Section 3: Establisbment and Composition of the National Commission for Refugees

(1)
There is hereby established, under the supervision of the Secretary to the Federal Government, a commission to be called the National Commission for Refugees (in this Act referred to as "the Commission") which shall consist of-
(a) a chairman to be appointed by the President;
(b) a representative of the Secretary to the Federal Government, as vice-chairman;
(c) the Federal Commissioner for Refugees or his representative;
(d) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or his representative;
(e) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or his representative; and
(f) the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nigeria, as observer to be invited by the Commission, from time to time, to the meetings of the Commission when matters to be considered by the Commission have international import or are of global importance to refugees.
(2) The Commission shall hold its meetings as and when the chairman is of the opinion that the Commission should meet and shall keep and furnish the Secretary to the Federal Government with records of its meetings.
(3) A member of the staff of the secretariat of the Federal Commissioner for Refugees shall perform secretarial duties during the meetings of the Commission.