Section 190: Cessation of membership of the Council of the Institute.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 189 of this Act, a member of the Council of the Institute may cease to hold membership of the Council of the Institute if he-
(a) has conducted himself in a manner that renders him unsuitable as a member of the Council of the Institute;
(b) failed to comply with any term or condition of his office fixed by the President in his appointment letter;
(c) is mentally and physically incapable of carrying out his functions as a member and has been so certified mentally and physically incapable by a medical report issued by a government hospital;
(d) is convicted of an offence by a court of competent jurisdiction in Nigeria or abroad;
(e) is disqualified from practicing as a member of a professional group by an order of competent professional body to which he is a member; and
(f) he resigns his appointment by a letter addressed to the President.
(2) A member of the Council of the Institute shall not be removed unless the request is made by the Council of the Institute to the President and supported by a simple majority of the Council of the Institute in a letter specifying that the member should be removed or cease to be a member on any of the grounds specified under subsection (1).