Section 5: 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:
Provided that no pensions scheme shall be put into operation without the prior approval in writing of the Minister responsible for pensions.
(2) If the Minister thinks it expedient that any vacancy in the staff of the Authority should be filled by a person holding office in the civil service of the Federation, he shall inform the Minister responsible for establishments to that effect, and thereafter the Federal Civil Service Commission may fill the vacancy by way of secondment or transfer.
(3) Where a member of the civil service of the Federation is seconded under 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 rights 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 the civil service of the Federation shall count as service for the purposes of any pension subsequently payable by the Authority.
(5) Where a person who is a member of the civil service of the Federation 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 civil service of the Federation 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 subsequent service with the Authority were service in the civil service of the Federation.