Section 27: Interpretation.

In this Act-
"Board" means the Governing Board established for the Commission under section 2 (1) of this Act;

"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board appointed under section 2 (2) (a) of this Act;

"Commission" means the North-East Development Commission established under section 1 (1) of this Act;

"Geo Political Zones" means a group of States in the Federal Republic of Nigeria as follows-
(a) "North-Central" comprises Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau States and Federal Capital Territory;
(b) "North-West" comprises Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States;
(c) "North-East" comprises Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States;
(d) "South-East" comprises Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States;
(e) "South-South" comprises Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers States; and
(f) "South-West" comprises Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo States;

"Management Committee" means the Management Committee established under section 10 (1) of this Act;

"Member States" means Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe States;

"North-East Zone" means Member States;

"President" means the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; and

"Stakeholders" includes all the Federal Government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, Member States, Local Governments in the Member States, Development Partners, Non-Governmental Organisations or Civil Society Organisations, Communities and grassroots.