Section 9: Establishment and membership of the National Consultative Group on Population for Development

(1) There is hereby established a group to be known as the National Consultative Group on Population for Development (in this Act referred to as "the National Consultative Group").
(2) The National Consultative Group shall consist of-
(a) the Minister of Health;
(b) the Ministers of the following Federal Ministries or their representatives who shall not be below the rank of director, that is-
(i) Agriculture and Rural Development;
(ii) Finance;
(iii) Education:
(iv) Information and National Orientation;
(v) Internal Affairs;
(vi) Justice;
(vii) Works and Housing; and
(viii) Employment, Labour and Productivity;
(c) the chief executives of the following bodies or their representatives who shall not be below the rank of director, that is-
(i) the National Planning Commission;
(ii) the National Population Commission;
(iii) the Nigerian Institute for Social and Economic Research;
(iv) the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructure; and
(v) the National Orientation Agency;
(d) the following zonal representatives on rotational basis, that is-
(i) the Commissioner of Health of a State in the zone;
(ii) the Commissioner of Information and Culture of a State in the zone;
(iii) the Commissioner of Education of a State in the zone;
(iv) the Permanent Secretary, Governor's Office of a State in the zone;
(v) the Commissioner of Finance and Economic Development of a State in the zone;
(vi) the Commissioner for Justice of a State in the zone;
(e) the chairman, Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria;
(f) the Permanent Secretary of Women Affairs and Youth Development;
(g) the President of the National Council of Women Societies;
(h) the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress;
(i) the President of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs;
(j) the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria;
(k) four representatives of traditional rulers, one from each zone;
(l) four representatives appointed on personal merit by the Minister, one from each zone;
(m) the executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency;
(n) the director, Department of Planning, Research and Statistics Federal Ministry of Health; and
(o) the executive director of the Agency.
(3) The Agency shall serve as the secretariat of the National Consultative Group.