Section 54: International agreement

(1) Where a Federal authority or the Government of Nigeria on behalf of a Federal authority enters into agreement or arrangement with the government of a State or any institution of such a government under which a Federal authority exercises a power or performs a duty or function referred to in section 15 (b) or (c) of this Act in relation to projects-
(a) that have not been identified at the time the power is exercised or the duty or function is performed; and
(b) in respect of which the Government of Nigeria or the Federal authority, as the case may be, shall have no power to exercise or duty or function to perform when the projects are identified,
the Government of Nigeria or the Federal authority concerned shall ensure that the agreement or arrangement provides for the assessment of the environmental effects of those projects and that the assessment shall be carried out as early as practicable in the planning stages of those projects.
(2)
Where a Federal authority or the Government of Nigeria on behalf of a Federal authority enters into an agreement with the government of a foreign State or of a subdivision of a foreign State, an international organisation of a foreign State, any institution of such a government or organisation, under which a Federal authority exercises a power or performs a duty or function referred to in section 5 (b) or (c) of this Act in relation to the projects-
(a) that have not been identified at the time the power is exercised or the duty or functions performed; and
(b) in respect of which the Government of Nigeria or the Federal authority, as the case may be, shall have no power to exercise or duty or function to perform when the projects are identified,
the Government of Nigeria or the Federal authority shall ensure that the agreement or arrangement provides for the assessment of the environmental effects of those projects and that the assessment shall be carried out as early as practicable in the planning stages of those projects.