Section 7: Health zones

(1) The Agency shall, for the purpose of effectively dischargiug its functions under this Act, decentralise its field activities and shall, for that purpose, cause Nigeria to be divided into four health zones made up as follows-
(a) Zone "A", with headquarters at Euugu, comprising Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo and Rivers States;
(b) Zone "B", with headquarters at Ibadan, comprising Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo States;
(c) Zone "C", with headquarters at Kaduna, comprising Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Sokoto States, Zamfara and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja;
(d) Zone "D", with headquarters at Bauchi, comprising Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Nassarawa, Plateau, Taraba and Yobe States.
(2) A health zone shall have a zonal office to co-ordinate population programmes and activities in that zone.