Section 156: Qualification for membership (amended by Section 15 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (First Alteration) Act, 2010)

1 No person shall be qualified for appointment as a member of any of the bodies aforesaid if -
a he is not qualified or if he is disqualified for election as a member of the House of Representatives provided that a member of any of these bodies shall not be required to belong to a political party, and in the case of the Independent National Electoral Commission, he shall not be a member of a political party;
b within the preceding ten years, he has been removed as a member of any of the bodies or as the holder of any other office on the ground of misconduct.

2 Any person employed in the public service of the Federation shall not be disqualified for appointment as Chairman or member of any of such bodies:

Provided that where such person has been duly appointed he shall, on his appointment, be deemed to have resign his former office as from the date of the appointment.

3 No person shall be qualified for appointment to any of the bodies aforesaid if, having previously been appointed as a member otherwise than as an ex officio member of that body, he has been re-appointed for a further term as a member of the same body.