Article 156 — Qualification for membership

(1) No person shall be qualified for appointment as a member of any of the bodies aforesaid if - The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations(a) he is not qualified or if he is disqualified for election as a member of the House of Representatives; provided that a member of any of these bodies shall not be required to belong to a political party, and in the case of the Independent National Electoral Commission, he shall not be a member of a political party. (b) within the preceding ten years, he has been removed as a member of any of the bodies or as the holder of any other office on the ground of misconduct. (2) Any person employed in the public service of the Federation shall not be disqualified for appointment as Chairman or member of any of such bodies: Provided that where such person has been duly appointed he shall, on his appointment, be deemed to have resigned his former office as from the date of the appointment. (3) No person shall be qualified for appointment to any of the bodies aforesaid if, having previously been appointed as a member otherwise than as an ex-officio member of that body, he has been re-appointed for a further term as a member of the same body.