Section 2: Functions

(1) The functions of the Commission shall be-
(a) the supply of food, clothing, drugs and other essentials to needy persons in areas affected by the war and its aftermath;
(b) the determination of priority for all emergency relief operations and rehabilitation work in all parts of the Federation;
(c) the coordination of the activities of all voluntary agencies engaged in emergency relief operations and rehabilitation work and the facilitation of the field operations of those agencies in all parts of the Federation;
(d) the coordination of the activities of the States in the administration of properties abandoned by displaced persons in the Federation;
(e) the collection and distribution of emergency relief supplies of food, drugs and other humanitarian gifts from foreign governments and from international and non-governmental agencies; and
(f) the receipt of financial and technical aid through the appropriate Federal Ministries (that is to say, the Federal Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in the case of grants and loans and technical assistance).
(2) The appropriate authority may make regulations (which shall be published in the Federal Gazette) regulating the exercise of the functions of the Commission.
(3) Subject to any regulations made under subsection (2) of this section, the Commission may delegate the exercise of any of its functions to the Nigerian Red Cross Society or to any other body or person approved by the appropriate authority.
(4) The Commission may in the exercise of its functions give general directives to any relief agency if it is satisfied that it is in the national interest to do so; and the agency and its servants or agents shall comply with any such directives.