Enforcing Contracts - Nigeria

This topic looks at the efficiency of contract enforcement by following the evolution of a sale of goods dispute and tracking the time, cost and number of procedures involved from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.

The information appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business subnational project in Nigeria, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small to medium-sized domestic business in cities and regions.

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Economy ▲	The time to resolve a dispute, counted from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit in court until payment. This includes both the days when actions take place and the waiting periods between. More informationTime (days)	The cost in court fees and attorney fees, where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common, expressed as a percentage of the debt value. More informationCost (% of claim)	The average number of procedures to enforce a contract. The list of procedural steps compiled for each economy traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court. More informationProcedures (number)
Abia	464	47.6	40
Adamawa	729	40.5	40
Akwa Ibom	428	46.8	40
Anambra	600	42.6	40
Bauchi	455	27.4	40
Bayelsa	393	36.7	40
Benue	606	39.7	40
Borno	371	26.2	40
Cross River	835	52.8	40
Delta	492	37.1	40
Ebonyi	545	46.3	40
Edo	314	28.7	40
Ekiti	797	44.6	40
Enugu	970	45.4	40
FCT	381	42.9	40
Gombe	470	27.9	40
Imo	510	52.9	40
Jigawa	261	28.6	40
Kaduna	431	26.2	40
Kano	720	29.7	40
Katsina	285	26.0	40
Kebbi	356	26.2	40
Kogi	534	36.5	40
Kwara	774	30.0	40
Lagos	457	32.0	39
Nasarawa	275	36.4	40
Niger	1,130	26.5	40
Ogun	455	37.1	40
Ondo	382	31.4	40
Osun	438	30.7	40
Oyo	439	37.2	40
Plateau	498	34.6	40
Rivers	375	46.7	40
Sokoto	638	27.1	40
Taraba	327	52.6	40
Yobe	368	26.1	40
Zamfara	402	36.0	40

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