Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Acts, 2023
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- Nigeria
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Provision text
Official source(3) A body shall be set up by an Act of the National Assembly, which
shall have power-
(a) to review, from time to time, the ownership and control
of business enterprises operating in Nigeria and make
recommendations to the President on same; and
(b) to administer any law for the regulation of the ownership and
control of such enterprises.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section -
(a) the reference to the “major sectors of the economy” shall
be construed as a reference to such economic activities as may,
from time to time, be declared by a resolution of each House of
the National Assembly to be managed and operated exclusively
by the Government of the Federation; and until a resolution
to the contrary is made by the National Assembly, economic
activities being operated exclusively by the Government of the
Federation on the date immediately preceding the day when
this section comes into force, whether directly or through the
agencies of a statutory or other corporation or company, shall be
deemed to be major sectors of the economy;
(b) “economic activities” includes activities directly concerned
with the production, distribution and exchange of wealth or of
goods and services; and
(c) “participate” includes the rendering of services and supplying
of goods.
16A. Food security
[Section 16A is
(1) The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring that – inserted by the
(a) strategies that guarantee food security of the nation Constitution of the
regarding availability, accessibility, and affordability of food to Federal Republic of
Nigeria, 1999 ((Fifth
the citizens are initiated, undertaken, and implemented;
Alteration) (No. 34)
Act, 2023]
(b) the means of production, conservation and distribution of
food are upgraded and improved upon on a continuous basis;
and
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