Section 2: Membership of the Council.

The Council shall consist of the following members-(a) a chairman, to be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Minister;
(b) the Director of the Institute;
(c) the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Industries or his representative;
(d) the Director, Central Planning Office;
(e) the chief statistician, Federal Office of Statistics;
(f) the Director of Research, Central Bank of Nigeria;
(g) four scholars to be appointed by the Minister on the recommendation of the Director; and
(h) two persons to represent interests not otherwise represented in this section, to be appointed by the Minister.