Civic Notes

What it is

A public collection of Nigerian Acts. Each Act is transcribed in full, broken into provisions, and explained in plain English beside the Act's own words. Every explanation links to the section it comes from, and says who the Act affects and what it asks of them.

The problem

The law is written for lawyers. A shop owner, a voter or a startup founder who wants to know what an Act means for them has to read statute text or trust a summary, and has no way to tell whether the summary is right.

Who it is for

Citizens, small businesses, startups, employees and employers, and anyone who needs to check a claim about the law against its source.

How we are going about it

• Transcribe the whole Act and keep it, so the source is always one click away.
• Explain each provision next to the original words, never instead of them.
• Link every claim to the section it rests on.
• Label every explanation as a draft until it has been reviewed against the Act.
• Say who an Act affects, and what it asks of them.