Communications
2003 No. 19
A 297
(a) finance or accounting ;
(b) law ;
(c) consumer affairs ;
(d) telecommunications engineering ;
(e) information technology ;
(f) engineering generally ;
(g) economics ; and
(h) public Administration.
(2) A person shall not be appointed or remain in office as a Commissioner if—
(a) he is not a Nigerian citizen ;
(b) he is not ordinarily resident in Nigeria;
(c) he is a serving member of the National Assembly, State House of
Assembly or any Local Government Council ;
(d) he is incapacitated by any physical illness ;
(e) he has been certified to be of unsound mind ;
(f) he is an undischarged bankrupt ;
(g) he has been convicted in Nigeria or elsewhere of a criminal offence,
being a misdemeanour or felony ; or
(h) he has at any time been removed from an office of trust on account of
misconduct.
(3) The conflict of interest provisions contained in the Second Schedule to
this Act shall apply to all Commissioners.
Second
Schedule.
8.—(1) Subject to Subsection (2) of this section, all Commissioners to be
appointed after the coming into force of this Act shall be appointed by the President
in accordance with section 7 of this Act, from the 6 geo-political zones of Nigeria
subject to the confirmation by the Senate.
Appointment
and tenure of
Commissionners.
(2) The Board shall make recommendations to the President on suitably
qualified persons for appointment as the Commission’s Chief Executive and
Executive Commissioners and the President shall take the Commission’s
recommendations into consideration for the appointment.
(3) All Commissioners, except the Chief Executive and the Executive
Commissioners, shall hold office on part-time basis.
(4) Subject to sections 11(3) and 11(4) of this Act, each Commissioner
shall serve for a term of 5 (five) years from the date of his appointment at the
expiration of which the President may renew his term for a further period of 5
years and no more.
(5) Subject to sections 11(3) and 11(4) of this Act, all Commissioners who were
appointed prior to and are still serving as at the commencement date of this Act shall
be deemed upon the commencement of this Act to be serving their initial term of 5
(five) years, calculated from the irrespective dates of appointments and shall, subject