Section 10 Mortgage and Property Law of Lagos State

Section 10 of the Mortgage and Property Law of Lagos State 2010 is about Staff of the Board. It provides as follows:

(1) The Board may—
(a) employ such persons as members of its staff as it considers necessary; and

(b) approve conditions of service including the provision for payment of pensions:

Provided that not pension scheme shall be put into operations without the approval in writing of the Commissioner responsible for Establishment and Pensions.

(2) If the Commissioner thinks it is expedient that any vacancy in the Board shall be filled by a person holding office in the Civil Service of the State, he shall inform the Commissioner responsible for Establishment and Pensions and the relevant Service Commission of the State who may fill the vacancy by way of secondment or transfer.

(3) Where a member of the Civil Service Commission is seconded, the secondment shall be without prejudice to any pension rights which but for
the secondment would still accrue to him.

(4) A person seconded under subsection (3) of this section may elect to be transferred to be a staff of the Board in which case any previous service of the
State shall count as service for the purpose of any pension subsequently payable by the Board.

(5) Where a person who is a member of the Public Service is transferred to the service of the Board—
(i) that person’s former service in the Public Service shall be taken into account in applying the provisions of the Pension Law; and
(ii) that Law shall have effect as if the person’s subsequent services with the Board were services in the Civil Service Commission.

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