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South-West Development Commission (Establishment) Act, 2025.

Country
Type of law
Legislation
Source

Abstract
This Act, consisting of six parts, establishes the South-West Development Commission, as a body corporate empowered to: formulate policies and guidelines for the development of the South- West States; implement programmes for the sustainable development of the South-West Zone, in the fields of infrastructure, transportation, health, education, employment, agriculture, water supply, industrialisation, housing and urban development, electricity and telecommunications; identify factors inhibiting the development of the South West States; assess any project funded in the South-West States by mineral extracting and mining companies, oil and gas producing companies, and any other company including non-governmental organisations and ensure that funds released for such projects are properly utilised; address ecological and environmental problems that arise from the extraction and mining of solid minerals, exploration of oil mineral; provide for the prevention and control of oil spillages, flaring and environmental pollution; make all the necessary actions to improve sustainable development of the South-West States and their peoples. The Act also provides for financial measures and establishes the funds of the Commission.
Long title of text
An Act to establish the South-West Development Commission charged with the responsibility of, among other things, receiving and managing funds, from allocation of the Federation Account, including donations and gifts for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of infrastructural damages suffered the region and to tackle the ecological, environmental and other developmental challenges in the region; and for related matters.
Date of text
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No