NIGERIAN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACT
Section 27: Establishment and jurisdiction of Development Control Department
(1) The Commission, the Board and the Authority shall respectively establish a department to be known as a Development Control Department (hereafter in this Act referred to as "the Control Department").
(2) The Control Department created under subsection (1) of this section shall be a multi-disciplinary department charged with the responsibility for matters relating to development control and implementation of physical development plan.
(3) The Control Department at the Federal level shall have power over the development control on Federal lands and estates.
(4) The Control Department at the State level shall have power over the development control on State lands.
(5) The Control Department at the local government level shall have power over control of development on all land within the jurisdiction of the local government.
Cite this section
Section 27, NIGERIAN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACT (1992).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/nigerian-urban-and-regional-planning-act/section/27/