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B 117 Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 50

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(k) determine requests for recusal, removal, or reconsideration of
appointment of arbitrators, mediators, conciliators and experts and provide
reasons for such recusal, removal, or reconsideration of appointment, in
accordance with the rules of arbitration and conciliation adopted by the
Centre ;
(l) supervise the review of draft arbitral awards and decisions in terms
of form before their approval by arbitrators, in order to ensure their validity
and convenient enforceability ;
(m) propose the list of fees of the arbitrators, conciliators, and experts
engaged by the Centre and of all other services provided by the Centre in
respect of ADR methods, and submit to the Advisory Council for approval ;
(n) propose the codes of conduct and professional ethics for arbitrators,
mediators, conciliators, and experts, taking into consideration the principles
of good governance, transparency, integrity, and justice ; and submit to the
Advisory Council for approval ; and
(o)  assist the Advisory Council in all matters referred to the Centre,
when so requested.
Functions of the Administrative Secretariat
11.  The Administrative Secretariat of the Centre, under the supervision
of the Centre Coordinator shall —
(a)  provide administrative support services to the Centre ;
(b)  provide translation and logistic services related to arbitration and
conciliation hearings ;
(c)  record and maintain the minutes of meetings of the Centre, and the
sub-committees ;
(d)  notify the parties to disputes of the date, time, and venue of dispute
resolution hearings where requested by the Centre, arbitrators, mediators,
conciliators or experts ;
(e)  provide the parties to disputes, upon their request, with names of
arbitrators, mediators, conciliators, and dispute settlement experts and
specialists depending on their qualifications, experience, and areas of
expertise ;
(f )  create a register to keep the files of dispute resolution matters and
maintain the original copies of the awards, decisions, judgements, settlement
and agreements of the Centre ;
(g) provide information on arbitration and conciliation, and explain the
procedures adopted in dispute settlement ;
(h)  prepare the forms necessary for arbitration and conciliation
proceedings, particularly the conflict of interest disclosure forms ;