Section 4: Qualification for Membership.

(1) No person shall be qualified for appointment as a member of the Commission, if-
(a) he is not qualified or if he is disqualified for election as a member of the House of Representatives;
(b) within the preceding ten years, he has been removed as a member of any of the bodies established by section 153 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, or as the holder of any other office on the ground of misconduct.
(2) Any person employed in the public service of the Federation or of a State shall not be disqualified for appointment as a chairman or member of the Commission.
(3) Where such person has been duly appointed on a full-time basis, he shall, on his appointment, be deemed to have resigned or retired from his former office as from the date of his appointment.