Section 6: National Seed Service Unit

(1) The National Seed Service Unit (in this Act referred to as "the Unit") shall have responsibility for-
(a) the development, certification and quality control of seeds;
(b) seed technology development, technical support services, seed industry development and co-ordination of breeder and foundation seed;
(c) foundation seed production, distribution and monitoring of certified seed;
(d) planning, and monitoring the national seed programme and use;
(e) the publication of a list of registered, released or notified seed varieties approved for commercialisation in Nigeria; and
(f) assisting the development of the private seed industry.
(2) The Unit shall maintain a register of persons and or organisations carrying on crop varieties development research leading to the registration and release of improved crop varieties for commercial production and marketing.
(3) Any person or organisation registered under subsection (2) of this section may, subject to the provisions of the National Phytosanitary Regulations, import duty free into Nigeria for use in the crop varieties development research, variety breeding and other propagating biological materials.