Section 5: Removal from Office, etc. (As amended by Section 3 of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (amendment) Act. 2007)

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of this Act, a member may at any time be removed from Office by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the occurrence of any of the following-
(a) he becomes bankrupt;
(b) he is convicted for a felony or any offence involving dishonesty or fraud;
(c) he becomes of unsound mind or is incapable of carrying out his duties;
(d) he is guilty of a serious misconduct in relation to his duties; or
(e) in the case of a person possessed of professional qualification, he is disqualified or suspended, other than at his own request, from practicing his profession in any part of the world by any order of a competent authority made in respect of that member.
(2) A member of the Board may resign his appointment by a notice in writing under his hand, addressed to the President and that member shall, on the date of the receipt of the notice by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria cease to be a member of the Board.
(3) Where a member of the Board ceases to hold Office for any reason whatsoever, before the expiration of the term for which he is appointed, another person representing the same interest as that member shall be appointed to the Board for the unexpired term.
(4) A member of the Board may, subject to the ratification of the National Assembly by a simple majority vote, be removed by the President upon being satisfied that it is not in the interest of the Agency or the public that the member should continue in Office.
[2007 No. 64, s. 3.]