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PROCEDURE FOR ACQUIRING AN EXPLORATION LICENSE The first step towards securing the authority to mine in an area already identified is to apply for an Exploration License (EL). The EL authorizes the holder to gain access into the land in which the mineral of interest occurs in order to carry out exploration activities aimed at determining the quantity and quality ...

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THE FEDERAL HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NIGERIA – PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP The Public-Private and Public-Public Partnership Programmes of the Authority will support small, medium and large scale estate development proposals which adopt integrated approach for sustainable housing delivery. Key objectives of the programmes include: Establish viable and sustainable Partnerships between the Authority and Private/Public investors/developers in the delivery of decent housing ...

CONSOLIDATION/REFORMS OF THE MORTGAGE BANKING SECTOR IN NIGERIA By: Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN)   By April 30, 2013, the Primary Mortgage Banks are expected to be fully recapitalised according to the new CBN Revised Guidelines for Primary Mortgage Banks in Nigeria that had categorised Mortgage Banks into National and State Authorisation Licences. The National PMBs must have Paid-Up ...

Investment Incentives -3-5 years Tax Holiday -Deferred royalty payments. -Possible capitalization of expenditure on exploration and surveys -Extension of infrastructure such as roads and electricity to mining sites, and provision of 100% foreign ownership of mining concerns HOW TO OBTAIN A MINING LEASE IN NIGERIA There are two options available to a company or an individual to enter into mining ...

 Nigeria is set to make history in its housing finance with the recent reforms in the Mortgage Banking Subsector and the entire Housing Finance landscape as a whole. With a fast growing economy and a rapidly proliferating and urbanizing population, a revamp of the inefficient housing and Housing Finance System has long been overdue. With a well functioning Housing Finance ...

Investment Opportunities in the Telecommunication Sector Investment Incentives in the Telecommunication Sector Nigeria was among the early countries to initiate a reform programme in the telecommunications sector. The first such action was the establishment of Nitel following the merger of Nigeria External Telecommunications Company and the telecommunications component within the Department of Posts and Telecommunications in 1985. The government intended ...

LOCAL SOURCING OF RAW MATERIALS Nigeria is richly endowed with a variety of solid minerals of various categories ranging from precious metals to various stones and also industrial minerals such as barytes , gypsum, kaolin and marble. Much of these are yet to be exploited. Statistically, the level of exploitation of these minerals is very low in relation to the ...

Privatization & Privatization Policy The Federal and State governments had in the past endeavoured to play an active catalytic role in the economy by initiating and acting as sizeable stakeholders in a number of core industries. The 1997 Budget announced that all laws that inhibit competition in certain sectors of the Nigerian economy would be repealed. Accordingly, with effect from ...