Section 5: Functions of the Board

(1) The Board shall be responsible for-
(a) receiving monies accruing to the Fund;
(b) disbursing monies from the Fund to such programmes as may be determined, from time to time, by the President;
(c) promoting decent health care delivery with the general purport of reducing maternal and child mortality and morbidity through improved health care delivery system for the family;
(d) assisting families identify economically viable enterprises for income generation and provide technical and financial support for their implementation;
(e) assisting rural families increase their agricultural productivity and other skills for the improvement of their well-being;
(f) enhancing the capacity of parents to act as role models to their children through guidance and counselling and public enlightenment programmes;
(g) creating, arousing and sustaining the interests of the Federal, State and local governments, the Nigerian people, and the international community on the activities of the Family Support Programme;
(h) sensitising Government on the need to provide adequate shelter for all Nigerians;
(i) promoting and improving on the welfare of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the society, notably women, the disabled, destitute, the aged and children of all ages, etc.;
(j) carrying out public enlightenment campaigns to sanitise the general public on matters of human decency, civic responsibility and concern for the welfare of the disadvantaged;
(k) exercising control over the management of the Fund with a view to ensuring accountability and proper utilisation of the Fund for the purposes set out in this Act;
(l) liasing with Ministries, Extra-Ministerial Departments, the State and local governments in identifying, funding and executing projects in the various sectors set out in paragraph (c) of this subsection;
(m) entering into contractual agreement for the purpose of achieving objectives set out in this subsection;
(n) carrying out such other activities as are necessary and expedient for the purpose of achieving the objectives set out in this section of this Act.
(2) The Board shall also have power to carry out such activities as may appear to it to be incidental or conducive to the attainment of its objects under this Act.