Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau Law, 2019

DELTA STATE JOB AND WEALTH CREATION BUREAU LAW, 2019

1. Short Title and Commencement. This Law may be cited as the Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau Law, 2019 and shall come into force on the 22nd day of August, 2019.

2. Interpretation. In this Law: "Bureau"means the Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau; "Government"means Delta State Government; "Governor"means Governor of Delta State; "Pensionable Service" means employment and service of a person as a career Public Servant in the Bureau; "House"means Delta State House of Assembly; "State"means Delta

3. Establishment of the Bureau. (1) This is hereby established for the State a body to be known as the Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau. (2) The Bureau shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name, hold, acquire, develop, manage and dispose of any property movable or immovable. (3) The headquarters of the Bureau shall be located in the State Capital and other branch offices may be located in other parts of the State.

4. Functions of the Bureau. (1) The Bureau shall exercise the following functions: (a) design, plan and execute job and creation programmes, projects and initiatives aimed at curbing youth unemployment, including skills acquisition training, entrepreneurship development, start-ups, establishment and economic empowerment of youths in various vocational, technical and agricultural enterprises and businesses; (b) facilitate, organize, coordinate and provide capacity building and specialist services for job and wealth creation programmes, projects and initiatives including training for skills acquisition, entrepreneurship development, start-ups, establishment and economic empowerment of youths in vocational, technical and agricultural enterprises and businesses; (c) streamline, coordinate and standardize job and wealth creation Plans, programmes, projects and initiatives for curbing youth unemployment in the State to ensure proper focus, harmony, effectiveness and impacts; (d) find, secure and execute job and wealth creation programmes and project partnership, collaboration, cooperation, linkages and networking with National and International Organizations and Agencies as well as private sector bodies, community-based organizations and civil society organizations; (e) plan, design and execute any other employment and wealth creation programmes and initiatives, economic empowerment scheme, development intervention projects and activities for curbing youth unemployment, as may be directed by the Governor, from time to time; (f) collect, collate and document data bank of unemployed, under-employed and fully-employed persons within the State; (g) establish a sustainable database of diverse specialized labour skills and their respective age grades; (h) ensure that job creation and employment opportunities are fairly distributed in accordance with State quota/character, (i) implement policies and programmes that generate both direct and indirect jobs; (j) have a standard benchmark for appraising and collating the benefits of job creation in the State; and (k) design and implement the framework for the measurement and documentation of job creation achievement of the administration. (2) The Bureau shall be subject to the direction and control of the Governor in the performance of its functions and discharge of its responsibilities.

5. Appointment/ Tenure of Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer. (1) The Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to the confirmation of the House. (2) The Chief Job and Wealth Creation Official shall: (a) be the Chief Executive Officer and Head of the Bureau with responsibility to oversee, direct, administer and manage the affairs of the Bureau, (b) have a term of four years and may be re-appointed to another term of four years and no more; (c) have such qualification, professional track record, programme/project planning and execution capabilities and experience to creditably perform the functions of the office; (d) be a university graduate or its equivalent with cognate experience of not less than 10 years; (e) report directly to the Governor; and (f) hold office on such terms and conditions as to emoluments and conditions of service as applicable to similar agencies in the State.

6. Duties of the Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer. The Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer shall: (a) be responsible for the day-to-day running and management of the Bureau; (b) ensure that the accounting procedure of the Bureau is in accordance with extant financial regulations and Laws in the State; and (c) keep proper records of the Bureau.

7. Removal of the Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer. The Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer shall be removed from office for inability to discharge the functions of his office arising from infirmity of mind or body or any other cause or for misconduct by the Governor.

8. Establishment of Divisions/ Units and Appointment of Coordinators and Supervisors. (1) There is hereby established for Bureau two Divisions: (a) Programmes and Projects; and (b) Support Services. (2) Programmes and Projects Division shall comprise the following Units: (I) Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development; (II) Agricultural Skills and Entrepreneurship (III) Graduates Employment Enhancement; and (IV) Special Interventions. Gender and Persons with Disabilities (PWDS). (3) There shall be a Programme Coordinator who shall work under the direction and control of the Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer to coordinate the Division as set out in Section 8(1)(a). (4) Each of the units of the Programmes and Projects Division shall have a Supervisor who shall report to the Programme Coordinator. (5) The Support Services Division shall comprise the following Units: (i)Corporate Affairs; (ii)Planning, Research and Quality Compliance: (iii)Administration and Finance; and (iv)Internal Audit. (6) These shall be Support Services Coordinator who shall work under the direction and control of the Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer to coordinate the Division as set out in Section 8(1)(b). (7) Each Unit in the Support Services Division shall have a Supervisor who shall report to the Support Services Coordinator. (8) The Coordinator and Supervisors in the Programmes and Projects Division in Section 8(3) and (4) and the Coordinator and Supervisors in the Support Services Division in Section 8(6) and (7) shall be appointed from within or outside the Civil Service. (9) The Bureau may with the approval of the Governor, increase and or adjust the number of Divisions/Units as it may deem necessary to enhance the performance of its functions. (10) The Bureau shall have the power to establish and maintain such offices, subsidiary divisions, sections and all other administrative arrangements as may be necessary for the performance of its functions. (11) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the Bureau may recruit any of its staff by way of transfer or secondment from the Public Service of the State with the approval of the Governor.

9. Service in the Bureau to be Pensionable. (1) Service in the Bureau shall be public service for the purposes of the Pensions Law and accordingly, officers and other persons employed in the Bureau shall in respect of their service be entitled to pensions, gratuities and other retirement benefits as prescribed there under. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this Section, nothing in this Law shall prevent the appointment of a person to any office on terms which preclude the grant or pension and gratuity in respect of any office.

10. Funds of the Bureau. (1) Bureau shall maintain and administer a fund from which it shall defray all expenditure incurred in the discharge of its functions and there shall be vested in the Bureau all the property and such other assets as may be acquired by the Bureau. (2) There shall be paid and credited to Fund established in pursuance of subsection (1) of this Section: (a) such monies as may be appropriated to the Bureau by the State Government or any other organization: (b) all investments or other monies earned or arising from any such investments property or assets of the Bureau: and (c) all other monies accruing Bureau from time to time in respect of any matter incidental to its powers, rights and duties.

11. Gifts to the Bureau. (1) Bureau may accept gifts of land, money or other property, such terms and conditions, if any, as may be specified by the person the gift. (2) The Bureau shall not accept any gift if the conditions attached by the person making the gift

12. Power to Borrow. The Bureau may, with the prior approval of the Governor in writing, borrow on such terms and conditions as the Bureau may require in the exercise of its functions under this Law.

13. Annual Estimates and Expenditure. (1) The Bureau shall cause to be prepared, not later than six months before the end of each financial year an estimate of the expenditure and income of the Bureau during the next succeeding financial year and include in report a copy of the audited accounts of the Bureau for that year and the Auditor's report thereof. (2) The Bureau shall cause to be kept, proper account and records in relation thereto and when certified by the Bureau, such accounts shall be audited as provided in subsection (3) of this Section. (3) The accounts of the Bureau shall be audited after the end of each financial year by auditors appointed by the Bureau in accordance with the guidelines supplied by the Auditor-General of the State and the fees of the Auditors and the expenses for the Audit generally shall be paid from the Funds of the Bureau.

14. Report of Activities. The Bureau shall, not later than six months after the end of each financial year, submit it to the Governor, a report of the activities of the Bureau and its administration for the year and shall include in such report the audited accounts of the Bureau and the Auditor's Comments thereon.

15. Service of Documents. Service upon the Bureau of any notice, order or other documents shall be effected by addressing, sending and delivering it by courier or registered post to the Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer at the Bureau’s office address.

16. Limitation of Suits. The Public Officers Protection Law shall be applicable to any action or omission done by any authorized Officer or Person under this Law.