Section 5: Constitution

The Corporation shall consist of the following members-(a) a chairman, who shall be appointed by the Minister;
(b) twenty-six other members, to be appointed by the Minister, of whom-
(i) one shall be a person appearing to the Minister to be qualified academically and practically in industrial relations;
(ii) one shall be a person appearing to the Minister to be qualified to represent commercial interest in Nigeria;
(iii) twenty-two shall be persons appearing to the Minister to have had experience in commerce and in the use of railway transport, each of whom shall have been recommended by the Governor as representing a State and by the "appropriate Minister" as representing the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja;
(iv) one shall be a person appearing to the Minister to be qualified to represent the Nigerian Ports Authority;
(v) one shall be a person appearing to the Minister after considering any representations made by labour organisations concerned, to have had experience of, and to have shown capacity in the organisation of workers;
(c) the general manager of the Corporation appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 10 of this Act, who shall be an ex-officio member of the Corporation, but shall have no right to vote at any meeting of the Corporation or on any question falling to be decided at such meeting.