Section 12: Establishment of State and Federal Capital Territory Commission for Women, etc.

There is hereby established for each State of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory a State Commission for Women respectively, each of which shall be charged with responsibility for-(a) carrying out the aims and objectives specified in section 2 (b) of this Act;
(b) promoting and initiating actions for the development of the child specified in the International Convention and the National Policy referred to in section 2 (c) of this Act;
(c) organising, undertaking and supervising all women programmes within the State or the Federal Capital Territory as the case may be;
(d) rendering advice to the National Commission on any matter as may be referred to it, from time to time; and
(e) performing such other duties as the National Commission may, from time to time, delegate to it.