Cap. 25: 30 G WAN DA STATE UNIVERSITY (e) No. 5/2016 three persons appointed by the Senate from among its members. (2) The joint committee constituted by this Statute shall consider each applicant for appointment to a vacancy in the office of Pro-Vice-Chancellor and shall make recommendations thereon to the Council, and the Council, after considering the joint committee’s recommendation, shall make the appointment concerned with the approval of the Minister. (3) A Pro-Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for three years from the date of his or her appointment and, subject to subsection (2) and the approval of the Minister, shall be eligible for re-appointment. length of appointment of members of Council 2. (1) Members of the Council, other than ex officio members, shall hold office for three years, and shall be eligible for re-appointment or re-election, as the case may be: Provided that— (a) (b) of the first sixteen members appointed by the Minister, five shall be appointed for a period ending one year after the date of commencement of the Act and a further five shall be appointed for a period ending two years after the date of commencement of the Act; of the first nine members appointed by the Senate, three shall be appointed for a period ending one year after the date of commencement of the Act and a further three shall be appointed fora period ending two years after the date of commencement of the Act. (2) Any member of Council, other than an ex officio member, may resign his or her membership at any time by notice in writing addressed to the Registrar. Casual vacancies in Council 3. Any casual vacancy occurring among the appointed or elected members of the Council shall be filled as soon as possible by the person or body which appointed or elected the member whose place has become vacant, and the person so appointed or elected shall hold office for the remainder of the period for which the person whose place he or she fills was appointed or elected. Meetings and quorum of Council 4. (1) The Council shall meet at least three times a year. (2) The quorum of the Council shall be one-half of the members holding office at the time of the meeting. Resolutions by circulation among members of Council 5. A resolution proposed by the Executive Committee of the Council, other than for the purpose of making a Statute, which is on its authority circulated by the Registrar to all members of the Council and which receives the written agreement of not less than two thirds of such members shall, upon receipt of such agreement by the Registrar, have the same force and effect as a resolution passed at a meeting of the Council. Meetings and quorum of Senate 6. (1) The Senate shall meet at least three times a year. 178