Section 5: Composition, tenure and powers of the Council of the University.

1 The Council of the University shall consist of?
a the Pro-Chancellor who shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Minister of Education;
b the Vice-Chancellor;
c the Deputy Vice-Chancellors;
d one person from the Ministry responsible for Education;
e four persons representing a variety of interests and broadly representative of the whole Federation to be appointed from -

(i) the Teacher's Registration Council,

(ii) Tertiary Education Trust Fund, and

(iii) two other persons, one of whom shall be a representative of the University host community;
f four persons appointed by the Senate from among its members;
g two persons appointed by Congregation from among its members;
h one person appointed by Convocation from among its members.

2 Persons to be appointed to the Council shall be of proven integrity, knowledgeable and familiar with the affairs and tradition of the University.

3 The Council so constituted shall have a tenure of four years from the date of its inauguration provided that where a Council is found to be incompetent and corrupt, it shall be dissolved by the Visitor and a new Council shall immediately be constituted for the effective functioning of the University.

4 The powers of the Council shall be exercised, as in this Act and to that extent establishment circulars that are inconsistent with this Act shall not apply to the University.

5 The Council shall be free in the performance of its functions and exercise of its responsibilities for the good management, growth and development of the University.

6 The Council, in the performance of its functions shall ensure that disbursement of funds of the University complies with the approved budgetary ratio for -
a personnel cost;
b overhead cost;
c research and development;
d library developments; and
e the balance in expenditure between academic and non-academic activities.