NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND GEO-SCIENCES, JOS (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT 2018

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–NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND GEOSCIENCES, JOS (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT, 2018

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

This Act establishes the Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos to serve as an institute to provide courses of Instruction, training and research in the exploration and exploitation of minerals for national development.

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I—ESTABLISHMENT OF NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND GEOSCIENCE, JOS

1. Establishment of Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos.

PART II—FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE BOARD

2. functions of the Institute.

PART III—STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE

3. Powers of the Institute.
4. Establishment of Governing Board of the Institute.
5. Tenure of office of members of the Board.
6. Remuneration of members of the Board.
7. Removal from office of a member of the Board.
8. Functions of the Board.
9. Establishment of committees.
10. Appointment of management staff of the Institute.

11. Appointment of the Director-General of the Institute.
12. Qualifications of Directors and Legal Adviser.
13. Appointment of other staff of the Institute.
14. Conditions of Service of staff of the Institute.
15. Removal from the office of the Director-General and membership of the Board.
16. Discipline of senior staff.
17. Discipline of junior staff.
18. Service in the Institute to be pensionable.

PART IV—ACADEMIC BOARD OF THE INSTITUTE

19. Establishment of the Academic Board of the Institute.
20. Functions of the Academic Board.
21. Academic Departments of the Institute.
22. Candidates for examination.
23. Award of Diplomas and Certificates.

PART V—FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

24. Fund of the Institute.
25. Expenditure of the Institute.
26. Power to accept gifts.
27. Power to borrow.
28. Annual estimates, accounts and audit.
29. Annual report.

PART VI—DISCOVERIES, INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS BY THE INSTITUTE

30. Discoveries, inventions and innovations by the Institute.

PART VII-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

31. Office and premises.
32. Procedure in respect of suit against the Institute.
33. Savings.
34. Interpretation.
35. Citation.

Schedule.

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NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND GEOSCIENCES, JOS (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT, 2018

An Act to establish the Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos to provide courses of instruction, training and research in the exploration and exploitation of minerals for national development; and for related matters.

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Commencement              [06^TH NOVEMBER, 2018]

ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria—

PART I.—ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND GEOSCIENCES, JOS

Establishment of Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos

1. (1) There is established the Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos (in this Act referred to as “the Institute”).

(2)     The Institute—

(a)     is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal; and

(b)     may sue or be sued in its corporate name.

Functions of the Institute.

2. The Institute shall—

(a)     provide courses of instruction, training and research in geosciences and mining and produce technicians and such skilled personnel normally required for the mining and related industries;

(b)     provide for both the public and private sectors alike, laboratory services for rock and mineral identification, sampling and mineral beneficiation, mineral and metallurgical analysis;

(c)     sponsor educational programmes pertaining to geosciences, mining, processing technologies, production techniques, mining and geosciences management, safety and other mining related issues;

(d)     disseminate to the public and industries any result of the research or studies in developments pertaining to mining, processing and geosciences;

(e)     offer consultancy and technical services in geosciences, mineral processing and mining to public and private establishments engaged in mining and related industries;

(f)      conduct research in mining, quarrying and related industries;

(g)     collaborate with other similar institutions within and outside Nigeria for the realisation of its mandate;

(h)     conduct and participate in conferences, symposia, seminars, lectures, training courses and similar study arrangements that may enhance the activities of the Institute;

(i)      provide skilled training for the artisanal and small scale mining operators; and

(j)      carry out any other activity for the realisation of its mandate under this Act.

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