Section 18: Other staff of the Bureau

(1) The Board shall appoint other staff of the Bureau as may be necessary for the proper and efficient discharge of the Bureau's functions including experts and consultants on the advice of the Statistician- General.
(2) The Bureau shall be removed from the core Civil Service.
(3) The status of the Bureau shall be in line with the university scheme of service.
(4) Service in the Bureau other than by members of the Board shall be an approved service for the purpose of Pensions Reform Act and accordingly employees of the Bureau shall in respect of their services be entitled to pensions, gratuities and other retirement benefits enjoyed by persons holding equivalent positions in the universities salary scale.
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(5) The Statistician-General may, in writing appoint any other person as an authorized Officer for the purpose of this Act and may in like manner reverse such appointment in writing as the situation may demand.
(6) Any person employed in carrying out any of the provisions of this Act shall take an oath of office and secrecy prescribed in the second schedule, before a Magistrate or Commissioner of Oath before commencing the duties relating to the provisions of the Act.
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