Section 269: Functions of the Local Government Committee

The functions of the Local Government Committee are to-(a) initiate actions that shall ensure the observance and popularisation of the rights and welfare of a child as provided for in -
(i) this Act;
(ii) the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child;
(iii) the Organisation of African Unity Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child;
(iv) the Declaration of the World Summit for Children;
(v) the Dakar Consensus and National Programme of Action;
(vi) such other International Conventions, Charters and Declarations relating to children to which Nigeria is or becomes a signatory.
(b) continuously keep under review, the state of implementation of the rights of a child;
(c) develop and recommend to the Local Government, specific programmes and projects that shall enhance the implementation of the rights of a child;
(d) collect and document information on all matters relating to the rights and welfare of a child;
(e) commission inter-disciplinary assessments of the problems relating to the rights and welfare of a child in the State;
(f) encourage and co-ordinate the activities of State and Local Government institutions, organisations and bodies concerned with the rights and welfare of a child;
(g) organise meetings, conferences, symposia and other enlightenment for the rights and welfare of a child;
(h) prepare and submit periodic reports on the State of implementation of the rights of a child for submission to the State Committee; and
(i) perform such other functions relating to the rights of a child as may, from time to time, be assigned to it.