Section 6 Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018
Section 6 of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018 is about Resignation from the Commission. It is under Part II (Establishment of the Federal Competition an Consumer Protection Commission) of the Act.
(1) Commissioners shall be persons of recognised standing, qualification (minimum of a University Degree) and not less than 15 years experience in one or more of the following fields –
(a) Finance or Accounting;
(b) Law;
(c) Consumer Affairs;
(d) Competition or anti-trust matters;
(e) Engineering or Information Technology;
(f) Economics; and
(g) Public Administration, social science or humanities.
(2) A person shall not be appointed or remain in office as a Commissioner if-
(a) he is not a Nigerian citizen;
(b) he is not ordinarily resident in Nigeria;
(c) he is incapacitated by any physical illness;
(d) he has been ce1tified to be of unsound mind;
(e) he is an undischarged bankrupt;
(f) he has been convicted in Nigeria or elsewhere of a criminal offence, being a misdemeanor or felony;
(g) he has at any time been removed form an office of trust on account of misconduct; or
(h) fails to comply with the reporting obligations regarding personal and family assets as required by the Commission’s Code of Conduct.
