Section 2: Governing Board of the Council.

(1) There is hereby established for the Council a governing board which shall consist of the following members to be appointed by the President-
(a) the Chairman who shall be a person with wide knowledge and distinction in one or more fields of the agricultural sciences;
(b) the Vice-Chancellor of one of the Universities of Agriculture on rotation for 2 years at a time;
(c) the Chairman of the Committee of Deans of the Faculties of Agriculture of the Universities in Nigeria;
(d) the Chairman of the Committee of Deans of the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine of the Universities in Nigeria;
(e) the Chairmen of the Governing Boards of Research Institutes established under section 14 of this Act;
(f) the Chairman of the Committee of Directors of Research Institutes established under section 14 of this Act;
(g)
the Directors of the Departments of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry and Livestock of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;
(h) one representative of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, not below the rank of Director;
(i) one representative of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, not below the rank of Director;
(j) four persons from the private sector with wide knowledge and experience of crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry, respectively; and
(k) the Executive Secretary of the Council who shall be an ex-officio member with no voting right.
(2)
The supplementary provisions set out in the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the proceedings of the Board and the other matters contained therein.
[First Schedule.)