Niger-Delta Development Commission (Establishment, etc.) (Amendment) Act

1. Amendment of Act No. 6, 2000.

2. Amendment of section 14.

3. Citation. NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (ESTABLISHMENT, ETC) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017 ABill For An Act to amend the Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment, Etc.) Act, No. 6, 2000 to increase the funding of the Commission for effective discharge of its duties; and for related matters. Commencement ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria:

1. The Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment, Etc.) Act No. 6, 2000 Amendment of (in this Act refeJTed to as "the Principal Act") is amended as set out in this Act. Act No. 6, 2000

2. Section 14 (2) of the Principal Act is amended, by substituting for Amendment of paragraph (b), a new paragraph "(b)": section ll "(b) 3 percent of: (i) the total annual budget of any oil producing company operating onshore and offshore, in the Niger Delta area; and (ii) the total annual budget of any gas processing company in the Niger Delta area, excluding the cost of feed gas."

3. This Act may be cited as the Niger Delta Development Commission Citation (Establishment, Etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2017. I, CERTIFY, IN ACCORDANCE 'WITH SECTION 2 (1) OF THE ACTS AUTHENTICATION ACT CAP. A2, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA 2004, THAT THIS IS A TRUE COPY OF THIS BILL PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES OF TI-IE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. <D ATABA SANI-OMOLORJ CLERK TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [})) ~ DAY OF DECEMBER, 2017 Schedule to the Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment, Etc.) (Amendment) Bill, 2017 SHORT TITLE OF LONG TITLE OF THE BILL SUMMARY OF THE DATE PASSED DATE PASSED BY THE BILL CONTENTS OF THE BILL BY THE SENATE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Niger Delta An Act to amend the Niger Delta This Bill seeks to amend the Niger 29"1 November , 5th December, 2017 Development Development Commission Delta Development Commission 2017 C01nn1ission (Establishment, Etc.) Act, No. 6, (Establishment, Etc.) Act, No. 6, (Establishment, Etc) 2000 to increase the funding of 2000 lo increase the funding of the (Amendment) Bill, the Commission for effective Comnjssion for effective discharge 2017. discharge of its duties; and for of its duties. related matters. I certify that this Bill has been carefully compared by me with the decision reached by the National Assembly and fow1d by me to be true and correct decision of the Houses and is in accordance with the provisions of the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2, Laws of the Federation ofNigeria, 2004. J!: a./4.fl { ~ MOIM\.Ml\1ED ATAB<l SAL~I-OMOLORI LL Clerk to the National Assembly 9l> r·, Day of December, 2017 .F( - j' ..... _/··i " ,/ ; i ~ i ~ ( _)-,---. ( - ..... ----::-, ..., \ L/-~......,,.~✓ '--L..-' ._,.,·\._,... '--,..- ~ ( .____,, I ASSENT MUHAMl\IADU BUHARl, GCFR "J rresident of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ··--( Day of December, 2(li7