The vision of the Legal Department:
Provision of qualitative legal support services to ensure seamless service delivery towards the achievements of the corporate vision of the Agency.
The Legal Department is one of the Departments under the office of the Managing Director/CE. It is responsible for ensuring that the Agency carries out its activities according to the dictate of due diligence, due process and transparency in conformity and in consonance with the principles of corporate governance and industry best practices.
Apart from representing the Agency meetings and practicing in dealings with third parties culminating in creation of a legal relationship, the department is also responsible for drafting and perfecting agreements such as Contract agreements, Tenancy Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU), e.t.c for the Agency.
The department equally provides general guidance and direction through legal advice and legal opinion to the Management and Agency in all areas of its operations as well as interprets the various laws and regulations guiding the operations of the Agency.
Through the effective management of litigation involving the Agency, the Department ensures that the interest of the Agency is properly safe-guarded and protected.
In addition, the legal department provides secretariat services for the Management and Committees and keeps the Agency’s Seal, other legal instruments and documents.
Above all the department is committed to the attainment of the overall corporate objectives of the Agency.