Section 2: Purpose of Fund

The Fund shall be available and applied for the following purposes, that is-(a) for the relief of the members of the Armed Forces and their families in distress as a result of the exigencies of the civil war where this cannot be met from other official sources and is certified by the Chief of Staff (Nigerian Army), the Chief of Naval Staff or the Chief of Air Staff, whichever is appropriate, as constituting a fair charge against the Fund;
(b) for extra medical care for members of the armed forces and their families where government facilities are either inadequate or not immediately available;
(c) for the restitution of messing facilities of the armed forces;
(d) for making donations as appropriate to other funds or organisations which in the opinion of the Trustees are closely connected with and actively assisting in the war effort of the armed forces; and
(e) for the doing of such acts and things as may seem to the Trustees expedient and necessary for the trusts declared in the Trust Deed.