Section 4: The board of trustees.

(1) The affairs of the Institute shall be administered by a board of trustees (in this Act referred to as "the board") composed of not less than nine and not more than seventeen members made up as follows, that is to say-
(a)
the Permanent Secretary of the federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development or his representative
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(b) one member appointed by the President by rotation from amongst the Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian universities having colleges or departments of agriculture;
(c) three members who shall be appointed by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research;
(d) the director for the time being of the Institute;
(e) the director of Agricultural Sciences, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology or his representative; and
(f)
additional members, that is to say members chosen from among the following categories, namely tropical African areas (other than Nigeria), South and South-East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and from among eminent specialists in tropical agriculture, the members not exceeding nine in number, being elected from time to time by the board, with the approval of the Government of Nigeria.
(2) Members (other than those serving ex-officio) shall hold office for a term of two years and shall be eligible for re-election for one further term of the like duration; but a member appointed by the President shall not be eligible for re-appointment until three years after the expiration of his term.