Section 3: Operational arms of the Board and their duties.

(1) The Board shall have as its operational arms three units and an agency to be designated as follows, that is-
(a) the Civil Service Pay Research Unit;
(b) the Incomes Analysis Unit;
(c) the Wages and Productivity Unit; and
(d) the Price Intelligence Agency.
(2) The Civil Service Pay Research Unit located in Ministry for Special Duties shall be responsible to the Board for-
(a) collecting and analysing data on the cost of living, productivity, levels of pay in the private sector and such other data as would enable it determine the extent of adjustments (if any) to be made in wages structure in the civil service; and
(b) carrying out such other duties as may be assigned thereto from time to time by the Board.
(3) The Incomes Analysis Unit located in the Federal Ministry of Finance and Economic Development shall be responsible to the Board for-
(a) making inquiries into the various aspects of income distribution as well as changes in the pattern of distribution of income in the form of wages, profits, rents, dividends and collecting data relative thereto;
(b) conducting investigations relating to inter-personal and regional distribution of income and collecting data relative thereto;
(c) analysing profits, rents, dividends and other non-wage incomes in order to enable the Board determine appropriate guidelines relative thereto; and
(d) carrying out such other duties as may be assigned to it from time to time by the Board.
(4) The Wages and Productivity Unit located in the Federal Ministry of Employment, Labour and Productivity shall be responsible to the Board for-
(a) evaluating, on a continuing basis, trends in wages, productivity and economic growth with a view to providing the Board with such information as would enable the Board determine permissible increases in wages in the private sector;
(b) where so directed by the Board, promoting and assisting to implement schemes for raising productivity in public and private enterprises; and
(c) carrying out such other duties as may be assigned to it from time to time by the Board.
(5) The Price Intelligence Agency located in the Federal Ministry of Trade and Tourism shall be responsible to the Board for-
(a) studying and interpreting price movements (including resale price maintenance) on a continuing basis; and
(b) carrying out such other duties of a similar nature to the foregoing as may be assigned to it from time to time by the Board.