Section 4: Establishment of the Governing Council

(1) There is established for the Institute a Governing Council (in this Act referred to as "the Council") charged with the responsibility for providing the guiding policy, administration, and setting the standards of the Institute.
(2) The Council shall consist of -
(a) President;
(b) Vice President;
(c) the Registrar;
(d) one representative each of the Certification and Standardisation Board of the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE) listed as -
(i) Electronic and Computing Engineering Certification and Standardisation Board,
(ii) Power and Clean Energy Engineering Certification and Standardisation Board,
(iii) Information and Communications Technology Engineering Certification and Standardisation Board,
(iv) Instrumentation or Automation and Control Engineering Certification and Standardisation Board,
(v) Avionic and Space Engineering Certification and Standardisation Board, and
(vi) Embedded or Emerging Technologies (which includes Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Machine Learning and Drones) Certification and Standardisation Board;
(e) one representative each of the profession recognised by the Council for the regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) of the categories of -
(i) engineer,
(ii) technologist,
(iii) technician, and
(iv) craftsman;
(f) three representatives of the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE); and
(g) one representative each of the -
(i) Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria,
(ii) National Universities Commission (NUC),
(iii) Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM),
(iv) Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON),
(v) Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC),
(vi) National Broadcasting Commission (NBC),
(vii) National Board for Technical Education (NBTE),
(viii) Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC),
(ix) National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), and
(x) Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA).
(3) The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the qualifications and tenure of office of members of the Council and the other matters mentioned in it. [Second Schedule]