CERTIFICATION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY

I, Robert W. Horner III, Assistant Secretary of NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, hereby certify that the following are true and correct excerpts from minutes of meetings of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY held on such dates, and that such resolutions were duly adopted.

EXCERPT FROM:

MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, held at the office of the Company in Columbus, Ohio, on October 7, 1987.

The following resolution concerning the establishment of Nationwide Variable Account-4 was presented for consideration:

RESOLVED, that the Company, pursuant to the provisions of Ohio Revised Code Section 3907.15, hereby establishes a separate account, designated Nationwide Variable Account-4 (hereinafter the Variable Account) for the following use and purposes, and subject to such conditions as hereafter set forth:

RESOLVED, that the Variable Account shall be established for the purpose of providing for the issuance of variable annuity contracts (hereinafter the Contracts) which Contracts provide that part or all of the annuity benefits and cash value will reflect the investment experience of one or more designated underlying securities; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the fundamental investment policy of the Variable Account shall be to invest or reinvest the assets of the Variable Account in securities issued by investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as may be specified in the respective Contracts; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the proper officers of the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to take all action necessary to: (a) register the Variable Account as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (b) register the Contracts in such amounts as the officers of the Company shall from time to time deem appropriate under the Securities Act of 1933 and to prepare and file amendments to such registration as they may deem necessary or desirable; and (c) take all other action necessary to comply with:  the Investment Company Act of 1940, including the filing of applications for such exemptions from the Investment Company Act of 1940 as the officers of the Company shall deem necessary or desirable; the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; the Securities Act of 1933; and all other applicable state and federal laws in connection with offering said Contracts for sale and the operation of the Variable Account; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, that John E. Fisher, John L. Marakas, Peter F. Frenzer, Harvey S. Galloway, James E. Brock, Thomas E. Kryshak, Gordon E. McCutchan, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, hereby are severally authorized and empowered to execute and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Variable Account and by the Company as sponsor and depositor any required Registration Statement and Notice thereof registering the Variable Account as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940; and a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, registering the Contracts and any and all amendments to the foregoing on behalf of and as attorneys for the Variable Account and the Company and on behalf of and as attorneys for the principal executive officer and/or the principal financial officer and/or the principal accounting officer and/or any other officer of the Variable Account and the Company; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the proper officers of the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized on behalf of the Variable Account and on behalf of the Company to take any and all action which they may deem necessary or advisable in order to sell the Contracts and, if necessary, to register or qualify

Contracts for offer and sale under the insurance and securities laws of any of the states of the United States of America and in connection therewith to execute, deliver and file all such applications, reports, covenants, resolutions and other papers and instruments as may be required under such laws, and to take any and all further action which said officers or counsel of the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to maintain such registration or qualification for as long as said officers or counsel deem it to be in the best interests of the Variable Account and the Company; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the proper officers of the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized in the names and on behalf of the Variable Account and the Company to execute and file irrevocable written consents on the part of the Variable Account and of the Company to be used in such states wherein such consents to service of process may be requisite under the insurance or securities laws thereof in connection with said registration or qualification of Contracts and appoint the appropriate state official, or such other persons as may be allowed by said insurance or securities laws, agent of the Variable Account and of the Company for the purpose of receiving and accepting process; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the appropriate officers of the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized to establish procedures under which the Company will provide sales and administrative functions with respect to the Variable Account and the Contracts issued in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, procedures for providing any voting rights required by the federal securities laws for owners of such Contracts with respect to securities owned by the Variable Account, adding additional underlying investment series to the Variable Account, and permitting conversion or exchange of Contract values or benefits among the various series.

A motion was made, seconded and carried, that the resolution be adopted.

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EXCERPT FROM:

MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY held at the office of the Company in Columbus, Ohio, on December 7, 1988.

The following resolution concerning Nationwide Variable Account-4 was presented for consideration:

RESOLVED, that John E. Fisher, John L. Marakas, Peter F. Frenzer, Harvey S. Galloway, James E. Brock, Thomas E. Kryshak, Gordon E. McCutchan, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, hereby are severally authorized and empowered to:

(1) execute and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Nationwide Variable Account-4 ("Variable Account") and by Nationwide Life Insurance Company ("Company"), as sponsor and depositor, a Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto registering a new class of variable annuity contracts ("Contracts") under the Securities Act of 1933 in such amounts as the officers of the Company shall from time to time deem appropriate; and

(2) to take any action necessary on behalf of the Variable Account and the Company to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, including the execution and filing of applications for such exemptions from the Investment Company Act as the officers of the Company shall deem necessary or desirable; the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; the Securities Act of 1933; and all other applicable state and federal laws in connection with offering Contracts for sale and operation of the Variable Account;

on behalf of and as attorneys for the Variable Account and the Company and on behalf of and as

attorneys for the principal executive officer, and/or the principal financial officer, and/or the principal accounting officer, and/or any other officer of the Variable Account and the Company.

A motion was made, seconded and carried, that the resolution be adopted.

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EXCERPT FROM:

MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, held at the office of the company in Columbus, Ohio, on April 5, 1989.

The following resolution concerning variable accounts was presented for consideration.

RESOLVED, that John E. Fisher, John L. Marakas, Thomas E. Kryshak, Gordon E. McCutchan, W. Sidney Druen, Joseph P. Rath, and W. E. Fitzpatrick, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, hereby are severally authorized and empowered to:

(1)   execute and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the sale of Individual Deferred Variable Annuity Contracts in connection with the MFS Variable Account, Nationwide Variable Account, Nationwide Multi-Flex Variable Account, Nationwide Variable Account-II, Nationwide Variable Account-3, Nationwide Variable Account-4, Nationwide/Sierra Capital Variable Account; and the sale of Group Flexible Fund Retirement Contracts in connection with the Nationwide DC Variable Account, Nationwide Ohio DC Variable Account, NACo Variable Account; and the sale of Group Common Stock Variable Annuity Contracts in connection with Separate Account-l; and the sale of variable life insurance policies in connection with the Nationwide VLI Separate Account, Nationwide VLI Separate Account-2, and Nationwide VLI Separate Account-3 and by Nationwide Life Insurance Company ("Company"), as sponsor and depositor, a Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto registering the Contracts in such amounts as the officers of the Company shall from time to time deem appropriate under the Securities Act of 1933; and

(2)   to take any action necessary on behalf of any of the above referenced Variable Accounts and the Company to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, including the execution and filing of applications for such exemptions from the Investment Company Act as the officers of the Company shall deem necessary or desirable; the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; the Securities Act of 1933; and all other applicable state and federal laws in connection with offering contracts for sale and operation of the Variable Accounts;

on behalf of and as attorneys for each of the above referenced Variable Accounts and the Company and on behalf of and as attorneys for the principal executive officer, and/or the principal financial officer, and/or the principal accounting officer, and/or any other officer of the Variable Accounts and the Company.

A motion was made, seconded and carried, that the resolution be adopted.

I further certify that the foregoing resolutions have not be amended, altered, or repealed and are now in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the corporate seal of Nationwide Life Insurance Company to be hereunto affixed this 6^th day of September, 2007.

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Robert W. Horner, III

Assistant Secretary

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