Section 2: Functions of the Committee.

The functions of the Committee shall be to(a) ensure that allocations made to the Local Government Councils in the State from the Federation Account and from the State concerned are promptly paid into the State Joint Local Government Account;
(b) ensure that the funds paid into the State Joint Local Government Account under paragraph (a) of this section are distributed to the Local Government Councils in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and any law made in that behalf by the House of Assembly of the State; and
(c) monitor the payment and distribution of the funds mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section so as to ascertain the actual amount paid to each Local Government.