Section 11: Members of Armed Forces, police, etc, prohibited from forming or joining trade union.

(1)
This section applies in relation to the following establishments, that is to say-
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(a) the Nigerian Army, Navy or Air Force
(b) the Nigeria Police Force;
(c) the Customs Services, the Immigration Services and the Prison Services;
(d) the Customs Preventive Service;
(e) the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited;
(f) the Central Bank of Nigeria;
(g) the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited;
(h) every Federal or State government establishment the employees of which are authorised to bear arms; and
(i) such other establishments as the Minister may, from time to time, by order specify.
(2) It shall not be lawful for persons employed in any of the establishments to which subsection (1) of this section relates to combine, organise themselves, or to be members of a trade union, for purposes of employment, but nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the setting up of joint consultative committees in the establishments concerned.
(3) As from the date of commencement of this Act, every trade union, which was in existence or which would have continued to be in existence as from that date but for the provisions of this Act, shall cease to exist and the certificate of registration of such trade union shall, within thirty days of the coming into operation of this Act, be surrendered by the trade union to the Registrar, who shall take such steps in relation to the distribution of the assets of the trade union as he deems necessary or in accordance with its rules.