Section 2: Membership of the Board

(1) The Board shall comprise-
(a) a chairman, who shall be a community health practitioner and has been so qualified for not less than ten years, to be appointed by the President;
(b) one community health worker;
(c) four community health workers to represent each zone in rotation for two years at a time;
(d) one community health physician to represent the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria;
(e) one principal of a School of Health Technology to represent all schools involved in training members of the profession in rotation for two years at a time;
(f) one person to represent public interest;
(g) one person to represent the Federal Ministry of Health; and
(h) one person to represent a recognised university involved in the training of members of the profession in rotation for two years at a time.
(2) All the appointments referred to in paragraphs (b) to (h) in subsection (1) of this section shall be made by the Minister.
(3)
The provisions of the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the membership of the Board and the other matters therein mentioned.
[First Schedule.]