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last updated: 22 Nov 2025
Amendment
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General Information
Nigeria
NATIONAL BIOSAFETY GUIDELINES ON GENE EDITING
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Legislative details
Guidelines
National / Federal
The guidelines establish a regulatory framework for gene editing in plants, animals, and microorganisms. 

EN
30 Dec 2020
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Relationship with other laws/regulations
  • BCH-LAW-NG-194-4 Biosafety Law, Regulation, Guidelines and Agreements Nigeria Biosafety Guidelines
    Capacity-Building, Competent National Authorities and National Focal Points, Confidential Information, Contained use, Handling, transport, packaging and identification, Human and/or Animal Health, Illegal transboundary movements, Information Sharing, Intentional introduction into the environment (AIA), LMOs for direct use as feed, LMOs for direct use as food, LMOs for processing, Pharmaceuticals, Public awareness and participation, Risk assessment and management, Simplified Procedure, Socio-economic considerations, Transboundary movement (import/export), Transit, Unintentional transboundary movements and emergency measures
 Unified relationship to Nigeria’s broader biosafety guidelines
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