Protection of public 169 Servants (1) No Public servant shall be – (a) (b) (2) restriction on political 170 activities of public servants Retiring age 171. victimised or discriminated against either directly or indirectly for having discharged his or other duties faithfully and according to law: or be removed from office or reduced in rank or otherwise punished without just cause. In this section, “public servant” means a person holding an office in a public service; a person in the service of a local government authority, and a person in the service of a Public Enterprise (1) A person holding an office in a public service shall not hold office in any political party. (2) Any person who holds an office in a public service who wishes to contest an election for a political office shall, prior to nomination as a candidate, obtain one year’s leave of absence without pay, which leave shall not unreasonably be refused. (3) If a person who has obtained leave of absence in accordance with this section is elected to a political office, he or she shall immediately resign from his or her office in the public service and, if he or she fails to do so, he or she shall be removed from such office. Save as provided in this constitution, a person holding an office in a public service – (a) (b) shall retire from such office on attaining the age of fifty-five years or such other age as may be prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly (which age is referred to as “the compulsory retirement age”); and may retire with an earned pension at any time after attaining the age of forty-five years or such other age as may be prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly.