NIGER-DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (ESTABLISHMENT ETC) ACT

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NIGER-DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (ESTABLISHMENT ETC) ACT

[AMENDED BY THE NIGER-DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (ESTABLISHMENT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017]

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

An Act to provide for the repeal of the Oil, Mineral Producing Areas Commission Decree 1998, and among other things, establish a new Commission with a re-organised management and administrative structure for more effectiveness; and for the use of the sums received from the allocation of the Federation Account for tackling ecological problems which arise from the exploration of oil minerals in the Niger-Delta area and for connected purposes.

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS  

Part I – Establishment, Etc. of the Niger-Delta Commission and the Governing Board

1. Establishment of the Niger-Delta Development Commission, etc.
2. Establishment of the Governing Board of the Commission.
3. Tenure of office of Board members.
4. Rotation of office of Chairman of the Commission.
5. Cessation of membership of the Board etc.

Part II – Functions and Powers of the Commission

6. Allowances of members.
7. Functions and powers of the Commission.
8. Powers of the Board

Part III – Structure of the Commission

9. Establishment of Directorates.
10. Establishment of the Management Committee.
11. Establishment of the Niger-Delta Development Advisory Committee.

Part IV – Staff

12. Appointment of Managing Director, etc.
13. Service in the Commission to be pensionable.

Part V – Financial Provisions

14. Fund of the Commission.
15. Expenditure
16. Gifts to the Commission
17. Powers to borrow.
18. Annual estimates and expenditure.
19. Quarterly report.
20. Annual report.

Part VI – Miscellaneous

21. Establishment of Monitoring Committee.
22. Offices and premises of the Commission.
23. Directives by the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
24. Limitation of suit against the Commission, etc.
25. Service of documents.
26. Restriction on execution against property of the Commission.
27. Indemnity of officers.
28. Repeal of 1998 No.41, and savings provision, etc.
29. Regulations.
30. Interpretation
31. Citation.

NIGER-DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (ESTABLISHMENT ETC) ACT

An Act to provide for the repeal of the Oil, Mineral Producing Areas Commission Decree 1998, and among other things, establish a new Commission with a re-organised management and administrative structure for more effectiveness; and for the use of the sums received from the allocation of the Federation Account for tackling ecological problems which arise from the exploration of oil minerals in the Niger-Delta area and for connected purposes.

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[COMMENCEMENT – 12th day of July 2000]

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Enacted by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Part I – Establishment, Etc of the Niger-Delta Commission and the Governing Board

1. (1)    There is hereby established a body to be known as Niger-Delta Development Commission (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”).

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