Section 21: Protection of Corporation's land.

(1) Land vested in the Corporation shall not be liable to be acquired compulsorily under any enactment or law; and notwithstanding anything in any other enactment or law, no mining operations shall be carried on, in or under any land vested in the Corporation or any land over which the Corporation is entitled to rights of support for the benefit of lands so vested except with the prior consent in writing of the Minister.
(2) For the purpose of this section, "land" includes any land under water beyond the territorial waters of Nigerian to which Nigeria is for the time being entitled to any exclusive rights.