• Analysis Report on a Bill for an Act to Establish a Council for the Regulation of Legislative Counsel and Other Legislative Practitioners, to improve the quality of Bills, Motions and other legislative documents presented to the legislature for legislative actions; and for Related Matters Bill No: HB.61 

  Sada, Maryam Musa (NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2024-09)

  Good legislative drafting is crucial for ensuring that laws are clear, precise, and effective. It minimizes ambiguity, prevent misinterpretations and legal disputes, thus fostering legal certainty and stability. Well-drafted ...

• Enforcing Immediate Reimbursement for Delayed and Cancelled Flights: Need for Legislative Intervention 

  Omoju, Oluwasola (NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2024-04)

  Summary • Flight delays and cancellations are common occurrences in Nigeria, as about 55% of domestic flights are either delayed or cancelled. • Flight delays and cancellations subject air passengers to untold hardships ...

• Analysis Report of a Bill for An Act to Establish the Federal University of Technology, Maijujuas to make Comprehensive Provisions for the Management and Administration of the University; and for Related Matters 

  Ezechi, Ibe; Murtala, Muhammad (NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2025-01)

  Education is universally recognized as a critical driver of development and prosperity in any country, and Nigeria is no different. Globe the sector plays a vital role in making available the required balance in the form ...

• CPI Rebasing: Finding Plausible Reasons for Decrease in Inflation from 34.8% to 24.5% 

  Osigwe, Augustine; Muhammad, Murtala Adam (NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2024-02)

  Price level is a crucial macroeconomic variable that significantly influences household, firm, and government objectives. Monitoring the movement of prices within the economy is essential for effective fiscal and ...

• Rebasing Macroeconomic Variables: Of What Essence? 

  Osigwe, Augustine; Ezechi, Ibe; Sada, Maryam Musa; Muhammad, Murtala Adam (NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2025-02)

  This issue brief considered the essence of rebasing some macroeconomic variables to examine the rationale for such exercise. The brief simply defines rebasing as replacing an outdated base year with a more recent one to ...

• The proposed 2024 Tax reform bill and the Rising Economic Pressures on the Survival of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria: A Need for Legislative intervention 

  Ibrahim, Yusuf (NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2024-11)

  The current proposed 2024 tax bill has planned on raising the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 7.5% to 10% in 2025. This increase is projected to adversely affect the growth and performance of an already weak Small and Medium ...

• Insecurity and Anambra State Gubernatorial Election: Areas for Legislative Intervention 

  Ezenwajiobi, Chidinma Charity; Sada, Maryam Musa (NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2025-01)

  Violence in Anambra state has significantly increased in recent years, threatening the state's democratic process through kidnappings, armed robberies, and politically motivated attacks. The governorship election of Anambra ...

• Challenges of Informal Sector in Post Fuel Subsidy Removal in Nigeria 

  Okungbowa, Osaretin G.; Mustapha, Rafiu A. (NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2023-08)

  The recent removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government has an adverse impact on the livelihoods of the informal sector in Nigeria. According to the World Bank, 80.4% of Nigerians are employed in the informal ...

• Nigeria as a Partner Country to BRICS: The Prospects, Challenges and Areas for Legislative Interventions 

  Mustapha, Rafiu A. (NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2024-02)

  BRICS is a global political and economic bloc, formed to foster economic cooperation and growth among developing nations. In various respects, Nigeria is highly qualified to have been invited as an originating member ...

• Aligning the Regulatory Framework for Assessing the Quality of Petroleum Products in Nigeria 

  Omoju, Oluwasola (NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2024-09)

  The proliferation of substandard locally made and imported products is one of the contemporary challenges bedevilling the country. Specifically, low quality petroleum products have economic and non-economic (social, ...

• Moving the Nigeria’s economy from a mono stance towards a robustly diversified type – Lessons from Brazil and China Experiences? 

  Osigwe, Augustine (NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2024-02)

  The need to diversify the Nigerian economy has now become more urgent than ever before. Against this backdrop, this brief examines Nigeria diversification drive with a view to drawing lessons from Brazil and China Experiences. ...

• Inefficiencies in PMS Transportation: The Urgent Need for Downstream Pipeline Infrastructure Overhaul 

  Sada, Maryam Musa; Ezenwajiobi, Chidinma Charity (NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2025-02)

  The ongoing dependence on road transport for PMS distribution has resulted in inefficiencies, such as frequent fuel shortages, wastage of resources, loss of lives, and elevated transportation costs. To mitigate these ...

• Inclusion of “Illegal Activities” in the Re-basing of Nigeria’s GDP: Issues for Consideration 

  Omoju, Oluwasola (NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2025-02)

  • The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is re-basing the GDP to reflect current economic realities. The GDP was last rebased in 2014 using 2010 as the base year. • In addition to including new areas like digital economy, ...

• Alternative Source of Revenue and Need to Develop Chemical Industry/Sector: Issue for Legislative Attention 

  Ezechi, Ibe (NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2024-03)

  Globally, chemical industry has been playing crucial role that have revolutionized many important aspects of human well-being. Likewise, the development of chemical industry has had a significant economic impact, not ...

• Insecurity and Food Security in Nigeria: Areas for Legislative Intervention 

  Sada, Maryam Musa; Ezenwajiobi, Chidinma Charity (NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2024-03)

  The intersection of insecurity, food scarcity, and food inflation in Nigeria presents a complex and challenging scenario that significantly impacts the country's agricultural sector and overall food security. In recent ...

• Derivation-Based Model for VAT Distribution: Issues for Legislative Consideration 

  Omoju, Oluwasola (NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2024-11)

  The current administration has made efforts to improve the tax system to enhance the efficiency of tax collection and bolster economic competitiveness. In this context, it has presented four executive Bills to the National ...

• Daytime Movement of Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Rate of Road Accidents in Nigeria: Areas for Legislative Intervention 

  Ezenwajiobi, Chidinma Charity (NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2024-11)

  The rising rate of road transport accidents in Nigeria has been a major concern in the country. According to a 2024 data released by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on road traffic accident, there were 10,130 total ...

• Insecurity and Anambra State Gubernatorial Election: Areas for Legislative Intervention 

  Ezenwajiobi, Chidinma Charity; Sada, Maryam Musa (NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2025-01)

  Violence in Anambra state has significantly increased in recent years, threatening the state's democratic process through kidnappings, armed robberies, and politically motivated attacks. The governorship election of Anambra ...

• The proposed 2024 Tax reform bill and the Rising Economic Pressures on the Survival of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria: A Need for Legislative intervention 

  Ibrahim, Yusuf (NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2024-11)

  The current proposed 2024 tax bill has planned on raising the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 7.5% to 10% in 2025. This increase is projected to adversely affect the growth and performance of an already weak Small and Medium ...

• The Central Bank of Nigeria Forex Sales to Bureau de Change (BDC) Operators and the Depreciation of the Naira: Areas for Legislative Interventions 

  Ezenwajiobi, Chidinma Charity (NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2024-03)

  In a renewed effort to address the naira's free fall, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched a number of noteworthy initiatives, such as investigating and clearing the backlog in foreign exchange, restricting the ...

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