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Scientific and Industrial Research Act

Country/Territory
Nigeria
Document type
Legislation
Date
1959
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the establishment of scientific and industrial research institutes and to make provision generally for the conduct of scientific and industrial research.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Agricultural development Crops/grasses Effluent waste water/discharge Farming Research Pastoralism
Geographical area
Africa, North Atlantic, Western Africa
Abstract

This Act empowers the President to establish scientific and industrial research institutes, with the approval of the National Assembly. The Act also provides for the incorporation of a board to control these institutes, and amongst other things, prepare the programme of research for which that institute is responsible for. The board also has powers to acquire land and in some cases, compulsorily acquire land which is necessary for the discharge of its mandate.

Full text
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