Section 1: Establishment and functions of research institutes

(1) There shall be established four bodies corporate by the following names, that is-
(a) the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria;
(b) the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research;
(c) the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria; and
(d) the Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research,
Which bodies are hereinafter in this Act referred to collectively as "the Institutes", and severally as "the Cocoa Institute", "the Oil Palm Institute", "the Rubber Institute", and "the Trypanosomiasis Institute", respectively.
(2) The institutes shall be charged with the general duty of undertaking research into and providing information and advice relating to--
(a) the production and products of cashew, cocoa, coffee, cola and of such other as the Minister may, from time to time, determine, in the case of the Cocoa Institute;
(b) the production and products of oil palm and of such other palms as the Minister may determine, in the case of the Oil Palm Institute;
(c) the production and products of rubber, in the case of the Rubber Institute; and
(d) trypanosomiasis, in the case of the Trypanosomiasis Institute.
(3) Subject to the following provisions of this section, each of the institutes shall have power to do anything which, in the opinion of the institute, is calculated to facilitate the carrying on of the activities of the institute.
(4) Except with the prior approval in writing of the Minister, an institute shall not have power to-
(a) incur expenditure outside approved estimates under this Act; or
(b) borrow money.
(5) The Minister may, from time to time, give to an institute directions of a general nature in writing with respect to the performance of its functions; and it shall be the duty of the institute to comply with the directions.