Records last updated: 08 November 2023
Contact person: Favour Ime
Current ongoing work
We have been supporting Nigeria with establishing a public beneficial ownership register that publishes data in line with our Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS). Our efforts are also focused on advancing data-use through data-use projects and initiatives.
Committed to one or more
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Live registerFollowing the launch of one or more beneficial ownership registers, a country is labelled as Live register.
Data is drawn from publicly-available sources and may not be comprehensive for all countries. If data is incorrect, please let us know.
Implementation details
Nigeria EITI Register
- Name
- Nigeria EITI Register
- Central register implemented
- Yes
- Public access
- Yes
- Scope
- Sectoral: Extractives
- Register launched
- 2019
Federal Republic of Nigeria Persons with Significant Control Register
- Name
- Federal Republic of Nigeria Persons with Significant Control Register
- Central register implemented
- Yes
- Public access
- Yes
- Scope
- Full-economy
- Register launched
- 2022
- Threshold used to determine beneficial ownership
- 5%
- Structured data publicly available
- Yes
- Published as BODS
- Planned
- Available via API
- Yes
Federal Republic of Nigeria Persons with Significant Control Register
- Name
- Federal Republic of Nigeria Persons with Significant Control Register
- Central register implemented
- Yes
- Public access
- Yes
- Scope
- Full-economy
- Register launched
- 2022
- Threshold used to determine beneficial ownership
- 5%
- Structured data publicly available
- Yes
- Published as BODS
- Planned
- Available via API
- Yes
Commitment details
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- Nigeria has made a commitment to beneficial ownership transparency as part of accessing funds through the IMF Rapid Financing Instrument. [21 April 2020] link to commitment
- As an Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) member, Nigeria has committed to beneficial ownership transparency for the extractives sector. [25 February 2016]
- At the 2016 UK Anti-Corruption Summit, Nigeria made a commitment to beneficial ownership disclosure. [12 May 2016] link to commitment
- Nigeria has made a commitment to beneficial ownership transparency as part of the Beneficial Ownership Leadership Group. [26 July 2022] link to commitment
- Nigeria included a commitment to create a public beneficial ownership register and publish data in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard as part of its 2019-2022 Open Government Partnership National Action Plan [20 January 2020] link to commitment
