Section 9: Pension.

(1) Service in the Fund shall be approved service for purposes of pension.
(2) Employees of the Fund shall be entitled to pension, gratuity and other retirement benefits as are enjoyed by persons holding equivalent grades in the Civil Service of the Federation.
(3) Notwithstanding in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, nothing in this Act shall prevent the appointment of a person to any office on terms which preclude the grant of pension and gratuity in respect of that office.
(4) For the purposes of the application of the provisions of the Pension Reform Act, any power exercisable by a Minister or other authority of the Government of the Federation, other than the power to make regulations under section 23 thereof, is vested in and shall be exercisable by the Board of Trustees.