A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Rapid Build Up of Industrial Capacity in Nigeria and to Promote Competitiveness of Nigeria's Manufactured Goods and Products; and for Related Matters

Abstract

This Bill seeks to establish a legal and institutional framework for the implementation of the Industrial Revolution Plan and the National Enterprise Development Programme of the Federal Government to provide for their implementation, continuity and sustainability. It seeks to ensure ownership of the processes, plans activities of the Industrial Plan and the Programme by relevant Ministries, Department and agencies of Government for the overall realization and delivery of the Industrial Plan and the Programmes. The Bill involves participation by States of the Federation in the Industrial Plan and the Programme and has taken due cognizance of the concurrent nature of the responsibility for industrialization between the Federal and State Governments under the 1999 Constitution (as altered). The Bill also offers assistance to States of the Federation to encourage them adopt similar legislation in carrying out the Industrial Plan and the Programme in States of the Federation.