Section 7: Application of Pensions Act.

(1)
The Federal Civil Service Commission may, by order published in the Federal Gazette, declare the office of any person employed by the Commission to be a pensionable office for the purposes of the Pensions Act.
(2)
Subject to subsections (3) and (4) of this section, the Pensions Act shall, in its application by virtue of subsection (1) of this section to any office, have effect as if the office were in the public service of the Federation within the meaning of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999.
(3) For the purpose of the application of the Pensions Act and in accordance with subsection (2) of this section-
(a) section 21 of that Act shall have effect as if, for the references to the Minister, there were substituted references to the Commission; and
(b) the power under section 4 (2) of that Act shall be exercisable by the Commission and not by any other authority.
(4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions shall prevent the appointment by the Commission of a person to any office on terms which preclude the grant of a pension or gratuity in respect of service in that office.