Section 8: Staff generally

(1) Subject to this Act, the Authority may appoint such persons as members of its staff as it considers necessary and may approve conditions of service, including provision for the payment of pensions.
(2) If the Authority thinks it expedient that any vacancy in the staff of the Authority should be filled by a person holding office in any of the public services in the Federation, it shall inform the Federal Civil Service Commission to that effect, and thereafter the Federal Civil Service Commission may fill that vacancy by way of transfer or secondment.
(3) Where a person is seconded pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section, he shall be notified of the terms and conditions of the secondment; and the secondment shall be without prejudice to any person right which, but for the secondment, would still accrue to him.
(4) A person seconded under subsection (2) of this section may elect to be transferred to the staff of the Authority, in which case any previous service in any of the previous services aforementioned shall count as service for the purpose of any pension subsequently payable by the Authority.
(5) Where a person who is a member of any of the public services aforementioned is transferred to the service of the Authority , then if the Federal Civil Service Commission so directs-
(a) that person's former service in the relevant public service shall be taken into account in applying the provisions of the Pensions Act; and
(b) that Act shall have effect as if that person's service with the Authority were service in the said Civil Service.