Section 190 Electricity Act 2023

Section 190 of the Electricity Act 2023 is about Cessation of membership of the Council. It is under Part XIX (National Power Training Institute of Nigeria) of the Act.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 189 of this Act, a member of the Council of the Institute may cease to hold membership of the Council of the Institute if he —
(a) has conducted himself in a manner that renders him unsuitable as a member of the Council of the Institute;
(b) failed to comply with any term or condition of his office fixed by the President in his appointment letter;

(c) is mentally and physically incapable of carrying out his functions as a member and has been so certified mentally and physically incapable by a medical report issued by a government hospital;
(d) is convicted of an offence by a court of competent jurisdiction in Nigeria or abroad;

(f) is disqualified from practicing as a member of a professional group by an order of competent professional body to which he is a member; and
(h) he resigns his appointment by a letter addressed to the President.

(2) A member of the Council of the Institute shall not be removed unless the request is made by the Council of the Institute to the President and supported by a simple majority of the Council of the Institute in a letter specifying that the member should be removed or cease to be a member on any of the grounds specified under subsection (1).