Section 2: Functions of the Council

(1) It shall be the duty of the Council to-
(a) determine what standards of knowledge and skills are to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the profession and improving those standards from time to time as circumstances may permit;
(b)
secure, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons seeking to be registered under this Act to practise the profession and the publication, from time to time, of the lists of those persons;
(c) perform through the Council established by this Act the functions conferred on it by this Act.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act persons admitted to membership of the profession shall be registered as members of the profession in the category of-
(a) fellows; or
(b) distinguished fellows; or
(c) honorary fellows; or
(d) members; or
(e) honorary members; or
(f) associates; or
(g) students; or
(h) affiliate members; or
(i) corporate members.
(3) A person accorded by the Council established under this Act status as a member of the profession shall be entitled to be registered as-
(a)
a fellow if-
(i) he is at least thirty years' of age and has had not less than ten years relevant professional working experience, at least five of which must have been in positions of managerial responsibility;
(ii) his professional activities and achievements justify his acceptance as an authority in the profession;
(iii) he is otherwise considered by the Council to be a fit and proper person to be so recognised;
(iv) his application in that behalf is sponsored in writing and in such manner as the Council may, from time to time, prescribe by two fellows;
(b) a member if-
(i) he is at least 25 years of age and has had not less than five years' relevant professional working experience, and he is the holder of a certificate of an examination recognised by the Council;
(ii) he is otherwise considered by the Council to be a fit and proper person to be so registered;
(iii) his application in that behalf is sponsored in such manner as the Council may, from time to time, prescribe by two fellows or by one fellow and one full member:
Provided that the Council shall have power, from time to time, in its discretion to waive the requirement of age specified in sub-paragraph (i) of this paragraph.
(c)
an associate if-
(i) he is at least 21 years of age and has had not less than three years' relevant professional working experience, and he is the holder of a certificate of an examination recognised by the Council;
(ii) he is otherwise considered by the Council to be a fit and proper person to be so registered;
(d)
a student if he is undergoing a course of study in computer science in any institution approved for that purpose by the Council; and
(e) an affiliate member if he is a person having an interest in computer science and has been so admitted as such by a resolution of the Council.
(4) The designatory letters of the-
(a) Fellow of the Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) shall be "FCPN";
(b) Member of the Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) shall be "MCPN";
(c) Associate of the Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) shall be "ACPN".