Section 6: Functions of the Commission

(1)
The Commission shall:
(a)
formulate and implement guidelines for its functions; and
(b)
appoint persons to hold or act in the offices of:
(i) the Clerk to the National Assembly;
(ii) the Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly;
(iii) the Clerk of the Senate;
(iv) the Clerk of the House of Representatives;
(v) the Deputy Clerk of the Senate;
(vi) the Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives;
(vii) Secretaries to the Directorates; and
(viii) holders of other offices that shall be created by the Commission on the recommendation of the Clerk to the National Assembly.
(2) The Commission may:
(a)
make appointments on promotion and transfer and confirm such appointments; and
(b)
dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices.
(3)
Where the Commission considers it expedient that any vacancy in the staff of the National Assembly should be filled, the Commission shall cause to be advertised internally and externally in accordance with the laws and regulations governing appointments into Public Service of the Federation.
(4)
Where the Commission thinks it expedient that any vacancy in the staff of the National Assembly should be filled by a person holding office in the Civil Service of the Federation or of a State, it shall notify the appropriate Civil Service Commission to that effect and the Commission may, after consultation with the Civil Service Commission concerned, cause such vacancy to be filled by way of secondment or transfer.
(5)
Where any member of a civil service is seconded under subsection (4) of this section, he shall be notified of the terms and conditions of the secondment, and the secondment shall be without prejudice to any pension rights which, but for the secondment, would still accrue to him.
(6)
A person seconded under sub-section (4) of this section, may elect subject to the approval, of the Commission to be transferred to the service of the National Assembly, in which case any previous service in the civil service concerned shall count as service for the purposes of the pension subsequently payable by the Commission.
(7)
Any member of staff or the National Assembly may elect to transfer or be seconded to any other Public Service of the Federation and such right of transfer or secondrnent shall not operate to the disadvantage of the officer concerned.
(8)
In exercising its powers to make appointments or exercise disciplinary control over persons, the Commission shall not be subject to the direction or control of any authority or person.
(9)
The Commission shall have power to pay its staff such remunerations as are approved by the National Assembly.