Section 9: Service in the Council. Act No. 4, 2014.

(1) Service in the Council shall be approved service for purposes of the Pension Reform Act and accordingly employees of the Council shall, in respect of their services, be entitled to pensions and other retirement benefits as are applicable to persons holding equivalent grades in the public service of the Federation.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), nothing in this Act shall prevent the appointment of a person to any office on terms which preclude the grant of pension in respect of that office.
(3) For the purpose of the application of the provisions of the Pension Reform Act, any power exercisable under that Act by the Minister or other authority of the Government of the Federation, other than the power to make regulations is vested in and exercisable by the Council and not by any other authority.