Nigeria – non-financial

he 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.

8.6 CHALLENGES
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“l. Lack of effective, transparent, sustainable grievance mechanisms for businesses to address conflicts with communities including documenting and reporting of activities of settlement
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t. Lack of a realistic, implementable business and human rights reporting mechanism for businesses to report on their business and human rights situation.” (p.154-155)

PILLAR 1 – STATE DUTY TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIONABLE ITEMS
A. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS (NWGBHR)
“The Working Group will have the following responsibilities, among others;
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iii. Design and agree on a format for reporting human rights and business by stakeholders.
iv. Review the reports periodically and provide technical support for stakeholders in their area of need.” (p.157)

PILLAR 1 – STATE DUTY TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIONABLE ITEMS
B. LEGLISLATION AND POLICIES
“Government shall improve human rights protection in business through legislation, policy initiatives, programmes and seminars interventions in the following ways:
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c. Mandate businesses to communicate how they address human rights impact of their operations.” (p. 157)

M. CAPACITY BUILDING
“The following capacity building needs have been identified:
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b. Training business operators to be able to develop a coherent, robust and implementable human rights policy; establish, maintain and monitor their grievance mechanisms. Also, build their capacity on monitoring and reporting compliance with the UNGPs.” (p.160)

PILLAR 2 – CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIONABLE ITEMS
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.”

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.162-163)