Section 12: Cap.346 LFN.

(1) It is hereby declared that service in the Institute shall be approved service for the purpose of the Pension Reform Act 2004. Accordingly, employees of the Institute shall be entitled to pensions, gratuities and other retirement benefits as are prescribed under the said Pension Reform Act.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, nothing in this Act shall prevent the appointment of a person to any office on terms which preclude the grant of a pension, gratuity or other retirement benefit in respect of that office.
(3) For the purposes of the application of the provisions of this Act, any power exercisable by the Council or any authority of the Federal Government, other than the power to make regulation under the relevant section of the Act, is hereby vested in and shall be exercisable by the Council and not by any other person or authority.