This Act establishes the Niger-Delta Development Commission as a body corporate which shall be governed by a Governing Board. The Commission shall; (a) formulate policies and guidelines for the development of the Niger-Delta area; (b) conceive, plan and implement in accordance with rules and regulations, projects and programs for the sustainable development of tie Niger-Delta area in the field of transportation including roads, jetties and waterways, health, education, employment, industrialization, agriculture and fisheries, housing and urban development, water supply, electricity and telecommunications; (C) prepare master plans and schemes designed to promote the physical development of the Niger-Delta area and the estimates of the costs of implementing such master plans and schemes; (D) tackle ecological and environmental problems that arise from the exploration of oil mineral in the Niger-Delta area and advise the Federal Government and the member States on the prevention and control of oil spillages gas flaring and environmental pollution, and carry out other functions set out in section 7. Powers of the Board are set out in section 8. There is established a Monitoring Committee which shall monitor, inter alia, management of funds by the Commission.
نيجيريا · 2000-07-12