Section 25: Secrecy.

(1)
A member of the Council or the Director-General or any other officer or employee of the Institute shall-
(a) not, for his personal gain, make use of any information which has come to his knowledge in the exercise of his powers or is obtained by him in the ordinary course of his duty as a member of the Council or as the Director-General, officer or employee of the Institute;
(b) treat as confidential any information which has come to his knowledge in the exercise of his powers or is obtained by him in the performance of his duties under this Act
(c) not disclose any information referred to under paragraph (b) of this subsection, except when required to do so by a court or in such other circumstances as may from time to time be prescribed by the Council.
(2)
Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand naira (N100,000) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both such fine and imprisonment.