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Nigeria

Asset Recovery Legislation (NG0008)

Overview

At-a-Glance

Action Plan: Nigeria National Action Plan 2017-2019

Action Plan Cycle: 2017

Status: Active

Institutions

Lead Institution: Ministry of Justice

Support Institution(s): National Assembly, The Presidency, Anti-Corruption Agencies, National Security Adviser, Law Enforcement Agencies, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Central Bank. Public What You Pay, African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development, Digital Forensics, PGL, African Network for Economic and Environmental Justice, Society for Forensic Accounting and Fraud Prevention

Policy Areas

Capacity Building, Fiscal Transparency, Legislation & Regulation

IRM Review

IRM Report: Pending IRM Review

Starred: Pending IRM Review

Early Results: Pending IRM Review

Design i

Verifiable: Pending IRM Review

Relevant to OGP Values: Not Relevant

Potential Impact: Pending IRM Review

Implementation i

Completion: Pending IRM Review

Description

This commitment is to strengthen Nigerian laws with regards to asset recovery especially non-conviction based confiscation powers and unexplained wealth orders; and ensure proper management of assets and proceeds

Nigeria's Commitments

  1. Citizen Participation in Budget Cycle

    NG0001, 2017, Audits and Controls

  2. Open Contracting

    NG0002, 2017, Capacity Building

  3. Extractive Sector Transparency

    NG0003, 2017, Beneficial Ownership

  4. Tax Reporting Standards

    NG0004, 2017, Fiscal Transparency

  5. World Bank Doing Business Index

    NG0005, 2017, Infrastructure & Transport

  6. Beneficial Ownership Register

    NG0006, 2017, Beneficial Ownership

  7. Anti-Corruption Informationi Sharing

    NG0007, 2017, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  8. Asset Recovery Legislation

    NG0008, 2017, Capacity Building

  9. Anti-Corruption Activity Coordination

    NG0009, 2017, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  10. FOIA Compliance for Annual Reporting

    NG0010, 2017, Capacity Building

  11. FOIA Compliance for Disclosure

    NG0011, 2017, E-Government

  12. Permanent Dialogue Mechanism

    NG0012, 2017, Fiscal Transparency

  13. Joint Governmnet-Civil Society Legislation Review

    NG0013, 2017, OGP

  14. Technology-Based Citizens' Feedback

    NG0014, 2017, E-Government