Section 13: Establishment. etc., of the State Agricultural Land Development and the Federal Capital Territory Land Development Advisory Committees.

(1) There shall be established to assist the Authority in each State of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, a State Agricultural Land Development Advisory Committee and the Federal Capital Territory Land Development Advisory Committee (in this Act referred to as the "State Advisory Committee").
(2) Each State Advisory Committee shall consist of the Commissioner for Agriculture as chairman and the following other members that is-
(a) the permanent secretaries in charge of-
(i) Lands and Survey;
(ii) Finance and Economic Development;
(iii) State Commission for Women;
(iv) Local Government Matters, Governor's Office;
(b) the State Director of-
(i) Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructures;
(ii) Mass Mobilisation for Social Economic Recovery;
(c) the Programme Manager Agricultural Development Project;
(d) representative each of-
(i) the Nigerian Association for Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture;
(ii) the Farmers Association; and
(iii) the State Director of the Authority who shall be the secretary,
(3) The State Advisory Committee shall be charged with the following functions, that is-
(a) advising on the implementation of the Authority's programmes within the overall framework of the national agricultural land development policy guidelines;
(b) authorising and assisting in the co-ordination of the collaborative input from the existing public agencies in order to minimise role duplication, operational conflicts, friction and avoid unnecessary institutional rivalry;
(c) providing feedback through the State Directorate to the Authority on implementation problems encountered in the field along with suggestions (if any) on how such difficulties may be overcome;
(d) advising generally on the most effective ways of implementing the Authority's programmes taking into consideration the socia-political peculiarities of each State without detriment to the policy objectives of the Authority.