CHAPTER V
CERTIFICATION COUNCIL
18. Establishment of the Certification Council.(1) Within sixty days of the promulgation of
this Ordinance, the Federal Government shall by notification in the official Gazette, constitute an
Certification Council to be known as Electronic Certification Accreditation Council.
(2) The Certification Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common
seal, and shall by the said name sue or be sued.
(3) The Certification Council shall comprise of five members, with four members from the private
sector. One of the Members shall be designated as the chairman.
(4) The members of the Certification Council shall be appointed by the Federal Government for a
term of three years and shall be eligible for reappointment once for another term of three years after
the expiry of their first term of appointment.
(5) No act or proceeding of the Certification Council shall be invalid by reason only of the
existence of any vacancy among its members or any detect in its constitution discovered after such
act or proceeding of the Certification Council.
(6) Except for the grant renewal, revocation or suspension of accreditation, the Certification
Council may from time to time delegate one or more of its functions and powers to one or more of its
members.
(7) A member of the Certification Council shall not be removed except on the grounds of
misconduct.
(8) No member, once appointed, shall have any direct financial interest in any concern or
business relating to cryptography services.
(9) Decisions of the Certification Council shall be taken by a majority of the members, however
in case of tie the Chairman shall have a casting vote.
(10) Save as provided herein, the terms and conditions of service of the members of the
Certification Council shall be such as may be prescribed.
19. Qualifications of member. Of the five members of the Certification Council:__
(a) one shall be telecommunications engineer with at least seven years work
experience, of which at least one year is in the field of cryptography services;
(b) two shall be professional or academics with at least seven years work experience in the
field of information technology;
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