Section 8: Functions and powers of the Commission.

(1) The Commission shall-
(a) formulate policies and guidelines for the development of the South-East states;
(b) conceive, plan and implement, in accordance with the set rules and regulations, projects and programmes for the sustainable development of the South-East states in the field of transportation including roads, health. education, employment, agriculture, industrialisation, housing and urban development, water supply, electricity and telecommunications;
(c) cause the South-East states to be surveyed in order to ascertain measures which are necessary to promote its physical and socio-economic development;
(d) prepare master plans and schemes designed to promote the physical development of the South-East states and the estimates of the costs of implementing such master plans and schemes;
(e) implement all the measures approved for the development of the South-East states by the Federal Government and the member states of the Commission;
(f) identify factors inhibiting the development of the South-East states and assist the member states in the formulation and implementation of policies to ensure sound and efficient management of the resources of the South-East states;
(g) assess and report on any project being funded or carried out in the South-East states by mineral extracting and mining companies, oil and gas producing companies, and any other company including non-governmental organisations and ensure that funds released for such projects are properly utilised;
(h) tackle ecological and environmental problems that arise from the extraction and mining of solid mineral, exploration of oil mineral in the South-East states and advise the Federal Government and the member states on the prevention and control of oil spillages, gas flaring and environmental pollution;
(i) liaise with the various solid mineral extraction and mining companies and oil and gas prospecting and producing companies on all matters of pollution prevention and control; and
(j) execute other works and perform such other functions which in the opinion of the Commission are required for the sustainable development of the South-East states and its peoples.
(2) In performing its functions and exercising its powers under this section, the Commission shall have regard to the varied and specific contributions of each member state of the Commission.
(3) The Commission shall be subject to the direction. control or supervision of the President in the performance of its functions under this Act.