Section 10: Appointment of the Director- General of the Agency.

(1) There shall be for the Agency a Director-General who shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Minister and on such terms and conditions as may be specified in his letter of appointment or as may be determined by the Federal Government.
(2) The Director-General shall be-
(a) the chief executive and accounting officer of the Agency;
(b) responsible to the Board for the day-to-day administration of the Agency; and
(c) appointed for a term of five years in the first instance and may, subject to satisfactory performance, be re-appointed for a further term of five years and no more.
(3) A person shall not be appointed as the Director-General, except he has a recognised professional degree in meteorology or any other meteorological related sciences with at least 15 years cognate experience, five of which shall be at senior management level.
(4) The Director-General shall be the permanent representative of Nigeria in the World Meteorological Organisation in accordance with the provisions of Article 6, Part V of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organisation, 1947.
(5) The Director-General may be suspended or removed from office by the President on the recommendation of the Minister where he -
(a) has demonstrated inability to effectively perform the duties of the office;
(b) has been absent from five consecutive meetings of the Board without the consent of the Chairman unless he shows good reason for such absence;
(c) is found guilty of gross misconduct;
(d) in the case of a person possessed of professional qualifications, is disqualified or suspended from practising his profession in any part of the world by an order of a competent authority; or
(e) is in breach of the conflict of interest and use of insider information for personal gain provisions as stipulated under section 40 of this Act and in the Schedule to this Act. [Schedule.]
(6) The Director-General of the Agency shall not be removed from office except in accordance with the provisions of this Act.