Service Agreement Nigeria — How to Draft One Legally Without a Lawyer
Editorial note before you read: Every legal provision cited here is attributed to its actual source, statute, and section number, drawn from Nigerian contract law principles, the Evidence Act 2011 and its 2023 amendment, the Nigeria Tax Act 2025's stamp duty provisions, and the Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023. This article is not a substitute for a lawyer's review of a high-value or high-risk contract; treat it as the difference between an unprotected agreement and a genuinely strong starting point. Nigerian Law & Rights • Freelancing & Small Business • Updated July 29, 2026 • 26-minute read Service Agreement Nigeria — How to Draft One Legally Without a Lawyer A one-paragraph "agreement" sent over WhatsApp has quietly cost Nigerian freelancers hundreds of thousands of naira in unrecoverable, unproven work. Here's exactly which clauses make a service agreement genuinely enforceable in Nigeria, which mistakes make it worthless, and ...