Section 12: Establishment of committees

(1) There is hereby established, a committee to be known as the National Advisory Committee on Civic Registration, which shall comprise the following members-
(a)
the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, as the chairman;
(b)
one representative of the Federal Ministry of Justice;
(c) one representative of each State in the Federation, chosen from the relevant State Ministry charged with responsibility for matters relating to civic registration;
(d) such number of persons representing a variety of interests relevant to civic registration as the Minister may, with the approval of the President, from time to time, determine.
(2) There is hereby established for each State a committee to be known as the State Advisory Committee on National Civic Registration, which shall consist of such persons as the Governor of the State concerned may determine.
(3) The National Advisory Committee or a State Advisory Committee, shall have power to co-opt any person to attend its meetings, but such person shall not be entitled to vote at any meeting and shall not count towards a quorum.
(4)
The National Advisory Committee or a State Advisory Committee shall have power to regulate its own proceedings and may make standing orders for that purpose and, subject to such standing orders and section 27 of the Interpretation Act (which relates to special provisions, as to certain statutory bodies), may function notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership or the absence of any member.
[Cap. 123.]