Section 13: Establishment of the Nigerian College of Forensics and Fraud Investigators

(1) The Council shall establish the Nigerian College of Forensics and Fraud Investigators (in this Act referred to as "the College") for the purposes of this Act and may, for those purposes, approve that the College shall —
(a) provide the highest standards of human capital learning and capacity building to advance the frontiers of forensics and fraud investigation for all practitioners;
(b) provide cutting edge research and development in all areas of forensic sciences and provide linkages to all tertiary institutions in Nigeria with approved relevant curriculum;
(c) be open to undergraduates of all tertiary institutions to provide practical internship;
(d) spearhead the establishment of world class forensic laboratories in Nigeria;
(e) provide forensics analysis for government institutions, law enforcement agencies, practitioners and individuals seeking forensics analysis in Nigeria;
(f) provide course of training which is intended for persons seeking to become or are already forensics consultants, practitioners and professionals, and which the Council considers as necessary to confer on persons completing the course, sufficient knowledge and skill for admission to the Institute;
(g) provide qualification which, as a result of an examination taken at the College under this section granted to candidates reaching a standard indicating, in the opinion of the members of the Council, that the candidates have sufficient knowledge and skill to practice as forensics and fraud investigators;
(h) constitute a seven members governing board for the College and the qualification of the members shall be determined by the Council;
(i) set regulations that will determine the operational standards that shall guide the management of the College;
(j) appoint all the principal officers of the College in accordance with the management structure approved by the Council.
(2) The Council may, if it deems fit, withdraw any approval given under this section in respect of any course, qualification or institution, but before withdrawing such approval, the Council shall —
(a) give notice that it proposes to do so to persons in Nigeria appearing to the Council to be persons by whom the course is conducted, the qualification is granted or the institution is controlled, as the case may be;
(b) afford each person an opportunity of making representation to the Council with regard to the proposal; and
(c) take into consideration any representation made with respect to the proposal under paragraph (b).
(3) Where the approval of the Council under this section for a course, qualification or institution is withdrawn, the course, qualification or institution shall not be treated as approved under this section, but the withdrawal of any such approval shall not prejudice the registration or eligibility for registration of any person who, by virtue of the approval, was registered or eligible for registration immediately before the approval was withdrawn.
(4) The giving or withdrawal of an approval under this section shall have effect from such date, either before or after the execution of the instrument signifying the giving or withdrawal of the approval, as the Council may specify in that instrument, and the Council shall —
(a) immediately publish a copy of the instrument in the Federal Government Gazette; and
(b) not later than seven days before its publication, send a copy of the instrument to the Minister responsible for Education.