Chief Executive Officer
(1) The Prime Minister shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer on such terms and conditions as he may determine.
(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for the general conduct, administration and management of the functions, activities and day-to-day affairs of the Agency.
(3) The Chief Executive Officer shall have general control of the officers and employees of the Agency.
(4) The Agency shall vest in the Chief Executive Officer such powers and impose upon him such duties as may be determined by the Agency.
(5) The Chief Executive Officer shall not decide on matters pertaining to policy and the strategic direction of the Agency without the approval of the Council.
(6) The Chief Executive Officer shall exercise reasonable care, skill, diligence and proper judgment in exercising his duties under this Act.
(7) The Chief Executive Officer is deemed to have exercised proper judgment referred to in subsection (6) if he—
(a) makes the judgment in good faith for a proper purpose;
(b) does not have a material personal interest in the subject matter of the judgment;
(c) is informed about the subject matter of the judgment to the extent he reasonably believes to be appropriate under the circumstances; and
(d) reasonably believes that the judgment is in the best interest of the Government and the Agency.
Employment of officers and employees
(1) The Agency may employ such number of officers and employees as the Agency thinks desirable and necessary upon
such terms and conditions of service as may be determined by the Agency for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) An officer and employee of the Agency shall, at all times, act in good faith and comply with such requirements, standards, duties and code of conduct as may be determined by the Agency.
(3) No person shall be eligible for employment as an officer or employee of the Agency if he has, directly or indirectly, any share or interest in any contract or proposed contract with, for or on behalf of the Agency.
(4) The Agency may adopt with such modifications as it deems fit any regulations, rules, policies, circulars or directives enacted or issued by the Federal Government in relation to any matter under this Part.
Conduct and discipline of officers and employees
(1) The Agency shall have disciplinary authority over all its officers and employees and shall exercise disciplinary control over such persons.
(2) The Agency may make such regulations to provide for the conduct and discipline of its officers and employees.
(3) The regulations made under this section may include—
(a) provisions for the establishment of appropriate disciplinary committees and the procedures to be complied with;
(b) provisions for the establishment of a disciplinary appeal committee to hear appeals from the decision of a disciplinary committee and the procedures to be complied with; and
(c) provisions for—
(i) the interdiction with reduction in salary or other remuneration; or
(ii) t h e s u s p e n s i o n w i t h o u t s a l a r y o r o t h e r remuneration, of an officer or employee of the Agency during the pendency of the disciplinary proceedings.
(4) The regulations made under this section may create such disciplinary offences and provide for such disciplinary punishments as the Agency may deem appropriate, and the punishments so provided may extend to dismissal or reduction in rank.
(5) The regulations made under this section shall, in prescribing the procedure for disciplinary proceedings, provide for an opportunity for representations to be made by the officer or employee of the Agency against whom the disciplinary proceedings are taken before a decision is arrived at by the disciplinary committee on such disciplinary charge laid against such person.
