NIGERIA HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT, 2010.

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NIGERIA HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT, 2010.

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

This Act establishes the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency charged with the responsibility for, among other things, providing hydrological services in Nigeria.

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1 – ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NIGERIA HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES AGENCY

1.     Establishment of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency.

2.     Establishment and membership of the Governing Board.

3.     Tenure of office.

4.     Cessation of membership.

5.     Dissolution of the Governing Board.

6.     Allowances of members, etc.

PART II – FUNCTIONS OF THE AGENCY

7.     Functions of the Agency.

8.     Powers of the Board.

PART III – APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL AND OTHER STAFF OF THE AGENCY.

9.     Appointment, etc. of the Director-General.

10.    Appointment of Secretary and Legal Adviser.

11.    Appointment of other staff.

PART IV -FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

12.    Funds of the Agency.

13.    Expenditure.

14.    Annual estimates and accounts.

15.    Annual reports.

16.    Power to accept gifts.

17.    Power to borrow.

PART VI – LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

18.    Limitation of suits against the Agency, etc.

19.    Service of document.

20.    Restriction on execution against property.

21.    Indemnity of members and employees

PART VII – MISCELLANEAOUS

22.    Power to give directives.

23.    Fixing of the seal of the Agency.

24.    Regulations.

25.    Interpretation

26.    Citation.

Schedule

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NIGERIA HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT, 2010.

An Act to establish the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency charged with the responsibility for, among other things, providing all hydrological services in Nigeria; and for related matters.

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ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria –

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PART 1 – ESTABLISHMENT OF HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES AGENCY OF NIGERIA

Establishment of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency.

1. (1) There is established the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (in this Act referred to as “the Agency”).

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