Section 7: Establishment of Refugee Appeal Board

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known as the Refugee Appeal Board (in this Act referred to as "the Board"), which shall consist of three legal officers to be appointed by the Secretary to the Federal Government after consultation with the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, at least one of whom shall be a person with adequate knowledge in international and comparative law.
(2) The representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nigeria may be invited to the proceedings of the Board and shall have the right to make oral or written representations on behalf of any person concerned in any appeal that is being heard by the Board.
(3) The Board shall meet at the invitation of the Federal Commissioner or at the request of the Secretary to the Federal Government.
(4) Subject to the provisions of section 8 of this Act, the Board shall hear appeals against the decisions of the Eligibility Committee on cases referred to it by the Secretary to the Federal Government or the Federal Commissioner.
(5) The Board shall give due consideration to any representations made on behalf of an appellant before coming to a final decision on the appeal.
(6) The Board may invite the appellant for an oral interview and shall allow him to be represented by a legal practitioner, if he so desires.