125 (2) An Act of Parliament must provide for the establishment, structure and staff of provincial and metropolitan councils, and the manner in which they exercise their functions. (3) Members of a provincial or metropolitan council are accountable, collectively and individually, to residents of their province and the national government for the exercise of their functions. 14.8 Committees of provincial and metropolitan councils For the better exercise of their functions, provincial and metropolitan councils may establish committees but each such committee must be presided over by a member referred to in section 14.5(1)(f) or 14.6(1)(f), as the case may be. 14.9 Provincial Governors (1) For each province, other than a metropolitan province, there is a Provincial Governor appointed by the President in accordance with this section. (2) A person is qualified for appointment as a Provincial Governor if he or she is qualified for election as a member of the Senate. (3) As soon as possible after every general election, the President must call upon— (a) the political party which gained the highest number of National Assembly seats in the province concerned; or (b) if there is no political party such as is referred to in paragraph (a), the political party which received the highest number of votes cast in the province in that general election for members of the National Assembly; to submit the names of two qualified persons for appointment as Provincial Governor of the province concerned, and the President must appoint one of those persons as Provincial Governor. (4) The office of Provincial Governor is a public office but does not form part of the Civil Service. (5) Before taking office, a person appointed as Provincial Governor must take before the President the oath in the form set out in the Third Schedule. (6) A person ceases to be a Provincial Governor if— (a) he or she ceases to be a Senator for any of the reasons set out in section 6.14; or (b) he or she is removed from office by the President— (i) after consultation with the political party which nominated the Provincial Governor, on the grounds of gross misconduct; or (ii) after the political party which nominated the Provincial Governor requests the President to remove him or her from office. (7) An Act of Parliament must provide for the election of mayors for the metropolitan provinces and may assign to those mayors any of the functions of a Provincial Governor.