Section 6: Officers and their powers.

(1) The Minister may authorise any officer in the civil service of the Federation to act for the purpose of this Act; and every authorised labour officer within the meaning of the Labour
(2) Every authorised officer shall be furnished with a certificate of his authority and when visiting an employer's premises for the purposes of this Act shall, if so required, produce the certificate to the employer or other person holding a responsible position of management at the said premises.
(3) An authorised officer may-
(a) require the production by an employer of wages sheets or other records of wages and records of conditions of employment and inspect and examine them and copy any part thereof;
(b) order any person or body of persons found to have contravened any of the provisions of this Act to take remedial action within a specified period of time; and
(c) subject generally to the powers of the Attorney-General of the Federation, institute proceedings for any offence under this Act and, if he so wishes, appear and have all the necessary powers for the conduct of the proceedings.
(4) An officer who is authorised in that behalf by general or special directions of the Minister may, if it appears to him that a sum is due from an employer to a worker to whom this Act applies or to a person who has been such a worker on account of the payment to him of wages less than the national minimum wage, may institute on behalf and in the name of that worker or person, civil proceedings for the recovery of that sum and in any such proceedings, the court may make an order for the payment of costs by the authorised officer as if he were a party to the proceedings.
(5) The power given by subsection (4) of this section for the recovery of a sum due from an employer to a worker or other person, shall not be in derogation of any right of that worker or other person himself to recover that sum by civil proceedings.