NATIONAL AGENCY FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE ACT

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NATIONAL AGENCY FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE ACT

CHAPTER N3 LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, L.F.N. 2004

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I – Establishment of the Agency, etc.

1.     Establishment of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure.

2.     Establishment of the Board of the Agency.

3.     Tenure of office of members of the Board.

4.     Remuneration of members of the Board.

5.     Removal from office of members of the Board.

PART II – Functions

6.     Functions of the Agency.

7.     Functions of the Board.

8.     Powers of the Board.

PART III – Structure of the Agency, etc.

9.     Structure of the Agency.

10.    Establishment of technical advisory committees.

PART IV – Establishment of science and engineering infrastructure institutions 

11.    Establishment of institutions.

PART V – Staff of the Agency

12.    Appointment of principal officers of the Agency.

13.    Secretary to the Agency.

14.    Co-ordinating directors.

15.    Appointment of directors and other members of staff of the Agency.

16.    Remuneration of employees of the Agency.

17.    Staff regulations, etc.

18.    Removal and discipline of senior and junior staff.

19.    Application of the Pensions Act.

PART VI – Financial provisions

20.    Fund of the Agency.

21.    Expenditure of the Agency.

22.    Exemption from income tax.

23.    Capital production income.

24.    Disposal of surplus funds.

25.    Annual estimates.

26.    Accounts and audit.

27.    Annual report.

PART VII – Miscellaneous

28.    Offices and premises.

29.    Power to borrow money.

30.    Power to accept gifts.

31.    Power to give directives.

32.    Legal proceedings.

33.    Repeals and transitional provisions.

34.    Transfer of certain property, etc., to the Agency.

35.    Power to make regulations.

36.    Interpretation.

37.    Short title.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE — Supplementary provisions relating to the Board, etc.

SECOND SCHEDULE — Provisions to be applied to institutions established under this Act

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AGENCY FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE ACT       

An Act to provide for the establishment of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure and for matters connected therewith.

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[Commencement.) [1st January, 1992]     

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PART I- Establishment of the Agency, etc.

1.      Establishment of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure

(1)    There is hereby established an agency to be known as the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (in this Act referred to as “the Agency”).

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