Section 6: Temporary appointments

(1) The Minister may appoint a person (in this Act referred to as "a temporary chairman"), to act in the place of the chairman during the temporary incapacity from illness of the chairman.
(2) A person appointed to be a temporary chairman shall, while the appointment subsists, be deemed for all purposes of this Act, to be the chairman.
(3) The Minister may appoint any person to be a temporary member of the Corporation during the temporary incapacity from illness, or absence from Nigeria of any member of the Corporation:
Provided that the number of persons holding an appointment under this subsection shall not at any time exceed two.
(4) A person appointed to be a temporary member of the Corporation may, while the appointment subsists, exercise and perform all the functions of a member of the Corporation (other than the chairman) under this Act.
(5) The Minister may, at any time, by notice in writing given to the Corporation, terminate any appointment made under this section.