CENTER FOR LAWS OF NIGERIA: FEDERAL REGULATIONS
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NORTH-WEST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT, 2024
LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This Act establishes the North-West Development Commission charged with the responsibility of, among other things, receiving and managing funds allocated by the Federal Government and international donors for the resettlement, rehabilitation, integration and reconstruction of roads, houses and business premises of victims of insurgency as well as tackling the menace of poverty, illiteracy, ecological problems and any other related environmental or developmental challenges in the North-West States.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I – ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NORTH-WEST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
1. Establishment of the North-West Development Commission.
2. Establishment of a Governing Board.
3. Tenure of office.
4. Rotation of offices of the Commission.
5. Resignation, cessation or removal from membership of the Board
6. Remunerations and allowances.
PART II – FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION
7. Functions 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. The Managing Director
13. Pension
PART V – FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
14. Funds of the Commission.
15. Application of the Fund.
16. Annual estimates and expenditure.
17. Submission of report.
PART VI – MISCELLANEOURS PROVISIONS
18. Monitoring Committee
19. Offices and premises of the Commission
20. Directives of the President
21. Public Officers Protection Act
22. Service of notices, summons and other documents.
23. Payment of judgment debts.
24. Indemnity of staff
25. Regulations.
26. Interpretation.
27. Citation.
Schedule.
NORTH-WEST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT, 2024
An Act to establish the North-West Development Commission charged with the responsibility of, among other things, to receive and manage funds from allocation of the Federation Account and international donors for the resettlement, rehabilitation, integration and reconstruction of roads, houses and business premises destroyed by multi-dimensional crisis, as well as tackling the menace of poverty, literacy level, ecological problems and any other related environmental or developmental challenges in the North-West States; and for related matters.
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(Commencement. [25 JULY, 2024])
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ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria –
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PART I – ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NORTH-WEST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
1. Establishment of the North-West Development Commission.
(1) There is established the North-West Development Commission (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”).
(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 Kano State with operational offices established in the member states of the Commission.
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