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(2024)
SECTION 1
(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.
Establishment of the North-West Development Commission.
SECTION 2
(1) There is established for the Commission, a Governing Board (in this Act referred to as “the Board”).
(2) The Board shall consist of-
(a) Chairman;
(b) one person each, who shall be an indigene, to represent the states listed below- (i) Jigawa, (ii) Kaduna, (iii) Kano, (iv) Katsina, (v) Kebbi, (vi) Sokoto, and (vii) Zamfara;
(c) three persons to represent the following security organisations- (i) the Army, who shall not be below the rank of a Colonel, (ii) the Police, who shall not be below the rank of Superintendent of Police, and (iii) the Civil Defence Corps who shall not be below the rank of Deputy Commandant;
(d) one representative of solid minerals extracting and mining producing companies in the North-West states, nominated by those companies;
(e) one person, not below the rank of a Director to represent the- (i) Federal Ministry of Finance, (ii) Federal Ministry of Education, (iii) Federal Ministry of Environment; and
(f) the Managing Director of the Commission.
(3) The chairman and other members of the Board shall be-
(a) appointed by the President, subject to confirmation by the Senate, in consultation with the House of Representatives; and
(b) a person of proven integrity and ability.
(4) The members of the Board referred to in subsection (2) (a) – (d), shall be part-time members.
(5) The supplementary provisions set out in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the proceedings of the Board and the other matters contained in it. [Schedule]
Establishment of the Governing Board.
SECTION 3
Subject to the provisions of section 4 of this Act, a member of the Board, other than an ex-officio member, shall hold office for a term of four years at the first instance and may be re-appointed for a further term of four years and no more.
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