Current Law Notes
Evidence · Last verified: 27 September 2026
These are dated legal notes from the approved source pack. A legal duty, a bill in progress and proof that a duty is being carried out are three different things.
CURRENT LAW
Basic Education
Last verified: 27 September 2026
Nigeria already has a law for free, compulsory primary and junior-secondary education. Under the current UBE framework, a child moves from primary to junior secondary school automatically. Green White Go proposes more than this. Its five-year Junior Basic stage near home, five-year Senior Basic stage in every Ward, five-year Secondary stage, Human Capital Launch Loan and Civic Grid service guarantees are proposals that go beyond what the law now requires.
Sources https://ubec.gov.ng/about-us/
CURRENT LAW
Basic Health Care Provision Fund
Last verified: 27 September 2026
The National Health Act and the BHCPF framework set a legal minimum for health funding today. The project's evidence confirmed that this minimum is at least one per cent of the Federal Government's Consolidated Revenue Fund. A proposal to raise it to two per cent was still described in September 2026 as an amendment bill. These are separate questions: how much the law says should be set aside, whether it is released, whether it is received, whether it is spent, whether patients can get care, and what Green White Go's wider guarantee would cost.
Sources https://www.nhia.gov.ng/basic-health-care-provision-fund/ https://naltf.gov.ng/senator-ipalibo-banigo-named-health-champion-2026-urges-greater-financial-commitment-to-healthcare/
CURRENT LAW
Freedom of Information
Last verified: 27 September 2026
The normal Freedom of Information rule is this: a public body must give you the information, or give a reason for refusing, within seven days. The law allows extensions and exemptions. It allows the information to be split so the exempt part is removed. And a court can review the refusal. The project also confirmed the Supreme Court's decision of 11 April 2025 in Osakwe & 8 Others v EDOSACA. It applied the federal public-records law to State public records.
Sources https://ncdmb.gov.ng/FOIPolicy.pdf https://foicounsel.com/supreme-court-judgment/
CURRENT LAW
Local Government Autonomy
Last verified: 27 September 2026
On 11 July 2024, the Supreme Court gave judgment in AG Federation v AG Abia & 35 Others. The operative orders support paying Federation Account money directly to democratically elected councils. They reject replacing elected councils with caretaker or administrator bodies. The judgment does not prove that this is fully carried out across Nigeria. It also does not create Green White Go's wider plan for Local Government.
CURRENT LEGAL STAGE
State Police Constitutional Alteration
Last verified: 27 September 2026
The National Assembly reported that it sent the State Police bill to all 36 State Houses of Assembly on 16 September 2026, for the ratification stage. Do not describe it as already part of the Constitution. This live reform is separate from Green White Go's destination proposal. That proposal has Community and Federal Police only.
In this collection
Basic Education Basic Health Care Provision Fund Freedom of Information Local Government Autonomy State Police Constitutional Alteration
Each note keeps the date it was checked. These notes are not live updates on legal status.