Section 6: Establishment and composition of the Technical committe of the National Council

(1)
There is established the Technical Committee of the National Council on Health (in this Act refered to as the Technical Committee").
(2) The Technical committee shall consist of-
(a)
the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health who shall be the Chairman;
(b) all Directors of the Federal Ministry of Health;
(c) the Legal Adviser of the Federal Ministry of Health;
(d)
the Permanent Secretaries and two Directors (one of whom shall be responsible for health sevices) of all State Ministries of Health and FCT Department responsible for Health;
(e)
one representative each of the Armed Forces Medical Corps (that is, Army, Air Force and Navy);
(f)
one representative of the Prisons Medical Services;
(g)
one representative each of the parastatals of the Federal Ministry of Health;
(h)
one representative each of all statutory health regulatory agencies or councils;
(i) the Chairman of the Committee of Chief Executives of Teaching and Specialist Hospitals and Federal Medical Centres;
(j) one representative each of the registered health professional associations including traditional medicine practitioners and alternative health care providers; and
(k) one representative of the private health care providers.
(3)
The Federal Ministry of Health shall provide the Secretariat for the administrative activities of the Technical Committee.