NATIONAL
ARCHIVES DECREE 1992
Decree No. 30
[8th July, 1992]
THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT hereby
decrees as follows:
PART
I - ESTABLISHMENT OFTHE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF NIGERIA,
ETC
1. Establishment
and general functions of the National Archives of Nigeria
2. Appointment and functions
of the Director, etc.
 Establishment
of the National Archives of Nigeria
1.- (1 )There is hereby
established a Federal Department to be called the National
Archives of Nigeria (in this Decree referred to as "the
National Archives") which shall be entrusted with
the permanent custody, care and control of all archives
of the Federal Government and of such other archives or
historical records as may be required, from time to time,
pursuant to this Decree.
(2)The National Archives
shall have such number of branches as the Minister may,
from time to time determine.
Appointment
and Functions of the Director, etc
2.- (1) There shall be
a Director of the NationalArchives who shall be appointed
in accordance with provisions of the law for the time
being in force relating to the appointment of officers
in the civil service of the Federation.
(2) The Director, under
the direction of the Minister, shall have the general
function of organizing and managing the National Archives
and the services provide in pursuance of this
Decree and shall, in particular –
(a) give advice on all
matters relating to records and archives to all public
and State offices, business houses, companies, private
bodies and individual who may request his advice;
(b) carry out the appraisal
and selection of records for permanent preservation and
their arrangement, classification, listing and provide
means of reference to the archives in the
NationalArchives;
(c) prepare and publish,
with the assistance and advice of the Council established
under section 47 of this Decree, periodical publications,
historical and archival monographs,
catalogues and guides, publications of historical sources
of national interest (including works resulting from archival,
historical and general research by the officers of the
National Archives);
(d) select and microfilm
all archives essential to the Continuity of the Federal
Government;
(e) make arrangements
for the housing of films, other records and archives which
require to be kept under special conditions;
(f) cause archives to
be repaired and bound or otherwise dealt with as necessary
for their better preservation;
(g) promote the advancement
of historical and cultural knowledge and the knowledge
of the contents of Nigerian archives by –
(i) establishing and maintaining
a research library which may be made accessible to such
leading archival institutions and persons as he may think
fit and upon such terms and conditions as he may consider
necessary;
(ii) organizing seminars,
visits, exhibitions, lectures, in-service training, courses,
meetings and conferences;
(h) conduct research into
the archives on behalf of public and state offices, business
houses, companies, private bodies and individuals, subject
to the payment of appropriate fees;
(i) reproduce and duplicate
records and archives;
(j) lend archives in the
National Archives, with the approval of the Minister,
for display at commemorative exhibitions or for other
special purposes;
(k) establish or assist
in the establishment of local training centres in records
and archives management and ancillary fields;
(l) establish, with the
approval of the Minister relationship with foreign or
international organizations on all matters relating to
records and archives; and
(m) perform such other
functions as are prescribed by this Decree
(3) The staff of the National
Archives shall consist of such other officers and employees
as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions
of the law for the time being in force relating to the
appointment of officers in the civil service of the Federation.
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