Section 7: Special functions of the Directorate.

(1) The Directorate shall gear all its efforts towards the development of the entire rural areas of Nigeria in order to improve the quality of life of the rural dwellers.
(2)
For the purpose of achieving the objective in subsection (1) of this section, the Directorate shall use its best endeavours to-
(a) encourage and organise increased agricultural and any other activities towards an increased earning power of the rural dwellers;
(b) encourage increased agricultural and any other activities in the rural areas to provide agricultural and industrial raw materials;
(c) undertake the construction and repair of roads to facilitate communication and distribution of agricultural products;
(d) liaise with the appropriate Federal, State and local Governments for the provision of water, health facilities, electricity, means of communication and such other things as the Directorate may determine within the rural areas;
(e) enlighten the rural communities in order to give them a sense of belonging to the country.
(3)
The Directorate shall also encourage communities to form their own village, community or town improvement or development unions or associations under their own democratically elected leaders to serve as the apex organisation for mobilising their communities for the successful participatory implementation of all rural development programmes as initiated by the Directorate, each tier of Government or by the communities themselves.