Section 24: Certificate of experience

(1) A person who, after obtaining an approved qualification, satisfies the conditions specified in subsection (2) of this section shall be entitled to receive free of charge a certificate of experience in the prescribed form from the person in charge of the institution.
(2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1) of this section are that-
(a) he shall have served his time for employment, the prescribed period in Nigeria with a view to obtaining a certificate of experience; or
(b) he shall have acquired during his employment practical experience under the personal supervision and guidance of one or more registered journalists for such periods as may be prescribed;
(c) the manner in which he carried out the duties of his employment and his conduct during the period of his employment shall have been satisfactory.
(3) It shall be the duty of the employer, being a registered journalist supervising the training of the person employed with a view to obtaining a certificate of experience, to ensure that the person is afforded proper opportunities of acquiring the practical experience required for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section.
(4) Where after having served his time as referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section, a person is refused a certificate of experience, he shall be entitled-
(a) to receive from his employer particulars in writing of the grounds of the refusal; and
(b) to appeal against the refusal to a committee of the Council in accordance with rules made by the Council in that behalf (including rules as to the time within which appeals are to be brought) and on any such appeal the committee of the Council shall have power to either dismiss the appeal or itself issue the certificate of experience in question or give such other direction on the matter as it considers just.
(5) The Minister may make regulations for the issuance of certificates of experience in respect of employment and institutions outside Nigeria.