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Back to Page One C - The Public Service of a State 206. There shall be for each State of the Federation a Civil Service. 207. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a State Civil Service Commission may, with the approval of the Governor and subject to such conditions as it may deem fit, delegate any of the powers conferred upon it by this Constitution to any of its members or to any officer in the civil service of the State. 208. (1) Power to appoint persons to hold or act in the offices to which this section applies and to remove persons so appointed from any such office shall vest in the Governor of the State. (2) The offices to which this section applies are, namely - (a) Secretary to the Government of the State; (b) Head of the Civil Service of the State; (c) Permanent Secretary or other chief executive in any Ministry or Department of the Government of the State howsoever designated; and (d) any office on the personal staff of the Governor. (3) An appointment to the office of the Head of the Civil Service of a State shall not be made except from among Permanent Secretaries or equivalent rank in the civil service of any State or of the Federation. (4) In exercising his powers of appointment under this section, the Governor shall have regard to the diversity of the people within the state and the need to promote national unity. (5) Any appointment made pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (2) of this section shall be at the pleasure of the Governor and shall cease when the Governor ceases to hold office: Provided that where a person has been appointed from a public service of the Federation or a State, he shall be entitled to return to the public service of the Federation or of the State when the Governor ceases to hold office. 209. A person in the public service of a State shall observe and conform to the Code of Conduct. 210. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the right of a person in the public service of a State to receive pension or gratuity shall be regulated by law. (2) Any benefit to which a person is entitled in accordance with or under such law as is referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall not be withheld or altered to his disadvantage except to such extent as is permissible under any law, including the Code of Conduct. (3) Pensions shall be reviewed every five years or together with any state civil service salary reviews, whichever is earlier. (4) Pensions in respect of service in the service of a State shall not be taxed