Section 6: Appointment of Director-General and other staff of the Authority.
(1) There shall be for the Authority, a Director-General, who shall be the chief executive and who shall be appointed by the President.
(2) The Director-General shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Authority.
(3) The Authority shall appoint a Secretary to the Authority, who shall keep records and conduct the correspondence of the Authority and perform such other duties as the Authority or the Director-General may, from time to time, assign to him.
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, the Authority shall have power to-
(a) appoint such other staff as it may determine;
(b) pay its staff such remuneration and allowances as it may, with the approval of the Minister, determine;
(c) pay in respect of any staff such pensions and gratuities as are payable to persons of equivalent grade in the civil service of the Federation; and
(d) give loans to its staff for purposes approved by the Minister.
Cite this section
Section 6, NATIONAL SHIPPING POLICY ACT (1987).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-shipping-policy-act/section/6/