Section 2: Membership of the Council

(1) The Council shall consist of-
(a) the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, as chairman;
(b) the permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, as vice-chairman;
(c) the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture;
(d) the Director of-
(i) the Federal Department of Agriculture;
(ii) the Department of Agricultural Science of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure;
(e) four persons to represent State Ministries of Agriculture and Natural Resources or State Seed Co-ordination Committees, when established, one to be selected from each zone on rotational basis;
(f) four persons to represent the Nigeria seed industry;
(g) one person each to represent-
(i) the Seed Growers Association: and
(ii) the Co-operatives Societies of Nigeria;
(h) one person to represent the Federal Ministry of Finance;
(i) one person from a private financial lending institution;
(j) the Head of Unit, National Seed Service Unit of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, who shall also serve as a member and secretary to the Council; and
(k) a representative of the Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Technology in a Nigerian university.
(2) All appointments under paragraphs (d), (e), (f), and (h) of subsection (1) of this section shall be made by the Minister.
(3) Members of the Council, other than those appointed under paragraphs (b), (c),(d), (g), (i) and (j) of subsection (1) of this section, shall each hold office for such period not being less than three years as the Minister, may from time to time, determine.
(4) The supplementaty provisions set out in the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the proceedings of the Council and the other matters specified therein.