identified critical infrastructure sectors, all states of the federation and from all levels of government and industry. ii. Provide a clear call to action, which will leverage on the coordination, cooperation, collaboration, and smart risk management procedures, and focus on specific actions germane to the policy goals. 7.5 The Critical Infrastructure Sectors: i. Policy preparatory process on NCIIPP carried out a general national survey with the goal of identifying critical infrastructure sectors whose strategic operational backbone rely on functional and secure National Critical Information Infrastructure. ii. The policy identifies the following infrastructures. a. Communications Sector b. Government Facilities Sector c. Manufacturing Sector d. Dams Sector e. Defence Sector f. Chemical Sector {Oil and Gas} g. Power and Energy Sector h. Commercial Facilities Sector i. Financial Services Sector j. Food and Agriculture Sector k. Emergency Services Sector l. Transportation Systems Sector m. Public Health and Healthcare Sector n. Water & Waste Water systems o. Information Technology Sector   iii. Effective risk management requires an understanding of the significance of assets, systems, networks, as well as the associated dependency and interdependency of critical infrastructure.   iv. Consequently, the policy encourages stakeholders to identify critical functions and resources that impact on their businesses and