Section 5: Appointment of the Executive Secretary and principal officers of the Council.

(1) There shall be appointed for the Council an officer to be designated as the executive secretary of the Council who shall be the chief executive of the Council and shall be responsible for the day-to-day running and management of the affairs of the Council.
(2) The executive secretary shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Minister.
(3) The executive secretary shall be a person who possesses appropriate professional qualifications.
(4) The executive secretary shall hold office in the first instance for a period of five years and shall be eligible for a re-appointment for such further term of five years as the President may, from time to time, determine.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this section, the executive secretary shall hold office on such terms as to emoluments and otherwise as may be specified in his letter of appointment.
(6) The secretariat of the Council shall be located in the Federal Ministry of Industry and under the general control of the executive secretary.