Section 7: Composition, appointment and tenure of members of the Board.

(1) The Board shall consist of the following members to be appointed by the President-
(a) a non-executive Chairman;
(b) a representative of each of the following Federal Ministries, who shall not be below the rank of a Director-
(i) Education, and
(ii) Finance;
(c) a representative each of the following agencies who shall not be below the rank of a Director-
(i) Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,
(ii) National Universities Commission,
(iii) National Board for Technical Education,
(iv) National Commission for Colleges of Education,
(v) National Identity Management Commission,
(vi) Federal Inland Revenue Service,
(vii) Central Bank of Nigeria, and
(viii) National Youth Service Corps;
(d) Five persons, one each to represent the following interests-
(i) universities,
(ii) polytechnics,
(iii) colleges of education,
(iv) Nigerian students of tertiary institutions, and
(v) organised private sector.
(2) Appointments to the Board subject to subsection (1) (a) and (d) shall reflect the six geo-political zones of the Federation.
(3) Members of the Board, other than the ex-officio members, shall hold office for a term of four years in the first instance and may be eligible for reappointment for a further term of four years and no more.