(1) The Accountability Committee consists of eleven members including

(a) a member to represent independent policy research think tanks nominated by the think-tanks,

(b) a member to represent civil-society organisations and community-based organisations nominated by civil society,

(c) a member each nominated by the

(i)  Trade Union Congress,

(ii) National House of Chiefs,

(iii) Association of Queen Mothers,

(iv) Association of Ghana Industries and Chamber of Commerce,

(v)  Ghana Journalists Association,

(vi) Ghana Bar Association,

(vii) Institute of Chartered Accountants,

(viii) Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; and

(ix) Christian groups namely the National Catholic Secretariat, the Christian Council and the Ghana Pentecostal Council on a rotational basis,

(x) the Federation of Muslim Councils and Ahmadiyya Mission on a rotational basis, and

(xi) Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.

(2) The members of the Accountability Committee shall be appointed by the Minister.

(3) A decision of the Accountability Committee shall only be binding if taken by a majority with a quorum of nine members.

(4) The committee members shall elect their own chairperson from among the members at their first meeting.