Nigeria
Ratification
CBD – November 1994
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – October 2003
Nagoya Protocol on benefit sharing – September 2022
Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress – September 2022
Legal Status
National Biosafety Management Agency Act, 2015
National Biosafety Management Agency (Amendment) Act, 2019
Competent Authority
National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA)
National Focal Point
National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA)
Biosafety Regulations/Guidelines
Nigeria National Biosafety Regulations 2017
Nigeria Biosafety Guidelines
Participating Institutions/Agencies
Regulatory Review and Approval Processes
Research Permit
Open Release Permit
CFTs approvals
- Nitrogen Use Efficient, Water Use Efficient and Salt Tolerant (NEWEST) Rice
- African Bio-fortified Sorghum (ABS)
- Pest Resistant Maize
- Herbicide-tolerant soybeans
- Disease Resistant Cassava
Environmental Approvals
- Insect resistance cowpea
- Insect resistance maize
- Insect resistance cotton
- Drought-tolerant wheat
- Herbicide tolerance soybean
