Section 12: Officers seconded from Government of Federation to be employed.

(1) The board of an institute shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, employ such officers, being officers on the established staff of the Government of the Federation, as may be seconded to the institute from the service of the Government of the Federation on the date on which the institute is established.
(2) The Federal Civil Service Commission may at any time determine the secondment of an officer who has been seconded to the service of the board of an institute under the provisions of this section, but no request by the board to the Federal Civil Service Commission for the determination of the secondment of any such officer shall be made unless the board shall first have given to the officer written notice of the intention to make such request.