Section 12, The National Social Security and Insurance Trust Act, 2001

(1) The Trust shall have a Director-General who shall be appointed by the President subject to the approval of Parliament and upon such terms and conditions as may be specified in his instrument of appointment. (2) A person shall not be appointed Director-General unless he possesses the relevant academic and professional qualifications. (3) Subject to this Act, the Director-General shall be responsible to the Board for— (a) the day-to-day administration of the Trust; (b) overseeing the work and discipline of the other officers and staff of the Trust; and (c) carrying out such other functions as the Board may direct. (4) Where the Director-General is incapacitated from the performance of his functions, the Deputy Director-General shall act as Director-General for the duration of the incapacity. (5) Subject to subsection (3), the Director-General may delegate to any employee of the Trust any of his functions under this Act and may impose such conditions with respect to the exercise of such delegated functions as he may think fit. (6) Nothing in subsection (5) shall be construed so as to absolve the Director-General from ultimate responsibility for anything done or omitted to be done by any person in pursuance of any delegation under that subsection. [Margin: Secretary to Trust.]