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Executive Order no. 3 of 2023 on the Adoption of a Framework for Responsible Investment in Land-Intensive Agriculture (FRILIA).

Country
Type of law
Regulation
Source

Abstract
This Executive Order aims at ensuring the achievement of the government's goal to create an enabling, responsible, and inclusive business operating environment for large-scale agribusiness investments in Nasarawa State. The Order concerns: purpose of FRILIA; adoption of FRILIA principles, including: minimising land acquisition, recognising and protecting land rights, ensuring transparent and fair State land acquisition, ensuring the application of compensation standards, ensuring environmental and social sustainability against environmental damage, improving assessments of potential positive and negative impacts on tenure rights, food security, livelihood, environment, physical cultural property, promoting non-discrimination and equal opportunity of workers. Further matters covered by this Order include: establishment, powers and functions of the FRILIA committees; establishment of a grievance redress mechanism; adoption of FRILIA guidelines.
Date of text
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No