Professor Peter Akper, SAN of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in his article “A Legal Analysis of Community Development Agreements as a Tool for Enhancing Social Licence to Operate for Mining Companies in Nigeria” examines the provision of the Nigerian Mineral and Mining Act 2007 which introduced the mandatory conclusion of Community Development Agreements (CDAs) between mining companies and their host communities as a condition precedent to commencement of mining operations. He examines CDA as a ‘Social Licence to Operate’ , its essential features and enforceability. He concludes by x-raying three typical CDAs concluded by mining companies with Gimbi, Durumi and Piyyakasa communities.