Section 2: Membership of the Council (as amended by Section 2 of the Nursing and Midwifery (Registration, etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2022.

(1) The Council shall consist of—
(a) a Chairman who shall be a registered nurse or midwife;
(b) the Director responsible for nursing and midwifery services in the Federal Ministry of Health;
(c) six Directors responsible for nursing and midwifery services of States Ministry of Health, representing the six geopolitical zones, on rotational basis;
(d) two heads of faculties or departments of nursing, representing Nigerian universities offering degree in nursing and midwifery, on rotational basis;
(e) two heads of nursing and midwifery, representing the federal university teaching hospitals or medical centres on rotational basis;
(f) two persons who shall be one nurse educator and one midwife educator in accredited colleges or schools of nursing and midwifery institutions, on rotational basis;
(g) one nurse educator representing nursing specialty programmes, on rotational basis;
(h) two persons representing National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) who shall be the President and the General Secretary;
(i) two persons representing public interest;
(j) one nurse representing the armed forces or paramilitary on rotational basis;
(k) one registered medical practitioner who shall be a qualified gynaecologist and obstetrician;
(l) one person to represent Federal Ministry of Education, not below the rank of a Director; and
(m) the Registrar of the Council who shall be the Secretary to the Council.
(2) The Chairman shall be appointed by the Minister, and shall hold office for a term of three years renewable, subject to satisfactory performance, for further term of three years and no more.
(3)
Members of the Council mentioned under subsection (1) (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (i) shall be appointed by the Minister and shall hold office for a term of three years.
(4) The members of the Council shall be paid such remunerations and allowances in accordance with the existing relevant Federal Government policies.
(5) A member of the Council may resign the appointment by notice in writing addressed to the Minister.
(6) A member of the Council, may cease membership if the member
(a) dies or becomes of unsound mind;
(b) becomes bankrupt;
(c) is convicted of a felony or of any offence involving dishonesty;
(d) is guilty of serious misconduct in relation to the office;
(e) when recalled by the recommending authority, or when he is no longer staff of the institution he is representing;
(f) resigns his membership; or
(g) absents himself for two consecutive ordinary sessions of the Council without a leave of the Council.
(7) A member of the Council may be removed, at any time, from office by the Minister, if the Minister is satisfied that it is not in the interest of the Council or the public that the member should continue to hold that office.