Act 769
National Communications Authority Act, 2008
Tenure of office of members of the Board
8. (1) A member of the Board shall hold office for a period not exceeding four years and is eligible for re-appointment but a member shall
not be appointed for more than two terms.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the Director-General.
(3) A member of the Board may at any time resign from office in
writing addressed to the President through the Minister.
(4) A member of the Board, other than the Director-General who
is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Board without sufficient
cause ceases to be a member of the Board.
(5) The President may by letter addressed to a member revoke the
appointment of that member.
(6) Where a member of the Board is for a sufficient reason, unable
to act as a member, the Minister shall determine whether the inability
would result in the declaration of a vacancy.
(7) Where there is a vacancy
(a) under subsection, (3), (4) (5), 10 (2) or 11 (3); or
(b) as a result of a declaration under subsection (6);
the Minister shall notify the President of the vacancy and the President
shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
Meetings of the Board
9. (1) The Board shall meet at least once every three months for the
despatch of business at the times and in the places determined by the
chairperson.
(2) The chairperson shall at the request in writing of not less than
one third of the membership of the Board convene an extraordinary
meeting of the Board at the place and time determined by the chairperson.
(3) The quorum at a meeting of the Board is four members of the
Board or a greater number determined by the Board in respect of an
important matter.
(4) The chairperson shall preside at meetings of the Board and in
the absence of the chairperson, a member of the Board elected by the
members present from among their number other than the DirectorGeneral shall preside.
(5) Matters before the Board shall be decided by a majority of the
members present and voting and in the event of an equality of votes, the
person presiding shall have a casting vote.
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