Nigeria – corporate

The Nigeria NAP provides a list of existing constitutional obligations, domestic legislation, internation obligations, and police and administrative steps. This breakdown only looks at the list of challenges and the implementation of the 3 pillars of the UNGPs.

PILLAR 2 – CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIONABLE ITEMS
A. POLICY
“Every company will have a clear, simple and understandable human rights policy within their value chain that reflects their commitment to promote human rights in their operations. This policy shall guide all operations of the business and should be conspicuously displayed either on the website, gate or reception area of the company.

In the Policy, the rights of staff should be made clear as it relates to respect for human rights. Staff should also be trained on various aspects of human rights especially as it pertains to company operations. It is expected that the policy will clearly allocate roles and responsibilities and state the department(s) in the company that has responsibility for human right issues. This will be applicable to all companies in relation to size, scope of operations and type of business.” (p.162)

C. REPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLIANCE
“Business operating in Nigeria will be obligated to report on their human rights compliance, annually. The National Working Group on Business and Human Rights will work closely with various regulatory agencies to incorporate human rights reporting and monitoring template in their regulatory framework. Appropriate sector specific template and checklist will be developed for this with input from relevant stakeholders in respective sectors.” (p.162)

E. GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS
“Businesses are obligated to have an Operational Level Grievance Mechanism. A system shall be put in place for the monitoring and reporting of the activities of the grievance mechanism. This will be established in line with the Eight Effectiveness Criteria of the UNGP and in consultation with the target group. A system shall also be put in place for the monitoring and reporting of the activities of the grievance mechanism to identify issues and areas that require administrative, policy or legislative intervention.” (p.163)

F. COMMUNITY RELATIONS
“Business must have a Community Relations Guidelines. This will be developed in conjunction with the community stakeholders. The Community Relations Guidelines shall draw from the report of the Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) and Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA). The company is also expected to conduct Peace and Conflict Assessment (PCAI) as part of their entry strategy. They extent of these assessments will depend on the kind of business the company is involved in. The Community Relations Guidelines shall provide for such things as employment, community development, contracts, scholarships etc. to ensure inclusiveness, gender consideration and board representation of all interest shall be taken into account.” (p.163)