Section 33: Power to appoint board of inquiry.

(1) Where any trade dispute exists or is apprehended, the Minister may cause inquiry to be made into the causes and circumstances of the dispute and, if he thinks fit, may refer any matter appearing to him to be connected with or relevant to the dispute to a board of inquiry appointed for the purpose by the Minister; and the board shall inquire into the matter referred to it and report thereon to the Minister.
(2) The Minister may refer any other matter connected with industrial conditions in Nigeria to a board of inquiry appointed for the purpose by the Minister; and the board shall inquire into the matter referred to it and report thereon to the Minister.
(3) A board of inquiry appointed under this section shall consist of a chairman and such other persons as the Minister thinks fit to appoint or may, if the Minister thinks fit, consists of one person only.
(4) A board of inquiry consisting of two or more persons may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the number of members.
(5) The Minister may, with the approval of the Minister for Finance and Economic Development, pay to any member of a board of inquiry appointed under this section such remuneration as he thinks fit:
Provided that no remuneration, fees or allowances shall be paid to any public officer other than such allowances for expenses as may be expressly authorised for the purposes of this section by the Civil Service Commission of the Federation or the State in question, as the case may be.