
the national economy.
The Ministry of Science and Technology (FIIRO as Implementing Authority) has signed a Memorandum
of Understanding with May and Baker Nigeria Plc.
FIIRO has developed a nutraceutical product for the management of sickle cell anaemia. The
nutraceutical product, a food supplement, was developed from a combination of two legumes that
are available in commercial quantities in Nigeria. The product has been fully analysed scientifically,
tested clinically and found potent for managing sickle cell anaemia. Detailed scientific studies have
been carried out on this product. Some of these studies include: efficacy, clinical, toxicity, stability,
sensory evaluation, biological activities including molecular docking that provided explanation for
the mechanism of action of the product in reversing sickled red blood cells.
Renowned haematologists, nutritionists, dietetics, pharmacists, food technologists etc have subjected

the data from the various studies to scientific critique for product enhancement and the conclusion
of the experts on the product has been very encouraging and promising because of overwhelming
scientific evidences both locally and internationally on the potency of the product for management
of sickle cell anaemia.
May and Baker Nigeria Plc has signed MoU and Definitive Agreement with FMST/FIIRO for commercial
production of this food supplement. It is envisaged that this product would help to alleviate the
pains of over 40 million people amongst the black race in the world suffering from sickle cell disease.
Commercial potential for the product is very high for the investor; it is estimated that the annual
demand for the product is in excess of 90,000 metric tonnes with estimated N50 billion in revenue.
The Institute has also developed plants for the automation of Kunu and Zobo production.
KUNU AUTOMATED BOTTLING PLANT ZOBO BOTTLING MACHINERY
PEPPER AND TOMATO GRINDING MACHINE

During the technical session at a forum of Nigerian fabricators hosted by FIIRO in 2012, the fabricators
made a request to FIIRO to urgently design an appropriate Pepper Grinding Machine. A multi-
disciplinary task force was constituted by FIIRO management to carry out R & D to ascertain the
extent of heavy metal contamination in ground products arising from substandard Pepper Grinding
Machines. The task force was also to come up with a
design and fabricate a prototype of an appropriate pepper
grinding machine for mass production by Nigerian
fabricators.
In 2013, the taskforce carried out assessment of heavy

metal contamination in ground tomato, pepper and
onions mix milled with locally-fabricated substandard
pepper grinding machines in Lagos metropolis. Pepper
grinding machine is the common name given to the disc
mill used for milling pepper, tomatoes, maize, cowpeas,
etc. Millions of these machines are found in Nigerian FIIRO’S PEPPER AND TOMATO GRINDING MILL MADE
markets and shops where food vendors and families grind FROM SUITABLE FOOD GRADE MATERIALS
their food crops.
Observations and findings by some researchers have shown that most of the pepper grinding
machines that are being used in Nigeria today were not properly designed. In addition, most of
them were fabricated with materials that are not suitable for food processing. The pepper grinding
machines that are being sold in the country today do not conform to SON nor ISO standards.
In 2014, the design team of the taskforce completed work on the design; FIIRO prototype of an
appropriate pepper grinding machine was fabricated and tested. In April 2017 the Prototype PGM
was launched.
NARICT
KEY PERFORMANCE/ACHIEVEMENT ALIGNMENT WITH ERGP 2017-2020
i Establishment of Chemical, Biological and Radiological Security Sector: improve public safety through detection and
Decontamination Facility measure of potentially harmful compounds, provide solutions to
issues relating to terrorism, national security and develop capacity
to facilitate effective handling of chemical, biological, radiological
and nuclear issues and deploy appropriate counter measures
against conventional and non-conventional measures in line with
standard best practices for peace
ii Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical Products(Upstream Health Sector: maximise the benefits from Nigeria’s natural
Chemical Industry): High Quality Essential Oil from Local Plants resources, value chain addition in essential oil industry, boosting
local production of pharmaceutical ingredients and improvement
of quality of life
iii Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical products: Ecofriendly Agricultural/Agro-allied/Food supply,Agriprenureship/and
Agrochemicals, Hydrated Lime and Precipitated Calcium sustainable development : maximize the benefits from Nigeria’s
Carbonate natural/agricultural resources;biofertiliser and biopesticide
developed will increase the yields of different types of crops and
boost local food production and secure future food supply, chain
addition in agricultural industry and improve quality of life
Solid mineral/resource processing: Diversify and support
manufacturing by large-scale investors to boost growth and
employment employment opportunities especially in the
production of hydrated lime and precipitated calcium carbonate
from limestone deposits in Nigeria
iv Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical products: Laboratory Light manufacturing sector: Provides opportunity to encourage
Production of Quality Adhesives and Binders from Renewable high value-both adding upstream and downstream investment in
Materials local markets for adhesives and binders for leather shoes, textile
materials/ apparels, wood, paper, paints/coatings and allied
products.
v Saybolt Comparator (Figure 2) Applied for grading coloured petroleum products including
aviation fuels, kerosene, naphtha’s white mineral oils, hydrocarbon
solvents and petroleum waxes
Employed for the measurement of water-clear, colourless to
slightly yellowish products
vi Automatic Saturation Vapour Pressure Tester (Reid Method) (Figure Measures the vapour pressure of aviation, motor gasoline and
3) other volatile petroleum products using the Reid Method
vii SYD-1884 Petroleum Products Density Tester (Figure 4) Detect the density of petroleum products
Operates based hydrometer method and ASTM D1298 Standard
Test Method for Density Measurement

In view of the above procurement, we were given a Provisional Accreditation as a Certified

Laboratory for analysis of petroleum products. This is a milestone, considering the importance of
this fuel testing laboratory for standard quality control in the petroleum Industry and collaborative
research on renewable energy.
The commercialisation of indigenous technologies has the potential to be a major contributor to

the overall technological development of MSMEs. Hence, the funding received thus far since 2017
was used to finance R&D projects, which have resulted in new, commercially viable products and
processes, and could be commercialised by MSMEs such as hydrated lime and precipitated calcium
carbonate.
HIGH QUALITY ESSENTIAL OIL FROM LOCAL PLANTS

NARICT developed a pilot plant through collaboration with NOTAP and PZ Industries for production
of high-quality pharmaceutical grade essential oil from plants such as lemon grass and eucalyptus
species for medicinal and industrial applications. It has therapeutic characteristics and hence a
common ingredient in makeups, perfumes, liniments, mouthwashes, soaps, deodorants, inhalant,
lozenges, lotions, antiseptics, etc
ECOFRIENDLY AGROCHEMICALS, HYDRATED LIME AND PRECIPITATED CALCIUM

CARBONATE
NARICT also designed a mini-plant for the production of agrochemicals such as biofertiliser and
biopesticide.
a. Biofertilisers add nutrients through natural processes of fixing atmospheric nitrogen,

solubilising phosphorus, and stimulating plant growth through the synthesis of growth-
promoting substances. Here is a plant which was designed with a scope to produce five
different biofertiliser powders. At present, biofertilisers are supplied to farmers as carrier-based
inoculants. However, we are working towards producing an alternative that has advantages
over the powder carrier inoculants alternative through liquid formulation technology.
b. Biopesticides: production of neem oil and its downstream products especially neem-
based pesticides: The different chemical pesticides are applied in plant protection nowadays
(insecticides, fungicides, herbicides), provide the fastest and highest effect, but bring significant
pollution to soil and water sources, destroy entomological communities, cause pathologic
changes in bird and many warm-blooded animal populations and are dangerous to human
health and cause unhealthy environment. Safe and effective alternatives are produced in
NARICT as emulsions formulation using locally available neem oil, biosurfactants and leaf
extracts from plants.
NATIONAL COORDINATOR, SERVICOM, MRS NNENNA AKAJEMELI (LEFT) PRESENTS AWARD OF
SERVICE OF IMPROVEMENT TO FAAN’S NODAL OFFICER, MRS EBELE OKOYE

SERVICOM
Are you being

served well?
SERVICOM will continue to build on its recorded achievements (but) will develop a more focused
and strategic approach to this goal, by working in priority sectors in line with FGN priorities and
linking up these approaches to derive better synergies and demonstrable impact as it relates
issues of governance.
SERVICOM is a social contract between the Federal Government of Nigeria and its people.
SERVICOM gives Nigerians the right to demand quality service. Details of these rights are
contained in Service Charters, which are available in all Government Ministries, Departments
and Agencies (MDAs) where services are provided to the public.
The singular objective of SERVICOM is to meet the challenge of nationwide service failure as
depicted in a diagnostic survey, Delivering Service in Nigeria: A Roadmap, whose findings
were fully discussed at a Retreat in 2004, especially its conclusions that Government services
were not serving the people and Services were inaccessible, poor in quality and indifferent to
citizen’s needs.
The SERVICOM Office was thereafter set up under the Presidency on 21 March 2004 to serve as
the engine of the Federal Government’s Service Delivery Initiative (SDI).
The role of SERVICOM in the Change Agenda

The focus of the Federal Government on effective and efficient use of public resources, proper
financial management, accountability and fiscal prudence is closely related to the SERVICOM
principles which are hinged on the re-orientation of public servants to be committed, responsible
and accountable while serving the public.
Public service is the only contact that most citizens have with Government. SERVICOM
therefore focuses on improving the quality of that contact by working with MDAs to ensure
effective service delivery. By this approach, the critical policy thrust of governance to maximise
the benefits the citizenry derive from governance will be realised, the lives of the people will be
truly touched and the critical choice they made in voting this Government will be justified. The
Office has within the past three years accomplished the following:
SERVICOM
PRESENTATION OF ROAD SAFETY REPORT BY SERVICOM NC
SERVICOM Compliance Evaluation (SCE)

This is an assessment carried out by the Operation Unit to assess the quality of services delivered
to citizens and determine the level of compliance of Ministries, Departments and Agencies
(MDAs) with SERVICOM principles. It is also to determine the satisfaction level of citizens with
the services from Government MDAs.
SERVICOM COMPLIANCE EVALUATIONS CONDUCTED FROM 2015 TO MAY 2018

S/NO MDA NAME OF SERVICE WINDOW NUMBER OF SERVICE WINDOWS DATE OF EVALUATION
EVALUATED
1. Education Federal Universities 6 12th Dec. 2015 – 12th Feb. 2015
National Open University of Nigeria 10 6th -10th Feb. 2017
2. Interior Nigeria Immigration Service 8 21st Dec 2015 - 15th March, 2016
Nigeria Police Force 8 27th Feb., - 3rd Mar. 2017
3 Health National Agency for Food & Drug 8 28th June – 30th June, 2017
Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
4 OSGF Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) 7 21 – 23 February 20
National Identity Management 13 20 – 28th November, 2017
th
Commission
5 Transport Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria 7 26th March – 6th April, 2018
(FAAN)
TOTAL 67

A R E Y O U B E I N G S E R V E D W E L L?
Post-Evaluation of FCT Hospitals

SERVICOM Office carried out Post-SERVICOM Compliance Evaluation to ensure citizen-focused
Service Delivery through full implementation of the recommendations made in SERVICOM
Compliance Reports. The specific objective includes identifying gaps in implementation and
suggests next steps towards full implementation
FCT MINISTRY OF HEALTH

11 3
IMPLEMENTATION STATUS BY HOSPITAL

HOSPITAL NO. OF RECOMMENDATIONS NOT IMPLEMENTED PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED FULLY IMPLEMENTED
Maitama 29 5 12 12
Wuse 27 6 5 16
Nyanya 30 13 10 7
Abaji 28 16 8 4
Kuje 25 8 11 6
Karshi 27 17 1 9
Asokoro 21 0 8 13
Kubwa 19 3 8 8
Bwari 23 10 6 7
Kwali 20 10 3 7
Gwarimpa 26 9 9 8
Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC)

SERVICOM Office since August 2017 has been harvesting feedbacks, verifying and authenticating
level of compliance on the Executive orders 001 of 52 priority PEBEC MDAs and reporting to the
Council and Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) on the performance of the MDAs.
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board Examination monitoring and

assessment
Team of evaluators in the SERVICOM Office participated in the monitoring and assessment of
the conduct of JAMB examination in March 2018 in 10 centres in Federal Capital Territory.
Courtesy visits by the office to other MDAs

To obtain the buy-in of CEOs and top government officials as well as solicit support for the
SERVICOM Units in MDAs, advocacy visits are paid by the Office to the Chief Executive Officers
of MDAs. The outcome of such visits includes amongst others improved management support
for the SERVICOM Units, enhanced functionality of the Units in MDAs and improved service
delivery.
YEAR NUMBER OF MDAS VISITED
2015 4
2016 14
2017 12
2018 9
Service Charters Evaluated

The SERVICOM Office has facilitated the evaluation and launching of developed Service Charters in
MDAs. Service Charters are operational documents that tell service takers what services to expect,
how to access services and what recourse to take in case of service failure in the Agency.
Year Number of Service Charters Evaluated

2015 12
2016 10
2017 10
2018 5
Ministerial SERVICOM Committee/Parastatal SERVICOM Committee Meetings

During the period under review, members of the Operations Unit attended and moderated the
conduct of Ministerial SERVICOM Committee meetings MDAs. The meetings were held with a view
to exchanging knowledge, sharing experiences and best practices on service delivery as it affects the
entire MDA.
YEAR NUMBER
2015 16
2016 17
2017 10
2018 5
Service Delivery Training for Civil Servants

The SERVICOM Institute was established in December 2005 with the aim of improving public
services by promoting training in customer-focused service delivery for public/civil servants
YEAR NUMBER OF CIVIL SERVANTS WHO ATTENDED

TRAINING
2015 Nil
2016 19
2017 100
2018 40

A R E Y O U B E I N G S E R V E D W E L L?
Citizens’ Awareness
To continue to raise citizens’ awareness of the significance of service delivery and to stimulate them to
challenge service failures and demand for quality services as their constitutional right and responsibility,
a weekly radio enlightenment Programme SERVICOM–in-Action, was transmitted nationwide on the
Network Station of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria from March 2017 to June 2017. With an impact
of increased citizens’ awareness on SERVICOM as millions of listeners were reached across the country.
On 6 March 2018 a one-year Radio enlightenment programme titled “SEVICOM Help Desk”
commenced on the Human Rights Radio Station FM 101.1, Abuja. The programme is transmitted
every Tuesday from 7.30am–9am during the Brekete Family Programme, it is also online and is
therefore viewed worldwide at any given time, with Nigerians in the Diaspora calling in to make
useful contributions. The objectives of the programme include, among others, to provide a constant
Help Desk for all service takers and to enlighten the public on the process of seeking redress on
service delivery complaints in MDAs. The wide listenership and viewership of the programme has
within a short period of time sensitised millions of people on the SERVICOM Initiative and how it is
facilitating improvement of service delivery in the MDAs
In 2017, SERVICOM information was further brought to public domain with the redesigning of the
SERVICOM website and creation of Social Media handles which include Twitter, Facebook and
Instagram. The addresses are Website: www.servicom.gov.ng; Facebook: servicomng; Instagram:
Servicom _ officialpage; Twitter : @Servicomoffice
SERVICOM publicity materials namely the SERVICOM Book, pin-ups, flyers, stickers and posters were
reproduced and distributed to MDAs and members of the public to increase awareness level on
citizens’ engagement in the campaign against service failure.
Conclusion
SERVICOM will continue to build on its recorded achievements and pursue approaches that have
been successful in stimulating change and delivering meaningful and sustainable improvements
in services, including SERVICOM Compliance Evaluations, technical support and training for Service
Improvement Planning and specific service improvement projects. However, SERVICOM will develop
a more focused and strategic approach to this goal, by working in priority sectors in line with FGN
priorities and linking up these approaches to derive better synergies and demonstrable impact as it
relates issues of governance.
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT
MUHAMMADU
BUHARI WITH
NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER
MAJ-GEN MB
MONGUNO (RTD)

SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
Facing security
challenges head
on
The security situation in the country before 29 May 2015 was unpredictable. The citizenry started
doubting whether the government could protect them again. This led to the loss of confidence
of the populace in the ability of the then government to protect lives and property. However,
with the advent of the Buhari Administration in May 2015, some vital steps were taken to salvage
the country from the brink of collapse. Some of the steps taken are as follows:
a. The Federal Government set up a Presidential Committee of Experts on Inter-Professional

Relationship in the Public Health Sector to tackle the perennial crisis and resolve all disputes
in the health sector
b. The Federal Government hosted the 4th and 5th Summits of the Heads of State of the Gulf
of Guinea Commission in Abuja from 21-22 November 2017 to further cement collaboration
with the countries in the Gulf of Guinea Commission and assist in the fight against insurgency
c. To tackle the porosity of Nigeria borders and myriads of security challenges, the Federal
Government set up a Committee to assess the state of the border areas with a view to
stemming the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the country
d. The perennial conflict between farmers and herdsmen has heightened in the recent past.
As a response, the Federal Government deployed security forces to fish out perpetrators of
the attacks, prevent further attacks and counter attacks as well as provide relief materials to
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in affected states
e. To protect the national currency, government took a decisive step to stop illegal exportation
of foreign currency which has assisted in stabilising the Naira in the exchange rate market
f. The Federal Government set up a Presidential Investigation Panel to Review Compliance

of the Armed Forces with Human Rights Obligations and Rules of Engagement to assist
security forces on compliance with the rules of engagement in the discharge of their
SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
statutory responsibilities and during operations. The Committee submitted its Report on 9
February 2018
g. The Presidential Initiative for North East (PINE), Victims Support Fund (VSF) and Save
School Initiative (SSI) have brought succour and alleviated the sufferings of IDPs affected
by insurgency through the supply of relief materials, reconstruction and rehabilitation
programmes, particularly in the North Eastern part of the country
h. The Federal government, through Special Joint Task Forces, has been able to secure the
release of some abductees, including abducted female students from Government Girls
Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on 14 April 2014 and Government Girls Science
and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State on Monday 19 February 2018, from insurgents
either during confrontation with security forces or through negotiation.
i. The Federal Government set up a Presidential Committee on Special Detainees linked to

Boko Haram to profile all suspects arrested while fighting insurgency. This is with a view
to releasing those who might have been arrested with no connection to insurgency. The
Committee has submitted its Report which is expected to facilitate the release of many
suspects who were cleared of any link with Boko Haram
j. The Federal Government has set up a military Task Force to tackle armed banditry and cattle
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
CHIEF OF STAFF ABBA KYARI, NSA MONGUNO AND SGF BOSS MUSTAPHA

FAC I N G S ECU R I T Y C H A L L E N G ES H E A D O N
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI WITH SERVICE CHIEFS
rustling in Kaduna and Zamfara States. This has brought down the crime in the areas affected.
This is in addition to other operations in flashpoints areas jointly as being conducted by the
military and other security agencies
k. Federal Government successfully brought home hundreds of stranded Nigerians from Libya,
some of whom are victims of human trafficking. It has also increased its efforts at combating
the menace
l. The coordination of security between the Federal Government and State Governments has
been sustained through the meeting of the Federal and States Security Administrators. The
last one was held in Katsina, Katsina State from 18-19 April 2018 while the next one holds in
Yola, Adamawa State in June.
18 Nigerians were tested for
doping by the Games Anti-doping
Committee and they all came out
clean.
A NIGERIAN ATHLETE CELEBRATING A WIN

SPORTS AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Winning
laurels and
promoting youth
development,
empowerment,
togetherness
SPORTS SECTOR
(MAY 2017 – MAY 2018)
• 17 June 2017 – Senior African Championship – Congo Brazzaville (1 Silver)
• 29 June 2017 - International Senior Championship - Abidjan, Ivory Coast (2 Gold)
• 6-9 July 2017 - Benin International Senior Open - Cotonou, Benin Republic (3 Gold, 1
Silver, 2 Bronze)
• August 2017 - FIBA Women Afro Basket Ball Championship - Mali (Winner)
• September 2017 - FIBA African Under-18 Girls - Mali (Silver)
• November 2017 - FIBA African 3 x 3 Nation’s Cup Women Senior - Togo (Silver)
• September 2017 - FIBA Men Afro Basketball Championship - Tunis, Tunisia (Silver)
• September 2017 - FIBA Under-18 3x3 Boys - Mali (Silver)
• November 2017 - FIBA African 3x3 Nations Cup Senior - Togo (Gold)
• 2017 - Under-20 Women National Team Falconet qualified for the 2018 FIFA
Under18 Women Cup Finals
S P O RTS A N D YO U T H D E V E LO PM E N T
• 2017 - Sponsorship Agreement between NFF and AITEO Energy Resources

Ltd.
––Payment of the salaries of Coaches
––FA Cup
• 2017 - Partnership Agreement with Zenith International Bank
• 2017 - Capacity building for administrator Youth Development
• 2017 - Payment of Super Eagles Head Coach
• 2017 - Partnership Agreement between NFF and Tropical General Investment
(TG) Group - Official Food Sponsor of the Super Eagles
––Partnership agreement between NFF and Pay Porte Global
System Ltd. As official online sponsor of the NFF
• 2017 - African Cup of Nations Female - Ismalia Egypt (won a landmark
Bronze medal
• 2017 - Five coaches were certified Grade 3 by the International Hockey
Federation
• 2017 - Two umpires were certified at International Hockey Federation
• 2017 - Professor Ediga was elected as an executive member of the African
Hockey Federation.
• 2017 - Samuel Faguwa became the first Nigerian to officiate at the World
League service
NIGERIAN TABLE TENNIS PLAYER ARUNA-QUADRI

W I N N I N G L A U R E L S A N D P R O M OT I N G YO U T H D E V E LO PM E N T, E M P O W E R M E N T, TO G E T H E R N E S S
A NIGERIAN WEIGHTLIFTER
• Nov–Dec 2017 - Powerlifting World Championship - Mexico City. Tournament was a

qualifying competition for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. Nigeria
registered 11 athletes and won 4 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.
• 6-12 Nov 2017 - World English Scrabble Championship – Nairobi, Kenya (Gold Medal
(Best Country Trophy) back to back
• Oct. 2017 - ITTF World Junior and Cadet circuit - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (2 Gold,
3 Bronze)
• 1-5 July 2017 - Taekwondo Korea Open Championship Senior - Suncheon South
Korea (Silver)
• August 2017 - ITF under-18 Girls - Zimbabwe (1 Silver)
• September 2017 - ITF under-18 - Benin Republic (1 Gold)
• 2017 - Weightlifting African Junior and Youth Championship Entebbe
Uganda (13 Gold, 4 Silver 1 Bronze) 3 weightlifters qualified for the 2018
Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
• 2017 - Wrestling African Championship - Marrakesh, Morocco (8 Gold, 2
Silver, 1 Bronze)
• 2017 - World Championship Paris, France (won 1 Silver medal)
• 2017 - Odunayo Adekuoroye elected Athlete representative (United World
Wrestling Federation) (better pix online)
• 2017 - Dr. Daniel Igali President Nigeria Wrestling Federation elected

member United World Wrestling Federation Technical committee
• Nov. 2017 - Nigeria African Judo Open Senior – Dakar, Senegal (Gold)
• 2018 - Nigeria Wrestling Federation hosted the African Senior, Junior and
Cadet Championships in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and won 31 Gold,
19 Silver and 24 Bronze
• 2018 - - Super Eagles Qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
• 2018 - - Home-based Super Eagles won silver medal at the African Nations
Championship (CHAN)
––First time Nigerian is winning the silver medal at the CHAN
––Improved level of the development of the local league
––Exposure of the home-based footballers to international
competition.
––Silver medal won at the 2017 WAFU Cup Competition
Championship in Ghana
• 4 – 15 April 2018 - Commonwealth Games – Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
––Nigeria finished ninth on the overall medal table and second
ARGENTINIAN FOOTBALL STAR

MESSI WITH A NIGERIAN PLAYER
DURING THE 2018 WORLD CUP
HELD IN RUSSIA

NIGERIAN ATHLETE BLESSING-OKAGBARE AT A COMPETITION
best in Africa. Ninety Athletes participated in 10 different sports

including athletics. (1 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze)
––Participation
––Basketball - 12 basketball players
––Boxing - 8 boxers (2 Bronze)
––Gymnastics - Nigeria made its debut at the competition with two
athletes
––Para-Athletics - 2 athletes (1 Gold)
––Powerlifting - 6 lifters (4 Gold 2 Silver)
––Para-Table Tennis -2 players (1 Silver)
––Table Tennis - 5 players (2 Silver)
––Weightlifting -4 Lifters
––Wrestling - 12 Wrestler (won 3 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze)
––Total No. of Medals 24 Medals (9 Gold, 9 Silver, 6 Bronze)
––Further, 18 Nigerians were tested for doping by the Games Anti-
doping Committee and they all came out clean.
––In accordance with the rewards system proposed by the ministry,
athletes and coaches were rewarded with cash bonuses for
winning medals for the country.
YOUTH SECTOR
1. Review of Nigerian Youth Employment Action Plan (NIYEAP)
2. Developed by the ministry with technical support from the International Labour Organisation
(ILO), as a strategy to respond effectively to the challenges of youth unemployment in
Nigeria
3. Stakeholders involved:
{{ Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
{{ ILO
4. Programmes for implementation under four thematic areas:
{{ Employability
{{ Entrepreneurship development
{{ Employment creation and Equal opportunity
{{ Provided a credible structure for a sustainable effort in mitigating the problem

of youth unemployment in Nigeria
5. National Peer Group education programme on financial inclusion for volunteer National
Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members
Gains
• Provision of financial education training to 1,477 volunteer corps members and 60 NYSC officials
across the country during the orientation
• Engagement and equipping of the trained volunteer corps members with financial inclusion
jackets and relevant training materials to provide financial education to young people and other
vulnerable segments across the country
• Trained entrepreneurs and vulnerable groups on financial inclusion who can now informed
financial decisions resulting to improvement in their financial well-being.
• Celebrated the International Youth Day and African Youth Day in 2017
1. Ecowas Youth Empowerment Programme
{{ One-month training of nine Nigerian youths in agriculture value chain

business at Songhai, Port Novo, Republic of Benin

{{ One-month training of four Nigerian youths in vocational skills in refrigeration

and automotive repairs in Cote D’Ivoire. Seed capital granted participants.
M&E put in place to ensure judicious application of funds provided the
participants. 95 Nigerians so far trained
2. Review of National Youth Policy which had been in place since 2009
3. Involved extensive stakeholders’ engagements. Output to be presented to the Federal

Executive Council for approval
4. Two sittings of the 3rd session of the Nigerian Youth Parliament held 14-21 May and 20-24
November 2017 with 109 parliamentarians representing the 109 senatorial districts of the
federation. Outcome ‘Not Too Young to Run’ Bill. Supported the participation of members
of the NYP in the International Youth Parliament (Better pictures should be online)
5. Reconciliation of the factionalised National Youth Council of Nigeria
6. Brokered peace among the six (6) warring factions of the Youth Council; Constituted a
Transition Committee to oversee affairs of the council and conduct election within six
months.
7. YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME (YEP)
{{ 500 youths were trained in diverse skills acquisition and techniques -

leather works, livestock production, crop production, make-up and artistry,
hat-making/gele-tying, confectionary and pastry making, event management
and interior decoration and aquatic farming - in four different centres -
National Youth Development Centre Ode Omu, Osun State; NYSC Orientation
Camp, Okada Benin, Edo State; NYSC Orientation Camp Kano, Kano State
and Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre Shere Hills, Jos, Plateau State.
{{ Eight-eight million, nine hundred and fifty thousand naira only (N88,950,000)
disbursed to the trainees with each person given N150,000.00 as take- off
grant.
The Itakpe-Ajaokuta rail line,
abandoned long time ago, has been
resuscitated

BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI WITH MD NPA HADIZA BALA USMAN,
PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR SIMON LALONG, ONDO STATE
GOVERNOR ROTIMI AKEREDOLU AND CEO PORT OF ROTTERDAM
ALLARD CASTELEIN DURING HIS TOUR PORT OF ROTTERDAM IN
THE NETHERLANDS ON 17TH JULY 2018
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
BAYO OMOBORIOWO
PRESIDENT BUHARI WITH KADUNA

STATE GOVERNOR NASIR EL-RUFAI, PRESIDENT BUHARI UNVEILING A
DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE FIRST PLAQUE DURING THE INSPECTION OF
PHASE OF THE ABUJA LIGHT RAIL MASS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ABUJA LIGHT
TRANSIT PROJECT IN ABUJA ON 12TH RAIL MASS TRANSIT PROJECT IN ABUJA
JULY 2018 ON 12TH JULY 2018

TRANSPORTATION
No brakes on
keeping Nigeria
moving
RAIL SUB SECTOR
Abuja (Idu)- Kaduna (Addendum 1 of the Lagos-Kano Rail Modernisation
Project)
The project has attained substantial completion
Commercial operation began on the line after successful flag-off by President Muhammadu
Buhari on 26 July 2016.This marked the country’s entry into the era of modern railway operation
and came with numerous advantages and opportunities for both the Government and people
in general. The protective fencing work along the corridor, power supply and construction of
Locomotive workshop are also ongoing in preparation for the completion of the project. The
percentage of completion is as at June 2018 is 92.18 per cent.
Lagos to Ibadan with extension to Apapa Port in Lagos (Addendum 2 of the

Lagos –Kano Rail Modernisation Project)
The ground breaking of the project by the Vice President was done on 7 March 2017 and
construction commenced on 5 May 2017.
The scope of the contract includes survey, design, procurement, manufacture, construction,
installation, testing, training, pre-operation and maintenance of:
• 156.65Km Standard Gauge Double Track from Lagos to Ibadan and 6.5Km Standard Gauge Single
Track from Ebute –Meta to Apapa Port Complex and 16.4km station lines including extension of
2.24km from Apapa bay to Lagos Port Complex at Apapa.
• 10 Railway Stations at Apapa, Ebute Meta, Agege, Agbado, Kajola, Papalanto, Abeokuta, Omi-
Adio, Olodo and Ibadan.
• Railway bridges and road bridges in accordance to design
T R A N S P O RTAT I O N
• Power supply, communication and signalling
• Locomotive and Rolling Stock Workshop and Protective Works.
Benefits
The objective of the project is to provide efficient, convenient and safe mode of transportation,
decongest the roads most especially the port in Lagos while at the same time create employment.
Currently, the contractor has mobilised 7300 workers to site.
Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Ore Rail Line Project

This rail line, which was started and abandoned long time ago by previous administrations, has been
resuscitated and fully-funded by this administration with the aim of completion by end of June
2018. However, because of the rainfall that has affected mainly the civil works, it is expected to be
completed and commissioned by end of 2018.
Feasibility Studies
To encourage the participation of the private sector in the financing of the projects, construction,
development, operations and maintenance of railway infrastructure through concession or
contractual arrangement with the FGN, the ministry embarked on feasibility studies to ascertain the
viability and cost benefit of some selected railway routes. The projects have reached final stage of
completion with the submission of draft final report. The projects status are as follows:
AN EXISTING TRACK SECTION OF THE ITAKPE-AJAOKUTA-WARRI RAIL LINE AND AN OVERPASS BRIDGE

NO BRAKES ON KEEPING NIGERIA MOVING
TRACK-LAYING ON THE LAGOS-IBADAN RAIL LINE PROJECT
TABLE 1: LIST OF COMPLETED AND ONGOING FEASIBILITY STUDIES BEING EXECUTED

S/N CONTRACT REMARKS
1 Benin–Agbor–Onitsha–Nnewi–Owerri–Aba with an additional line from Onitsha–Enugu–Abakaliki (500 Km) Completed
2 Lagos–Shagamu–Ijebu – Ode – Ore – Benin City (300 Km) Completed
3 Zaria–Funtua–Gusau–Kaura Namoda–Sokoto–Illela–Birnin Koni (520Km) Completed
4 (High Speed): Lagos–Ibadan–Osogbo–Baro–Abuja (615 Km) Completed
5 Eganyi (Near Ajaokuta) –Jakura–Baro–Abuja with additional line from Ajaokuta–Otukpo (533km) Completed
6 Coastal Rail Line Route Benin City–Sapele–Warri–Yenagoa–Port Harcourt–Aba–Uyo–Calabar–Akamkpa–Ikom– Completed
Obudu Cattle Ranch (673km)
7 Eganyi (Near Ajaokuta)–Lokoja–Abaji–Abuja (Idu) 280km Completed
8 Ilela-Sokoto–Jega–Yauri–Makera (408km Approx) Ongoing
9 Kano–Dayi–Kastina–Jibiya (354km Approx) Ongoing
10 Aba–Ikot Ikpene–Ibiono–Itu (Spur Uyo) Odukpani–Calabar (340km Approx) Ongoing
11 Calabar–Ikom–Obudu–Ogoja–Wukari–Yola–Maiduguri (1,069Km) Ongoing
12 Kano – Nguru – Gashua – Damaturu – Ngala (707Km) Ongoing
13 Port Harcourt – Aba – Umuahia – Enugu – Makurdi – Lafia – Kuru – Bauchi – Gombe – Biu – Maiduguri (1,522Km) Ongoing
ONE OF THE NEW COACHES BEING TRANSPORTED FREIGHT HALL AT THE IDU STATION IN ABUJA
BRIDGE COLUMNS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE WORKERS CARRYING OUT SAND-CEMENT STABILISATION
LAGOS - IBADAN LINE ON THE ITAKPE-AJAOKUTA-WARRI RAIL LINE
PRECAST T-SHAPE BEAM BEING STORED ON SITE LONG WELDED RAIL SECTIONS BEING STOCKPILED ON SITE
SUBGRADE CUTTING ON THE LAGOS - IBADAN LARGE SCALE EARTH MOVING ON THE
LINE CONSTRUCTION LAGOS-IBADAN LINE CONSTRUCTION

ITAKPE-AJAOKUTA-WARRI RAIL
LINE PROJECT MAP
Priority Projects in the Rail Transport Sector

The following projects have been approved by Mr. President for fund sourcing to execute immediately.
Negotiations and discussions are ongoing on all the projects and implementation will commence
as soon as necessary formalities are concluded. They are:
S/N CONTRACT BRIEF OF THE PROJECT NOS KM

1 Port Harcourt Maiduguri Port Harcourt Maiduguri with Branch to Yola and Damaturu 1,408
with all associated Branch
lines
2 Kano Dambatta -Kazaure- Kano - Dambatta -Kazaure- Kastina -Jimbiya-Maradi. (248Km) 248
Kastina -Jimbiya-Maradi.
3 Bonny Deep Sea port
4 Port Harcourt Railway Port Harcourt
Industrial Park.
5 Costal Rail line and Lagos – Shagamu – Ijebu – Ode – Ore – Benin City-Benin –Agbor –Onitsha – Nnewi 1,473
Associated Branch Line. – Owerri – Aba With Additional Line From Onitsha – Enugu – Abakaliki, Benin City –
Sapele – Warri – Yenagoa – Port Harcourt – Aba – Uyo – Calabar – Akampa – Ikom
– Obudu Cattle Ranch
6 Lagos -Kano and Ibadan - Ilorin- Minna- Abuja, Kaduna-Kano. 960
Associated branch Lines
NEW TERMINAL BUILDING, PORT HARCOURT AIRPORT
AVIATION SUB-SECTOR
Implementation of Public Private Partnership Projects in the Aviation Sector
Roadmap
The implementation of the Aviation Sector Roadmap is in advanced stage. The Infrastructure
Concession Regulatory Commission has issued Certificates of Compliance for the Outline Business
Cases in respect of the National Carrier, Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Centre as well as an
Aviation Leasing Company. The projects are in the Procurement Phase where Strategic Investment
Partners are being sourced.
In respect of the National Carrier, the logo, name and livery of the Airline, ‘‘Nigeria Air’’ were unveiled
on 18 July 2018 at the Farnborough Air show held in Hampshire, United Kingdom. The Federal
Executive Council has, however, put further activities on hold
The preparation of the Outline Business Cases for the Concession of four international Airports (Abuja,
Lagos Kano and Port Harcourt), Agro Cargo Terminals and Aerotropolis are in advanced stages
International Symposiums and Conventions

a. Remotely Piloted Aircraft: The ministry successfully hosted a Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Systems (RPAS) symposium organised by ICAO in Abuja from 17-18 July 2017. Guidelines
have also been issued to regulate the deployment of ‘drones’ to avert the abuse of the
technology
b. Third ICAO World Aviation Forum: The ministry successfully hosted the third ICAO

NEW TERMINAL BUILDING AT MURTALA MOHAMMED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IKEJA, LAGOS
World Aviation Forum, (IWAF-3) in Abuja, from 20-22 November 2017 with the Theme
“Financing the Development of Aviation Infrastructure “leading to the ‘Abuja Declaration’.
This is the first to be held outside the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
Headquarters in Montreal, Canada
Aviation Safety and Security

a. Airport Certification: The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Ikeja,
Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA) Abuja have been certified in
line with the guidelines and procedures stipulated by ICAO. The certification processes
in the other international airports are ongoing
b. Strengthening of Aviation Oversight Activities: The ministry has continued to

implement and strengthen its oversight activities and setting standards in the areas of
flight operations and training in the Nigerian Air Transport Industry
c. Review of Civil Aviation Regulations: the Nigeria Civil Aviation regulations was
reviewed and gazetted on 14 December 2015 but officially took effect from 1 July 2016
d. State Safety Programmes: Nigeria aviation sector attained Level 3 out of 4 levels in State
Safety Programmes, thereby moving Nigeria from red to green on the ICAO Dashboard
e. ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP): Nigeria passed the
ICAO Security Audit undertaken by ICAO in June 2015 with a score of 96.45 per cent. As
a follow-up, in November 2015 the country passed ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit
REAR VIEW OF THE NEW TERMINAL BUILDING AT NEW TERMINAL BUILDING AT THE MALLAM AMINU KANO
MURTALA MOHAMMED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IKEJA, LAGOS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KANO
AIRSIDE VIEW OF MALLAM AMINU KANO

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KANO NEW ABUJA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING
with a score of 67.36 per cent, which is above the global average of 63.54 per cent
f. Reconstruction of Abuja Runway: The runway, taxiway and apron at Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja were reconstructed, including complete remarking of the
entire pavement and installation of associated airfield lighting system
g. Installation of Solar Airfield Lighting: solar Airfield lighting fittings were installed at 10
airports – Akure, Port Harcourt, Sokoto, Yola, Kaduna, Minna, Enugu, Maiduguri, Jos and
Ibadan
h. Construction of Control Towers: Construction of control towers with technical buildings

were completed at Ilorin, Kaduna, Maiduguri, Akure, Ibadan, Enugu and Benin airports
i. Rehabilitation of apron and marking of the entire pavement at MMA: The apron and
the entire pavement at MMA were rehabilitated and remarked to improve safety and
conform to internationally acceptable standard
j. Security Infrastructure Renewal: Global increase in terrorism and terrorist activities

underscored the need to holistically upgrade security infrastructure in the aviation sector.
Therefore, various projects were embarked upon in the sector to enhance the security
and safety of airport users and facilities. Some of the recently-installed equipment and
facilities include cargo screening machines, body and carry-on baggage scanners, fire
tenders, bomb detectors/containment vessels, CCTV, construction of perimeter and
operational fencing, operational and access roads

k. Air Navigation Systems and Infrastructure: To improve air navigation, the Controller
Pilot Data Link Communication (CPDLC/ADS-C) was deployed in Lagos and Kano Area
Control Centres in August 2015. Generally, the airports in the country have extensive
deployment and upgrade of navigational aids while DVOR/DME, ILS/DME etc were
replaced in Kano, Lagos, Kaduna, Port Harcourt, Jos, Minna and Maiduguri to improve
operations especially during the hours of darkness and inclement weather. The
automated Air Traffic Management systems and automated meteorological systems
were also installed and deployed for full operations in Kano on 27 July 2015
l. Calibration of Navigational Facilities at Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Bauchi, Minna,

Maiduguri, Jos, Calabar, Benin, Ibadan Kaduna Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Port Harcourt
and Enugu Airports in line with safety requirements and best practices. It was aimed at
ensuring the highest level of accuracy and reliability for our navigational equipment as
well improve accessibility and safety even under severe weather conditions
m. The Automatic Dependent Surveillance Systems with capacity for long range surveillance
and air–ground data communication covering the entire Nigerian airspace and beyond
that would back up the TRACON Radar system have been completed at Lagos and
Kano. The project enhances safety through accurate and efficient communication
between ATC and flight crew. It has capacity for playback and replay of recorded ADS-C
and CPDLC data. The project has eliminated air–ground communication blind spots
within our airspace and provided effective coverage over the oceanic airspace
n. Completion of Kano Safe Tower:- the Kano Safe Tower automated Air Traffic
Management and Metrological systems were completed in 2015 to cap the
STAFF POSING IN FRONT OF NEWLY INSTALLED ILS-DME EQUIPMENT IN KADUNA AIRPORT
BELL 206L-IV HELICOPTERS PROCURED BY NCAT ZARIA WRECKAGE HANGAR AT ABUJA AIRPORT
RECENTLY SUPPLIED PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC A RECENTLY SUPPLIED PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC

CONTROLLERS AT NCAT ZARIA CONTROLLER AT NCAT ZARIA
transformation of the Visual Control Rooms in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt.
o. Installation of VHF Radios: - the installation of 10 Watts Digital Very High Frequency
Radios for Aerodrome and approach air-ground communication has been completed
in 21 Airports nation-wide.
p. Establishment of Surface Movement and Ground Control at Lagos and Abuja: The
ministry established Surface Movement and Ground Control services at Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja in 2015 with the deployment of a mobile control tower to
supplement the field of vision of the fixed aerodrome control tower
q. Certification of professional licences undertaken to ensure that all professional licence

holders in the country had valid and up-to-date licence in compliance with regulatory
standards.
r. Improvement in Weather and Climate Services Delivery: NiMet successfully went

through the Quality Management Systems (QMS) Audit and retained its ISO 9001:2008
certifications for the Aeronautical Meteorological Services provided to airlines. The
recertification boosted the confidence of all airlines (domestic and international) in the
Nigerian airspace
s. Weather-Related Safety Infrastructure: The ministry acquired modern equipment for

effective management of weather services to ensure safety and prevent weather related
accidents and incidents. Some of the weather-related technologies recently deployed
include:
{{ Procurement and Installation of Tidal gauge Instrument at Eket
{{ Procurement and Installation Low Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS) at

Katsina , Ilorin and Kaduna Airports
{{ Procurement and installation of Instrument Calibration Equipment at Abuja

and Oshodi, Lagos
{{ Procurement and Installation of 8 Upper Air Observing Stations at Abuja,

Lagos, Enugu, Calabar, Yola, Kano, Maiduguri and Jos
{{ Alteration and extension of NIMET instrument Calibration Laboratory at Abuja

Airport
{{ Construction of additional Hydrogen Gas Generation Building for Upper Air

Station, Abuja
{{ Remodelling of Synoptic Offices at Lokoja station and Gombe Airport
{{ Timely Public Presentation of Annual Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) and

socio-economic implications for all sectors of the nation’s economy
{{ Downscaling of SRP in 10 states of the federation - Kano, Jigawa, Bayelsa, Cross

River, Rivers, Abia, Edo, Ondo, Katsina and Akwa Ibom
t. E-clearance system: An e-clearance system to facilitate technical operation and
A REFURBISHED CLASSROOM IN THE STANDARDISATION

AIRFIELD LIGHTING WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT AT NCAT ZARIA OF CLASSROOMS AT NCAT ZARIA
administrative processing of flight plans, NOTAMs and Aircraft Over flight and Landing
permits, for non-scheduled aircraft operators was introduced. This system provides a
network for effective collaboration between relevant military and civil stakeholders such
as diplomatic missions and security agencies
u. Publication of Performance-Based Navigation Approaches/Routes: In line with

the ministry’s vision of transiting from ground-based navigation systems to satellite-
based, it developed and published Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) Approach
Procedures for 18 domestic airports. Six new PBN Regional Routes were also published
in collaboration with ICAO Regional Office in October 2015. The routes are:
{{ From Lagos direct to Guinea Conakry (UT 467)
{{ From Nairobi direct to Abuja (UT 475)
{{ From Garoua (Cameroon) Direct to Niamey (Niger) through Kano (UT 459)
{{ From Abuja Direct to Tamarranset (Algeria) (UT 416)
{{ From OXILO (Cameroon) Direct to Lagos (UT 457)
{{ From Bangui (Central African Republic) Direct to Tamale (Ghana) (UT458)

through Nigerian airspace
v. Construction of Accident Rescue Centre: Accident Rescue Centres were constructed

in Abuja and Lagos Airports as part of efforts to create safe and reliable air transportation
in Nigeria in line with internationally acceptable standards
w. Air Accident Investigation: The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) had released 10
Final Reports of Air Accidents, published the first Safety Bulletin in AIB’s history and
a total of 39 Safety Recommendations issued, The AIB Nigeria mobile app was also
launched in November 2017 to ease reporting of air accidents and serious incidents,
and to enhance access by the public
x. Wreckage Hangar: Erection of the wreckage hangar and equipping of the mini-
material laboratory, which will be used for metallurgical testing of aircraft parts involved
in accident investigation. This is an ongoing project
y. Multi-story Car Park: A1300 multi-story car park was completed and commissioned at
the International Terminal MMA through Public Private Partnership
Capacity and Manpower Development

a. Authorised Training Centre (ATC): The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology became
an International Air Transport Association (IATA) Authorised Training Centre (ATC) and
earned the following awards from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

COCKPIT CPDLC CONTROLLER HMI SOFTWARE AT KANO AIRPORT
on 11 May 2016 and 12 April 2017:
{{ Highest number of Training Instructors Course (TIC) conducted and
{{ Highest number of ICAO courses conducted
b. Upgrading of Courses: The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) obtained

the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) full accreditation for Higher National
Diploma (HND) in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Technology (Avionics), interim
accreditation for HND in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Technology (Airframe/Power
plant) and National Diploma (ND) in Electrical/Electronic Engineering.
c. A total of 1185 students graduated from 76 courses in the last two years as detailed below:
NUMBER OF STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM MAY 2015 TO 2017

FS AMES ATES ATS AMS ISDU TOTAL
127 91 139 141 508 179 1185
NUMBER OF COURSES GRADUATED FROM MAY 2015 TO 2017

FS AMES ATES ATS AMS ISDU TOTAL
12 5 10 9 26 14 76
d. ICAO Trainair Plus Status: The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria has been
accredited as an ICAO TRAINAIR Plus Institution and presently processing for ICAO
Regional Training Centre of Excellence Certification
FLIGHT SAFETY LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
Completed capital projects in the institution since May 2015

• Construction of New Library Complex
• Supply of Programmable Logic Controller
• Establishment of Airfield Lighting Workshop
• Standardisation of Classrooms
• Supply of Customised Classroom furniture
• Provision of Dedicated Electricity line Power Sub-Station
• Supply of two Bell 206L-IV helicopters
• Flight Safety Laboratory - Manpower Development
This will, among others, enable the agency to download data and conduct its analysis without
having to transport the FDR/CVR to the UK and the USA for analysis
Growing Domestic Aviation In Nigeria

i. Import Duties Waiver: The ministry in collaboration with relevant MDAs took steps towards
rapid growth in the industry by introducing import duties waiver on aircraft engine and
spares
ii. Construction of five new International Airport terminals and four Cargo Terminals:
Five new international terminals at Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu airports
are at various completion stages. The projects, except the Enugu Terminal building, are
being funded through the China-EXIM bank loan of $500m and a counterpart fund facility
of US$100m sourced from the Debt Management Office. Progress of work attained is as
follows:
{{ New International Terminal Building, NAIA, Abuja 93%

{{ New International Terminal Building, MMIA, Lagos 78%

{{ New International Terminal Building, MAKIA, Kano 92%
{{ New International Terminal Building, Port Harcourt 88%
{{ New International Terminal Building, AIIA, Enugu 57%
iii. Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA): Nigeria currently has Bilateral Air Services
Agreement (BASAs) with 89 countries. The BASAs have been reviewed to bring them up
to date on current issues and create opportunities for domestic carriers to fly international
routes. Most of the BASAs were sealed during the days of Nigeria Airways. Currently, Nigerian
domestic airlines have been designated on over 190 International Routes with only Arik, Aero
Contractors, Medview Airlines operating about 10 routes, mostly to West African countries
iv. IATA certification: The ministry, through its relevant Agency, guided domestic airlines in
the country to attain certification in IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). As at 2017, eight
Nigerian domestic airlines including Cargo Airline
v. ICAO USOAP Audit Result: The March 2016 ICAO USOAP CMA results for AIB were
commended to be an improvement of the last audit of February 2007. The 2016 preliminary
audit results showed that the Bureau got 82.41 per cent as against 77.08 per cent it got in
2007. The graphical illustration of the results by Audited Areas is as shown below:
NOVO ISIORO
VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO AND NPA MD HADIZA BALA-USMAN VISIT AND INPECTS LADOL FREEZONE FACILITIES
MARITIME SECTOR
Nigerian Ports Authority
• Rehabilitation and expansion of NPA Headquarters - 2016 completed
• Rehabilitation of Rail Networks in Port Harcourt – 2017 Ongoing
• Supply and installation of Marine Fenders in Zones 1,2 & 3 of the Nigerian Ports (All Ports) – 2016
Completed
• Expansion and rehabilitation of Tin Can Island Port Service lane – 2016 Completed
• Development of Port Facilities at Bullnose, Lagos Port Complex, Apapa – 2016 completed
• Phase 4B Port Facilities Development at Onne Port Complex
• Increased internally generated revenue
• Port Infrastructure improvement in the following areas
• Rehabilitation of Tin Can Island Port Quay Wall & Apron

• Ongoing construction of Apapa-Wharf Road
• Subsisting MOU with Messrs Dangote for construction of Apapa-Oshodi transport corridor
• Rehabilitation of Wharf 3 Jetty, Apapa
• Rehabilitation of road network and water supply in Port Harcourt Port
• Fencing of Warri Port
• Engagement of consultant for the construction of Rail network in Onne Port
• Feasibility study and design for Escravos breakwaters prelude to dredging of the channel
• Acquisition of 4 60 tons bollard pull Tug Boats for improved Ship handling operations
• Commencement of 24hrs ship operation in Lagos Pilotage district through improved security of
the waterfronts/channel and Port lighting system
• Establishment of fast track decks for export of agricultural produce and non-oil minerals
• Provision of enabling environment for local assemblage of FPSO by Messrs SAMSUNG in LADOL
facility, adjudged to be the first of its kind in Africa.
• Review of Concession Agreement to upgrade to international best practice and correct the past
PORT EXPANSION AND JETTY CONSTRUCTION AT ONNE
NEWLY RENOVATED NPA OFFICES AT ONNE
shortcomings
• Implementation of ECOWAS axle

control load and harmonisation on
trucks (safety standards) INSIDE THE RENOVATED NPA BUILDING
• Implementation of Presidential
Enabling Business Environment Council
initiatives on ease of doing business that is geared towards trade facilitation and transparency
in the Ports
• Maintaining peace and harmonious relationship between Management House Unions and
other stakeholders
• Human capacity development through training and re-training of workers and prompt payment
for dis-engaged employees
• Commissioning of Command, Control, Communication and Intelligence Centre (C3I)
• Provision of Direct and indirect employment to over 5,000 Nigerians
• Upgrading and rebranding of the Authority’s website

NEWLY LAID RAIL TRACKS CONNECTING ONNE PORT
• Standardisation of Truck operation

within the Ports
• New initiative on Performance Appraisal

System
• Compulsory annual medical screening

MARINE FENDERS AT THE NEW JETTY, ONNE
for all employees
• Implementation of Oracle Financials,

Hyperion and Revenue Invoicing Management System (RIMS)
• New Ventures/Greenfield Development
{{ Lekki Deep Sea Port project
{{ Ibom Deep Sea Port Project
{{ Lagos Channel Management
{{ Bonny Channel Management
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)

To ensure the safety, security as well as boost economy through trade in the Maritime domain,
this administration awarded contracts for the integrated, surveillance, protection and the
NIMASA’S NEW MODULAR FLOATING DOCKYARD THAT WOULD

SAVE NIGERIA AT LEAST 100 MILLION DOLLARS YEARLY
security of water which is currently being implemented. This will increase the number of vessels
calling into our ports hence increase revenue to customs and the maritime industry
• Survey, Inspection & Certification Transformation Programme

• Certificate of Competency Examinations (COC)
• Successful conduct of the International Maritime Organisation Member State Audit Scheme
(IMSAS)
• Environment, Security, Emergency Search & Rescue Transformation Initiatives
• Maritime Security Infrastructure and strategy Projects
• Regional Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Center (RMRCC)
• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Armed Forces
• Anti-Piracy Bill
• Coordination of the National Search Rescue (SAR) Committee

• Establishment of Search and Rescue Marshals in Coastal Areas of Nigeria

• Critical Satellite Surveillance Infrastructure/Security
• Achieved 80% compliance level on ISPS Code
• Maritime Environment
• National Task force on Ballast Water Management
• Sustainable Ship Scrapping/Wreck Removal
• Channel Dredging infrastructural Projects
• Monitoring and enforcement of the Port reception facilities
• Digital Strategy Reforms Initiatives
• NIMASA Satellite Based Maritime Domain Awareness/Surveillance System
• Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
• Establishment of on-line Seafarers’ Verification Platform
• Automation of the Nigerian Ship Registry
• Integration of Surveillance Data with Billing Control
• Capacity Building and Promotional Activities
• Maritime Human Capacity Building
• Successful Hosting of the 3rd Association of African Maritime Administration (AAMA) Conference
in Abuja
• The Modular Floating Dockyard
• Re-establishment of National Carrier Shipping Line through PPP arrangement
• Special Forex Intervention for Ship Acquisition
• Maritime Investment Promotion at One Stop Investment Centre (OSIC)
• Participation in Foreign Expos
• Creating Awareness in Local fairs
• Cabotage Implementation
• Seafarers’ Welfare
• Change of Trade Terms for Free on Board (FOB) to Cost Insurance and Freight (CIF)
• Implementation of the Presidential Order on the Ease of Doing Business
• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NIMASA and Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA)
• Structural and Cultural Reforms Initiatives
• Compendium of Internal Process Policies
• New Work Ethics

• Staff Promotion
• Knowledge Transfer Sessions
• Devolution of Powers
• Review of the Agency’s Acts and demonstration of international conventions
• Migration to ISO 9001:2015
• Reward Framework for Exceptional Performance
Nigerian flagged vessels registration has enjoyed significant growth, from 262 vessels with a
total tonnage of over 232,000 metric tons in 2015, to almost double in 2016 at 370 vessels with
a total tonnage of almost 420,000 metric tons. In 2017 the Agency registered 307 vessels with
a total tonnage of 415,638.03
The Modular Floating Dockyard NIMASA took delivery of the 5th largest modular floating
dockyard on the African continent in early June 2018. The Agency will partner with the private
sector to run the dockyard. The multi-million-dollar ship repair equipment was built by one of
the world’s largest ship building firms, Damen Shipyards and its partner, NIRDA, in Netherlands.
A couple of operators are being considered to manage the outfit under the Build, Operate and
Transfer Agreement (BOT)
The dockyard will save Nigeria at least 100 million dollars yearly as it would ensure direct savings
from the dry docking of vessels operating in Nigeria. Currently, over 90 per cent of the vessels
operating in Nigeria carry out their dry-docking jobs overseas, exporting jobs and the much-
needed foreign exchange at great cost to the country
National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA)

• Completed the Baro River port civil works and installation of its cargo handling equipment
• Completed the Concessioning of Onitsha River Port.
• Opened the navigational channel on Lake Chad for shipping and security patrol.
• Supplied and installed buoys for navigational aid on River Niger from Baro to Lokoja
• Provided a turning basin from Baro River Port
• Carried out maintenance dredging of the River Niger from Baro to Onitsha
• Rehabilitated the NIWA Warri dockyard shipway.
• Opened up navigable channel blocked by water hyacinth nationwide
• Procurement of cargo handling equipment for Lokoja River port (ongoing)
• Completion of Lokoja River port (ongoing)
• Completion of Oguta River port (ongoing)

• On-going amendment of the NIWA Act at the National Assembly to allow for participation of
private sector in the development of the Inland Waterways and financial independence
• The gazetting of the Inland Waterways Transportation Code is at advance stage through the
office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).
Nigerian Shippers Council
In the period under review, the Council in line with its statutory functions made the following
achievements:
• Establishment of Port Services Support Portal/Standard Operating Procedure (PSSP/SOP)

• Establishment of Truck Transit Parks (TTPs)
• Port Economic Regulatory Central Command System (PERCOMS)
• Establishment of Border Information Centres (BICs)
• Sea Link Project
• The implementation of International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN)
• ICD Projects
• Cargo defence Fund
• Handling and Resolution of Complaints
• Inter-Modal System To Ease Gridlock at Apapa Ports
• Research and Development
• Reduction of Custom Road Blocks
• Enlightenment Programmes
• Maritime Seminars for Judges
• Status of Litigations
• Trade Fairs/Exhibitions
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Review of Benchmark Freight Rates
• Implementation of Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC)
• Establishment of Mini -Library
Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN)
• Constitution of Governing Council: This administration successfully conducted election of the members of the governing council
on 7 July 2018
The ministry is implementing a reform
programme for State Water Agencies
to improve capacity and revenue
generation towards efficient operations
and management of facilities. A new
budget line has been created to support
urban water projects by up to 30%
Federal Government contribution, if they
meet stipulated condition

SHUTTERSTOCK
WATER RESOURCES
Finding its level, in

steady drops
Nigeria’s total land area of 923,768 Km2, is divided into 8 hydrological areas. With an average annual
precipitation of 1,150mm (ranging from >4,000mm in the south to <350mm in the North), Nigeria has
a total water resources potential of about 375Cillion Cubic Meters (BCM)/year made up of about 287
BCM/year generated internally and about 88 BCM/year from transboundary sources. Nigeria is indeed
not a water-poor country but because of inequitable distribution, poor sectoral investments, and other
challenges, can be regarded as potentially water-stressed. Currently, the total demand for water supply,
agriculture, aquaculture, livestock etc is estimated at about 80 BCM/year and is expected to surpass 160
BCM/year by 2030.
Mandate
To develop and implement policies, projects and programmes which will enable sustainable access to
safe and sufficient water to meet the social, cultural, environmental and economic development needs
of all Nigerians.
As at 2015, the only potent policy document for the water sector is the National Water Resources Masterplan,
developed with a grant assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Unfortunately,
the development of our water resources over years has not been aligned with the Masterplan, as most of
the projects embarked upon were either not properly planned and/or not adequately funded, leading to
many abandoned and uncompleted projects.
As at 2015, there were 116 ongoing large projects in the ministry (Irrigation 37; Dams 38; Water Supply
41) many of which were either abandoned or comatose because they required review of scope or cost
or lacked consistent funding to complete. Most of the projects had only attained 40% - 60% level of
completion while outstanding liabilities on them stood at N 88,848,112,579.77 and additional total
contractual commitment to completion was N 264,990,081,982.53.
Water Supply
The National Water Supply and Sanitation Policy (2000), though outdated, establishes the daily water
demand for urban dwellers at 120 litre/capita/day, Semi Urban (Small Towns) at 60 litre/capita/day and for
Rural dwellers at 30 litre/capita/day. In 2015, the National Water Supply coverage was 69% comprising of
W AT E R R ES O U RC ES
Urban: 80%, Semi Urban: 68% and Rural: 60%. This implies that 31% or 52.7 million Nigerians did not have
access to water supply, with high concentration in the rural areas.
Recent study has further established that pipe-borne water supply especially in the urban areas is on the
decline from 30% national coverage in 1990 to about 7% in 2015.
Sanitation
Access to Sanitation has been in the decline from 30% in 2010 to 28% in 2015. Open defecation has been
on the increase and there was not a single LGA in Nigeria that is Open Defecation Free. Amongst the
challenges of curbing open defecation is the lack of adequate political support and poor coordination of
efforts between all stakeholders, particularly the different tiers of Government.
Challenges of sanitation are not only limited to rural areas. It is equally a huge problem in urban areas,
especially in public places and urban slums.
Irrigation
Nigeria has the potential of about 3.14 million Ha of land suitable for irrigation out of which about
440,853Ha has been planned. However, only 128,097Ha of the planned area has been developed and
about 50,000 Ha of the developed area has been lost to failed infrastructure and poor operations and
maintenance. The current annual water demand for irrigation in wet and dry seasons including Fadama
lands is about 1.926 BCM which translates to about 0.7% of our national internally generated potential.
The total water demand for the planned irrigated area of more than 400,000 Ha is calculated as 6.245

FINDING ITS LEVEL, IN STEADY DROPS
BCM/year translating to about 2.2% of our water resources potential. This goes to show how much we
have been under utilising our irrigation and our food production potentials.
Dams
There are over 250 large and medium dams across the country with a storage capacity of about 30 BCM/
year. The storage capacity of these dams is far more than the future demand estimated to the year 2030.
Water Demand There is enough storage capacity in each of the 8 Hydrological Areas even without taking
into consideration the large hydropower dams.
Almost all the dams in the country are not utilised optimally to serve the purpose of their existence.
Their management and operation are poor and they lack basic instrumentation gadgets. In addition,
poor watershed management, growing siltation of rivers and climate change are becoming a serious
challenge to the storage capacities and operational efficiency of these dams and reservoirs.
River Basins Development Authorities

There are currently 12 River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) at different locations in Nigeria under
the ministry’s supervision; modelled after the United States Tennessee Valley Basin Development concept
following the drought of the 1970s. Their primary functions are to serve as the operators, managers, and
developers of water resources infrastructure within their catchments to bring prosperity as integrated
rural development drivers, especially in areas of food production and employment generation.
Over the years, the performance of the RBDAs has not been desirable, not because of technical failings per
se, but largely for policy and institutional inadequacies. With the unfortunate decision of the then Technical
Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation (TCPC) to strip them of their “non-water” assets in the
late 1980s and making them solely managers of irrigation infrastructure, River Basin operations further
deteriorated.
For the RBAs to regain their lost glory and perform optimally to deliver the mandate of their establishment,
they require complete restructuring to operate as technical and professional agencies with clear objectives.
There was therefore the compelling need for institutional, organisational and policy reforms that would
propel the RBAs to serve as effective vehicles for integrated rural development, as originally envisioned.
In addition to the 12 RBDAs, the ministry is also administering four other agencies:
• Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA)
• National Water Resources Institute (NWRI)
• Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Commission (unfortunately exists without any law backing it
for now. Once the Water Law is passed, the IWRM shall become the Regulatory Agency for the Water
Sector)
• Gurara Water Management Authority (wound up; the responsibility of managing some of the facilities
transferred to Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority)
Milestones
• Water Sector Roadmap 2016-2030 approved (June 2016)

• National Water Resources Policy and National Irrigation and Drainage Policy approved by the Federal
Executive Council (September 2016) and distributed to stakeholders nationwide for implementation
• Ministerial Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC) made up of experts in water resources, to generally
advice the minister on policy and transboundary issues, and to monitor implementation of the Water
Resources Masterplan and the Roadmap, in place
• National Water Resources Bill (National Assembly). When passed into law, it will, among other
issues, provide for effective catchment management, greater participation of farmers in irrigation
management and a regulatory framework for private sector participation in water supply delivery in
the country.
• Professionalised the Department of River Basin Operations & Inspectorate (DRBOI) and Department
of Planning Research and Statistics (PRS)
• Mandatory training in Project Management for all senior staff to enhance efficiency of project delivery.
Data collection and management, monitoring and evaluation are now strongly emphasised in the
Ministry to aid effective planning and execution of our mandate
• Ongoing efforts to increase funding for the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (Nigeria requires
482 hydro-meteorological stations nationwide, but only 274 are currently) available. RBDAs have been
mandated to establish more hydro-meteorological stations)
• Initiated in 2016 a National Programme tagged “Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation
& Hygiene (PEWASH)” as a national collaborative instrument to mobilise resources and harness the
efforts of Governments at all levels, Development Partners, Private Sector, NGOs, philanthropists and
Communities towards the same objectives and targets of achieving 0% Open Defecation and 100%
Access to Water Supply & Sanitation by 2030 in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals.
The planned scope and goals of the PEWASH are as follows:
WATER SUPPLY: 2016 – 2030
2016-2018 Rehabilitation of 77,693 facilities and provision of 17,264 new facilities to increase access to rural water supply from 57% to
62%
2019-2025 Provision of 42,201 new facilities to increase access to rural water supply from 62% to 80%
2026-2030 Provision of 41,287 new facilities to increase access to rural water supply from 80% to 100%
PEWASH will also provide entrepreneurial opportunities for private water sanitation services. It is expected
that private participants especially our teeming unemployed youth can obtain micro-credits and key into
the business of providing water sanitation services, particularly in public places.
Twenty – two States of the Federation have so far endorsed the PEWASH Protocol (PP). The first two
States that promptly responded to the Protocol, namely Kano and Ogun States were selected for pilot
implementation.
THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES

SULEIMAN ADAMU AND THE
MINISTER OF INFORMATION LAI
MOHAMMED INSPECTING A WATER
PROJECT
The ministry is implementing a reform programme for State Water Agencies to improve capacity and
revenue generation towards efficient operations and management of facilities. A new budget line has
been created to support urban water projects by up to 30% Federal Government contribution, if they meet
stipulated conditions. International Financing Institutions and Development Partners notably the World
Bank, African Development Bank, French Development Agency, etc, are also supporting this initiative.
About 15 States are currently participating in the reform programme.
Vigorously implementing programmes for Nigeria to attain Open Defecation Free status by 2025, well
ahead of the SDGs target of 2030. This is being done in collaboration with Development Partners. So far,
there are five Local Government Areas in the country that have entirely attained Open Defecation Free
(ODF) status, with the celebration of the first LGA to be Open Defecation Free, Obanliku LGA in Cross River
State in April 2017. Four other Local Government Areas that have since then attained ODF status include:
Dass and Warji LGAs (Bauchi State) and Yakur and Bekwara LGAs (Cross River State). Five more LGA are
now ready for ODF certification after necessary procedures have been undertaken. This will bring the total
ODF LGAs in the country to 10 by the end of 2018. However, there are also thousands of communities that
have achieved ODF status in the last two years.
The Federal Executive Council has approved a National Action Plan for Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
(WASH) with the declaration of a State of Emergency on the WASH Sector. The goal of the Action Plan is to
strengthen Federal-State Partnership towards ensuring that all Nigerians have access to sustainable and
safely-managed WASH services by 2030, in compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

targets for Water (Goal 6.1) and Sanitation (Goal 6.2). At the heart of the Action Plan is the establishment
of a National WASH Fund to mobilise funding from all possible sources to meet the investment gap of
the sector, and a call on the States to legislate against open defecation in general, among other measures.
The World Bank is supporting the implementation of the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria
Project (TRIMING) with a credit facility of US$495million. The project involves rehabilitation/expansion of
about 42,000Ha of irrigation land under the first phase, to be completed by 2022, as follows:
i. Bokolori Irrigation Project (Work commenced in 2017) - 13,500 Ha

ii. Kano River Irrigation Project (Procurement process completed) - 14,400 Ha
iii. Hadejia Valley Irrigation Project (Procurement process completed, Construction commenced
following the flag-off of by President Muhammadu Buhari on 14 May 2018) – 6,000 Ha
iv. Dadin Kowa Irrigation Project (Studies completed) – 3,000 Ha
v. Middle Rima Irrigation Project (Studies nearing completion) – 5,000 Ha
{{ The TRIMING project also addresses rural poverty reduction through progressive
management transfer to users’ regulated bodies in the form of Water User Associations
(WUAs). The TRIMING concept is to be applied in the future management of irrigation
schemes nationwide
{{ Ongoing efforts to deliver 42,000 Ha of irrigable land in 2018 and 41,000 Ha in 2019
{{ Revitalisation of the RBDAs commenced in February 2016 with the development

of an Action Plan and Blueprint by a high-level committee of technical experts
which recommends, among others, the creation of the office of Executive Director
Agricultural Services and restoration of agricultural extension services in all the RBDAs,
the implementation of a Graduate Youth Empowerment in Agriculture Programme
and the adoption of Songhai Model Integrated Rural Development Strategy. Currently,
nine out of the 12 RBDAs are headed by engineers; the other three by water resources
and agriculture experts Agricultural Extension Services have also been restored.
Furthermore, in the last 18 months, about 53,000 Ha of unutilised land owned by
the RBDAs have been leased to commercial farmers. Many of our dams have also
been leased out for commercial fish farming within the same period. The RBDAs’
effectiveness will be yearly measured by three key performance indicators (KPIs),
namely:
vi. The amount of additional hectarage of land they are able to bring into cultivation
vii. Efficiency of extension services provided
viii. Agricultural product output
{{ The RBDAs are also undergoing structural reforms towards commercialisation, partially
by 2019, and eventual fully. The National Council on Privatisation (NPC) has approved
the appointment of a Transaction Adviser to guide the process
PROJECTS
The ministry is committed to completing all ongoing viable projects to derive optimum benefits from
Government’s investments. Since the inception of this Administration, the ministry has initiated only
two new major projects; underscores the ministry’s emphasis on completion of the numerous inherited
ongoing and abandoned projects.
Competed and commissioned projects

• Central Ogbia Regional Water Project, Bayelsa State
• Northern Ishan Regional Water Supply Project, Edo State
• Rehabilitation of Ojirami Dam Water Supply Project, Edo State
• Sabke Water Supply Project, Katsina State
• Dutsi Water Supply Project, Katsina State
• Mashi Water Supply Project, Katsina State
• Takum Water Supply Project, Taraba State
• Sabke Irrigation Project, Katsina State
• Rehabilitation of Kargo Dam, Jaji, Kaduna State
Completed projects awaiting commissioning
• Kashimbila Dam, Taraba State
• Ogwashi–Uku Dam, Delta State
• Shagari Irrigation Project, Sokoto State
• Galma Dam, Kaduna State
• Ekeremor Water Supply Project, Edo State
• Progress has been made on the concessioning of 30 MW Gurara Hydropower plant which is
planned to come into full operations soon
• There is also progress on the ministry’s collaboration with FMWPH to concession the 40 MW
Kashimbilla Hydropower plant, recently completed. However, both concessions are being
delayed because of non-completion of the transmission lines that will evacuate the power by
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and FMPWH.
• Advanced discussions with potential investors for other hydropower projects including Gurara II
(350 MW), Lokoja (750 MW) and Dasin Hausa (150 MW)

• Championed the signing of an MOU between the Lake Chad Basin Commission and a Chinese
company which is currently undertaking further feasibility study on the proposed Inter Basin
Water Transfer Project from the Congo Basin into Lake Chad
• Completed the engineering design and set to commence procurement of the Hawal Inter–
Basin Transfer from River Ngagda. Phase I of the Project is to augment water supply to Alau
Dam to provide a more sustainable source of water supply to Maiduguri and environs. Phase 2
of the Project aims to resuscitate the 60,000 Ha South Chad Irrigation Scheme, which became
moribund following continuous drying up of Lake Chad over the years, by diverting some of the
water from Hawal to South Chad through canals and tunnels
• The Hadejia – Komadugu – Yobe Trust Fund (with Kano, Jigawa, Borno, Yobe, Bauchi and Plateau
States as members) was recently reactivated and a new Governing Board inaugurated, following
years of inactivity, to address the water and environmental challenges affecting the Basin. Various
financing options are being worked out to support the Fund’s activities by the member States
and the Federal Government
Soliciting for better and more women
access to political offices right from the
political parties’ administration, election
primaries and eradicating violence
strategies which keeps women away
from effective participation in politics
NIGERIAN DELEGATION AT 62ND SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN HELD IN NEW YORK, USA 12-23 MARCH 2018

WOMEN AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Covering all
grounds to make
women’s lives
matter to all
The ministry exists to promote the development of women with equal rights and corresponding
responsibilities
Milestones
(from June 2017)
Women and Gender Affairs
• UNICEF/UNFPA Joint Programme on the Eradication of FGM/C: A Capacity
Building on the eradication of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM/C) in Osun and Ekiti State
was organised June and July 2017. The overall objective is to eradicate FGM/C practice
in the states. The programme was designed to prevent and manage FGM/C cases in
the prevalent communities within the states. 105 FGM/C Eradication Champions were
trained to carry out house-to-house visitation in the prevalent communities. Health
workers were trained on prevention and management of FGM/C in partnership with
UNFPA
• Two-day orientation and training of Anti-FGM Champions in Ekiti State from 7 – 8

December 2017, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
20 FGM eradication champions were given orientation
• Formation of Task Force for Enactment and Implementation of VAPP Act in Osun
State, 8 December, in Osogbo, Osun State, in partnership with UNFPA
• Community-based Mobilisation on VAPP Act and Dissemination of the National Action Plan on
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 on 13 December 2017, in Abuja, in partnership
W OM E N A F FA I RS A N D S O C I A L D E V E LO PM E N T
LAUNCH OF THE HEFORSHE CAMPAIGN IN NIGERIA
with UNFPA
• Meeting of the National Coordinating Committee on Obstetric Fistulas, on 20 October 2017,

in Abuja, to consider the level of implementation of the Programme on medical and financial
assistance to women and girls suffering from obstetric fistula
• Lighting of the Abuja City Gate as part of the 2017 16 days of activism on Violence Against Women,
took place on 25 November 2017 at the Abuja City Gate. The theme of the campaign in 2017 was
Together We Can End Gender Based Violence in Education and the sub theme is “Leave No One
Behind”
• Coordination of meetings of the Gender-Based Violence Sub-Sector Working Group:

Monthly meetings of the GBV sub sector working group held throughout the year 2017. The
group also participated in a workshop held in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Call to Action on
Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies organised by the Women’s Refugee
Commission
• Launch of the revised National Action Plan (NAP) for Implementation of UNSCR1325 and Related
Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security in Nigeria 2017-2020, by the Ag. President on 9
May 2017 at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa. The overall objective of the reviewed plan is to
strengthen women’s role in conflict preventions, peace-making and peace building. Nationwide
networks of women peace ambassadors were also inaugurated

COV E R I N G A L L G RO U N D S TO M A K E W OM E N’S L I V ES M AT T E R TO A L L
• To popularise and disseminate the 2nd revised NAP, the Department in collaboration with UN
Women in October 2017 organised Zonal dissemination and distribution programme of the
NAP document to stakeholders in the six geopolitical zones
• Capacity building for security personnel on the implementation of National Action

Plan: Under the Promoting Women’s Engagement in Peace and Security in Northern Nigeria
project supported by the UNWomen, organised a follow-up meeting on capacity building for
Security Personnel in May 2017 in Gombe, Gombe State
• Capacity Building Workshop for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on implementation
of the revised NAP in July 2017 in Abuja
• Capacity building for media personnel on Women Peace and Security, in collaboration with
UNWomen, in September 2017 in Jos, to provide the Women Peace and Security media network
with knowledge and comprehensive information on the National Action Plan to enable improved
reporting on Women Peace and Security issues
• Consultative meeting for Women Peace Ambassadors and Women Lead Mentors, in collaboration
with UNWomen, from 28-29 September 2017 in Gombe, Gombe State, to provide a platform to
build the capacity of Women Peace Ambassadors on the implementation of UNSCR 1325 and to
also strengthen their knowledge on peace and security. At the end of the meeting, 26 Women
Peace Ambassadors and lead mentors were trained on the UNSCR 1325
ONE OF THE ZONAL WORKSHOPS ON THE NATIONAL ACTION PLAN IN OCTOBER 2017
SOME OF THE RESCUED CHIBOK GIRLS
SOME OF THE CHIBOK GIRLS DRESSED IN SPORTS GEAR

• National Conference on Women, Peace and Security, in collaboration with the Norwegian
Embassy, UNICEF and UNWomen, from September 25 –26 2017, in Abuja; to address issues of
conflict in the various parts of the country and to engage all stakeholders in the management
and prevention of conflict in the North East and other parts of the country
• Production of 3 short films and documentaries on Women Peace and Security, in partnership
with UN Women, UNICEF and the Nigerian Film Corporation. One of the short films -The Pact -
was viewed at the 2017 Zuma Film Festival, on 1 December 2017, to popular acclaim
• Review Meeting on the Draft State Action Plans for Adamawa, Gombe, and Plateau
States on the UNSCR 1325: Supported by UN Women the review meeting translates to full
action plans for Plateau, Gombe and Adamawa states in December 2017
• 2017 International Women’s Day (IWD): Supported by partners at the national level, IWD was
celebrated on 8 March 2017 within the United Nations theme “Women in the Changing World
of Work: Planet 50:50 by 2030” at the National Centre for Women Development, Abuja. The 2017
celebration provided opportunity to accelerate advocacy for increased women’s participation in
development
• Participation at the CSW61: The Department effectively coordinated and led the country’s
delegation to the 61st Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held in New
York from 13-24 March 2017. The minister also officially hosted four highly-engaging side events,
held bilateral meetings, and hosted the new Deputy Secretary General to the UN, Hajia Amina
Mohammed to a dinner
• National Launch of HeforShe Campaign in Nigeria, in collaboration with UNWomen, on 23

March 2017, in Abuja, aimed at changing discriminatory behaviours against women using men
as champions Over 150 males ‘impact champions’ and ‘influencers’ led by the Acting President
Professor Yemi Osinbajo signed on to the campaign and declared their active support for it
A CROSS-SECTION OF THE CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR

THE LIBRARY AT THE FEDERAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SECURITY PERSONNEL ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL
WORK, EMENE, ENUGU STATE ACTION PLAN
MATERIALS FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF DISCHARGED EX-JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND RE-INTEGRATION OF EX-BOKO HARAM MEMBERS
• Implementation of ‘Planet 50-50 by the year 2030; Step it up for Gender Equality:
Minister Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, led other women leaders in high-level separate
advocacy visits to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the People’s Democratic
Party (PDP), and Labour Party (LP) at their head offices from 10 -11 July, 2017 in Abuja, to solicit for
better and more women access to political offices right from the political parties’ administration,
election primaries and eradicating violence strategies which keeps women away from effective
participation in politics. She also solicited for political parties to adopt a policy of voluntary
electoral party gender quota system as a means of guaranteeing more participation of the
women in politics and governance while pleading with the party leaders to join hands with
the women as the various political parties commence preparations for 2019 general election, to
ensure that minimum of 35 per cent of positions in the 2019 general election are won by women
• Celebration of the International Women’s Day on 8 March. All states, relevant stakeholders, NGOs
as well as partners joined in the celebration in line with the theme of the year – Time is Now:
Rural and Urban Activists Transforming Women’s Lives
• Nigeria, led by the minister, participated extensively at the 62nd session of the Commission on
the Status of Women (CSW) which took place from 12-23 March 2018 in New York, United States
of America. The Commission addressed as its priority theme - “Challenges and opportunities in
achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls.”
• One-day National inter-sectoral meeting for the critical stakeholders working on women, peace

and security, supported by UN Women and British Council, to, among others, understand the
significance and the pillars of the National Action Plan (NAP) on Women Peace and Security
(WPS) (2017 – 2020)
• The ECOWAS Gender Development Centre (EGDC) had trained eight Nigerian women who are
into agricultural processing and handcraft at a workshop held in Ghana from 5–16 December
2011 and at the same time made available funds to support those women trained including
other women groups. In 2017, the Ministry in collaboration with Garki Micro-Finance Bank which
was selected to manage the fund gave out loans to four women owned businesses with the
sum of N2, 440,000 to boost their businesses at 2% interest rate
• Disbursement of NaWEF fund – a micro-credit Presidential intervention that was created to

provide loans of up to N100, 000.00 to women in eight pilot States of Abia, Adamawa, Akwa
Ibom, Borno, Jigawa, Nasarawa, Osun and Yobe - commenced in 2017. Four Hundred and Ninety-
Seven Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira (497,900,0000) disbursed to 4,979 women from
seven out of the eight pilot States benefitted from the scheme at the sum of N100,000.00 each.
Data base was established to ease loading and uploading of NaWEF applications from States for
onward transmission to BoI platform for processing. Detailed number of the beneficiaries are as
follows:
STATES NO. OF BENEFICIARIES AMOUNT DISBURSED (N)

Abia 597 59,700,000
Adamawa 885 88,500,000
Akwa Ibom 953 95,300,000
Jigawa 522 52,200,000
Osun 176 17,600,000
Yobe 1,634 163,400,000
Borno - -
Nassarawa 212 21,200,000
Total 4,979 497,900,000
• Three stakeholders’ meetings were held in Ibadan (25–26 October 2017), Kaduna (1– 2 November
2017) and Abuja (25–27 November 2017) to review the Draft Social Welfare Policy 2013
• Procured and distributed carpentry and plumbing tools to 16 ex-juvenile offenders in correctional
institutions from Kwara, Oyo, Lagos, Rivers, Nassarawa, Kaduna, Gombe, Ogun States and FCT,
to aid them These empowerment tools will aid them in self-reliance and improved self-esteem
• Deployed social workers to the Gombe State camp of the Operation Save Corridor Programme
in De-radicalising, Rehabilitating and Reintegration of Ex-Boko Haram members in the North-
East
• The Non-Governmental Organisation section worked on 56 letters of organisations seeking
registration as NGOs including letters not meant for the Section and an Assessment visit to “I
Care Initiative for the Aged”
• Social Cases: On the issue of financial assistance, 126 requests for assistance were received. The
names were compiled and are awaiting funds for empowerment. Up to 2017, a total of 82 and
65 letters of complaint were received and 52 marital/family cases were resolved, and the families
were united. So far, in 2018, 10 letters of complaint were received and some of the cases are still
in progress for settlement while seven letters of financial assistance were also received, and their
names and contact addresses have been compiled awaiting funds for empowerment
• Support to Older Persons and Old people’ Homes: Relief materials were distributed to
senior citizens in 15 Old People’s Homes in Nigeria; observed the United Nations International
Day of Older Persons with the Theme “Stepping into the Future: Tapping the Talents,
Contributions and Participation of Older Persons in the Society and participated in Regional
and International Training on Care of the Elderly which were stepped down to the sub-national
and local government levels
• Upgrading of facilities in the Federal School of Social Work, Emene, Enugu State: Since
2015 till date, the Federal Government has been allocating funds to the ministry for the School
and so the facilities and other resources necessary for the upgrading of the School for the
accreditation exercise have been procured and put in place by the Ministry, as follows:
i. Installation of water pumping machine which pumps water directly from the existing wells to
the taps to serve students
ii. Installation of a new 100KVA Generator in the school
iii. Procurement of fire-proof cabinets for the safe-keeping of students’ files and records as stipulated
by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE)
iv. Staff Club has been established and functional with indoor and outdoor games- The club was
recently renovated and upgraded to meet the NBTE required standard for accreditation
v. Additional four staff offices have been built, furnished and occupied
vi. Reconstruction of the entrance gate of the school
vii. The sickbay has been improved on through renovations and now has three rooms; one room has
two beds with mosquito nets. This room is used as a sickbay and mainly for stabilisation. There
is another room for consultation and another one where drugs are kept in a secure cupboard.
Lighting system has been installed as well as ceiling fans. The sickbay has a good referral system
for serving cases
viii. Air conditioners have been provided in the computer lab/resource centre to aid the comfort of
users and longevity of the computer

ix. The necessary facilities for the library e.g. computers have been procured and internet facilities
installed in the library
x. A well-equipped and functional resource centre was established
Rehabilitation and re -integration of recovered Chibok girls

The ministry rehabilitated about 106 of the released girls through a nine-month Rehabilitation
and Re-integration programme which consisted of counselling, Remedial studies, recreational
activities, religious instructions, visits by parents and skill acquisition training in sewing, baking,
beads making, etc. The girls have since returned to school for their academic pursuits.
Child Development: The Child Development Department established a Child Protection Sub
– Working Group to coordinate Child Welfare Services especially in the North – East; established
Child Protection Network made of community volunteers in Adamawa and Borno to work
with State Ministries of Women Affairs and Social Development and partners; conducted
the training of Case Supervisors in Maiduguri with over 28 States’ participants representing
field-based organisation; visited stakeholders in Maiduguri on legal assistance for children
in detention in the North East (29 September 2017; coordinated Child Protection System
Strengthening (CPSS) Learning Group Meeting on Violence Against children; organised a
2-Day Sensitizstion /Awareness Creation Workshop on National Strategy to End Child Marriage
with support from Save the Children in Zamfara, Jigawa and Katsina States (August 2017);
organized a National Conference on Child Rights and Welfare in Nigeria in collaboration with
Save the Children (1-2 August, 2017; participated at the meeting of the Permanent Secretary’s
Borno State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development on finding appropriate custody
and speciare for abandoned children and inaugurated the 6th National Children’s Parliament
and the coordination of a panel discussion on “Creating Safe Spaces for Children and Child
Protection”
Rehabilitation Department: Successfully distributed 2750 wheelchairs 450 walking support

Wheels donated by the Government of Japan to all the States of the federation and the
Federal Capital Territory; participated at the 53rd, 54th and 55th Sessions of the United Nations
Commission for Social Development at UN Headquarters, New York, USA in 2016, 2017 and 2018;
represented the country at the 8th and 10th Sessions of the Conference Of States Parties (COSP)
to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in New York, USA in 2015, 2017
and concluded the review of the National Policy on Rehabilitation of Persons With Disabilities
(PWDs) in Nigeria and now awaiting approval for Stakeholders’ harmonisation and validation
of the revised Policy while as funds are made available, providing running costs to Nigeria
Farmcraft Centre for the Blind (NFCB), Isheri-Olofin, Lagos; Braille Presses/Libraries at Awka,
Anambra State; Bauchi, Bauchi State; Calabar, Cross-River State; Surulere (Johnson Street) ,
Lagos State; and Kaduna, Kaduna State
Nigeria on Firmer Ground
Towards Lasting
Peace & Progress
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Editors Femi Adesina, Mallam Garba Shehu and Laolu Akande

Consultant Taiwo Obe
Graphic design Ogbenyi Egbe
Coordinators Mohammed Labbo and Johannes Tobi Wojuola
Photography Bayo Omoboriowo, Sunday Aghaze and Novo Isioro
Cover photograph by Bayo Omoboriowo
Cover Design by Ogbenyi Egbe
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Long, uneasy road,

My first retirement started in 1985, in a small bungalow in Benin City. My second

In 2002, I joined partisan politics, with a group of like-minded people. We went to

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We have come a long way in the years.

We will keep marching on steadily and assuredly in our journey of nationhood.

May God bless Nigeria.

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to limit the shock and no emerging industries to take

xii NIGERIA ON FIRMER GROUND - TOWARDS LASTING PEACE AND PROGRESS

xiv NIGERIA ON FIRMER GROUND - TOWARDS LASTING PEACE AND PROGRESS

moved Nigeria closer to self-sufficiency in

rice, more than any administration before

it and just two years away from meeting

its target of production of 6 million tonnes

(MT) of milled rice.

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xviii NIGERIA ON FIRMER GROUND - TOWARDS LASTING PEACE AND PROGRESS

The real green

per cent cost of market value.

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especially in the North East

• Development of fish cage

• Climate change mitigation

• Aquaculture empowerment programmes for retirees and unemployed youth nationwide

• Establishment of fish markets and processing centres in strategic locations nationwide

• National fishery and aquaculture data collection, collation and management

• Implementation of Vessel Monitoring System and procurement of 2 patrol vessels to check

• Feed mills established to address some of the challenges in aquaculture development

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Indeed, 2017 signposted Nigeria’s Agricultural Revolution.

Focused labs to drive critical

sectors of the economy

towards realising the strategic

objectives of the ERGP.

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8 NIGERIA ON FIRMER GROUND - TOWARDS LASTING PEACE AND PROGRESS

ERGP Implementation Framework (ERGP-IF) was developed to facilitate the implementation of

ii. Development of Medium Term Sector Strategy (MTSS), 2017 – 2019

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VICE-PRESIDENT PROF YEMI OSINBAJO DECLARES OPEN

THE MINISTER OF BUDGET AND NATIONAL

CBN GOVERNOR GODWIN EMEFIELE

VICE-PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO ON A

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iv. Surveillance on the Performance of the Nigerian Economy

v. National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan (NIIMP)

vi. Coordination of North East Humanitarian Activities

vii. Nigeria Asset Decision Support System (NADSS)

Development of the 2018 Budget Proposal

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Donor Coordination and Management of Official Development Assistance

a. United Nations Development System (UNDS)/UNDAF III: In alignment with UN Global

iv. EIB €150m support for investment in fertiliser production

vi. EU Support to Strengthening Resilience in Northern Nigeria in the sum of €42m

c. USAID-Supported Programmes: As part of the Development Objectives Assistance

e. German International Cooperation (GIZ): A total funding commitment of €47.6million

g. Japan Activities in Nigeria via Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA):

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• Water Sector Project for Non-Revenue Water in FCT Abuja (2014-2018)

• Agriculture Rice Project in Nasarawa