Section 197 Electricity Act 2023

Section 197 of the Electricity Act 2023 is about Composition of the Academic Board. It is under Part XIX (National Power Training Institute of Nigeria) of the Act.

(1) The Academic Board shall consist of —

(a) the Director-General of the Institute who shall be Chairman of the Academic Board;
(b) all Heads of Directorates:
(c) the Legal Adviser of the Institute

(d) Head of ICT of the Institute; and
(e) other officers appointed by the Director General one of whom shall be the Secretary of the Academic Board.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the Academic Board may co-opt any person to attend its meeting but the person so co-opted shall not have a vote or be counted towards quorum at meetings of the Academic Board.

(3) For the purpose of discipline of students of the Institute, the Academic Board shall have the powers to recommend to the Director-General of the Institute, the suspension or expulsion of a student on such terms as may be recommended by the Academic Board.

(4) Any recommendation for suspension or expulsion of a student of the Institute under subsection (3) shall be effective only after the approval of the Director-General and ratification by the Council:
Provided that the affected student shall be accorded the opportunity to defend himself before the Academic Board and the Council respectively against the allegation warranting his expulsion or suspension, whichever is the case.