Section 11: Service in National Office to be Pensionable.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Pensions Act it is hereby declared that service in the National Office shall be approved service for the purposes of that Act and, accordingly, officers and other staff of the National Office shall in respect of their service in the National Office be entitled to such pensions, gratuities and other retirement benefits as are enjoyed by persons holding equivalent grades in the public service of the Federation, so however that nothing in this Act shall prevent the appointment of a person to any office in the National Office on terms which preclude the grant of a pension or gratuity in respect of that office.
(2) For the purposes of the application of the provisions of the Pensions Act in accordance with this Act, any power exercisable thereunder by a Minister or other authority of the Government of the Federation, other than the power to make regulations, under section 23 thereof, is hereby vested in and shall be exercisable by the Council and not by any other person or authority.