Section 7: Establishment and functions of the Population Activities Fund Agency

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known as the Population Activities Fund Agency (in this Act referred to as "the Agency'") which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(2) The Agency shall be responsible for-
(a) receiving from the Federal Government such money as may be made available for purposes of population progammes and disburse the money to such bodies or organisations engaged in population activities in accordance with such formula as the Agency may prescribe from time to time;
(b) acting as the agency for channelling external aid into population programmes;
(c) liaising with and co-ordinating the activities of donors. multi-lateral and bilateral agencies and non-governmental organisations engaged in population activities;
(d) identifying, developing, appraising, monitoring and evaluating population related projects;
(e) funding approved population projects and programmes;
(f) recommending appropriate materials and technical, financial and other support for the implementation of the national population policy;
(g) maintaining the flow of materials needed for the effective management of population programmes through supply. logistics, inventory taking and related activities; and
(h) utilising the Fund, in general, on population related activities not otherwise stated in the provision of this Act