Section 7: Staff generally

(1) Subject to this Act the Corporation 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:
Provided that no pensions scheme shall be put into operation without the prior approval in writing of the Federal Civil Service Commission.
(2) If the Minister thinks it expedient that any vacancy in the staff of the Corporation should be filled by a person holding office in any of the civil services of the Federation, he shall inform the Federal Civil Service Commission and thereafter the Federal Civil Service Commission may fill the vacancy by way of secondment or transfer.
(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 pension 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 Corporation in which case any previous service in any of the public services as aforesaid shall count as service for the purposes of any pension subsequently payable by the Corporation.
(5) Where a person who is a member of any of the public services of the Federation is transferred to the service of the Corporation then if the Federal Civil Service Commission so directs-
(a) that person's former service in that public service shall be taken into account in applying the provisions of the Pensions Act; and
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(b) that Act shall have effect as if that person's service with the Corporation were service in the said public service.