Section 6: Eligibility Committee

(1) There is hereby established, under the supervision of the Federal Commissioner, a committee to be known as the Eligibility Committee for Refugees (in this Act referred to as "the Eligibility Committee"), which shall consist of-
(a) the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or his representative, as chairman;
(b) the director of the Immigration Department or his representative;
(c) a representative of the Vice-President; and
(d) the representative of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nigeria, who shall participate as an observer.
(2) The functions of the Eligibility Committee shall be to-
(a) process and consider applications for refugee status and recommend such applicants that qualify for that status to the Federal Commissioner;
(b) register persons who have been granted refugee status under this Act; and
(c) exercise any other powers and perform any other duties that may be assigned to it, from time to time, by the Federal Commissioner for the Secretary to the Federal Government.