In the implementation of Commitment 13 of the OGP Nigeria National Action Plan with the main objective of ensuring the existence of adequate legal framework to engender transparency and accountability in the governance process, the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) in collaboration with the Open Government Partnership secretariat and the Federal Ministry of Justice actively engaged in the course of the previous year to date in the delivery of this major commitment.

The main Report, commissioned by Centre LSD, which preceded this present edition contained extensive review work on the state of policies and legislation to combat the menace of corruption in Nigeria and comparative analysis of the anti-corruption laws and policies of other jurisdictions within and outside Africa. The earlier report set the tone for the tracking of progress and developments in the laws and policies necessary to deliver on this key OGP Commitment.

The main objectives of this edition of the ‘Law and Policies: Processes and Procedures for Open Government Partnership in Nigeria’ are essentially to-

• furnish updates and milestones on amendments of laws and policies on anti-corruption in Nigeria;
• report on progress made in the implementation of the Open Government Partnership initiative, especially from the Executive and Legislative arms of the Government at the Federal level; and
• provide updates on progress made on the recommendations of the earlier edition of this Report which contained extensive review work on the anti-corruption laws and policies to support the Open Government Partnership arrangement in Nigeria and comparative analysis of anti corruption laws, policies and strategies from other climes with appropriate recommendations.

Based on earlier detailed review of the proposed legislation to combat corruption currently before the National Assembly, the scope of work under this present review exercise requires the carrying out of a critical analysis about the progress recorded so far in the passage of these anti-corruption Bills.