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Nigeria

Federative (36 states, 1 federal capital territory)
Political Groups
G77
Global Climate Risk Index
70
Targets
World Bank Income Group
Lower middle income
Share of Global Emissions
0.71%

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2024UNFCCC
Nigeria's Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategy - 2060

Nigeria's long-term low-emission development strategy - 2060

2023UNFCCC
Technical analysis of the second biennial update report of Nigeria submitted on 27 September 2021. Summary report by the team of technical experts

Technical analysis of the second biennial update report of Nigeria submitted on 27 September 2021. Summary report by the team of technical experts, Technical Analysis Summary Report from UNFCCC Secretariat in 2023

2023Policy
Agenda 2050

The 2050 Agenda is the long-term plan for the economic transformation of Nigeria to meet the challenges of development, including climate change.

Legislative Process

Nigeria features a bicameral legislature (the National Assembly), modelled after the political system of the United States. The National Assembly is divided into an upper house (Senate) and a lower house (House of Representatives). The Senate has 109 members, three from each state and one from the capital region of Abuja. Every four years, senators are elected in a popular vote. The House of Representatives has 360 members who are elected for a four-year term, using a simple majority (first-past-the-post) system.

The last general elections (house, senate, and presidential elections) took place in March 2015. The next general elections will be held in 2019.

Proposed laws are called bills and can be introduced either to the Senate or the House. After its introduction in the legislative process, a bill is reviewed by a relevant committee, then referred to the National Assembly. In a sequence of three readings, the bill is discussed and modifications can be made. A bill is passed by a simple majority of the upper and lower house, which vote independently from one another. In order to formally complete the legislative process, acts have to be signed by the President (Presidential Assent).