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SOUTH-WEST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ACT

LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

This Act establishes the South-West Development Commission, to, among other things, receive and manage funds from allocation of the Federation Account to fast-track the socio-economic development of the zone and speed up development as well as tackle the ecological problems and any other related environmental or developmental challenges in the South-West zone.

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1 – ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTH-WEST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE GOVERNING BOARD

1.     Establishment of the South-West Development Commission

2.     Establishment of the Governing Board

3.     Tenure of office

4.     Rotation of office of Chairman and Managing Director

5.     Resignation, cessation or removal from membership of the Board

6.     Remunerations and allowances

PART II – FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE COMMISSION

7.     Functions and powers of the Commission

8.     Powers of the Board

PART III – STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION

9.     Structure of the Commission

10.    Management Committee

11.    Advisory Committee of the Commission

PART IV – STAFF OF THE COMMISSION

12.    Staff of the Commission

13.    Service in the Commission to be pensionable

PART V – FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

14.    Fund of the Commission

15.    Application of the Fund of the Commission

16.    Annual estimates and expenditure

17.    Submission of report

PART VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

18.    Monitoring Committee

19.    Office and premises of the Commission

20.    President’s directives

21.    Limitation of Suits against the Commission

22.    Service of notices, summons and other documents

23.    Payment of judgment debts

24.    Indemnity of officers

25.    Regulations

26.    Interpretation

27.    Citation

Schedule

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SOUTH-WEST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT) 2025

An Act to establish the South-West Development Commission charged with the responsibility, to, among other things, receive and manage funds from allocation of the Federation Account to fast-track the socio-economic development of the zone and speed up development as well as tackle the ecological problems and any other related environmental or developmental challenges in the South-West zone.

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[Commencement]                       [24th Day of March, 2025]

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ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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PART 1 – ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTH-WEST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE GOVERNING BOARD

(2)    The Commission shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name. (3)    The headquarters of the Commission shall be located in Ibadan with operational offices in each member State of the Commission.

1.     Establishment of the South-West Development Commission

(1)    There is established the South-West Development Commission (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”).

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