Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 9 – Mode Of Altering Provisions Of The Constitution
(1) The National Assembly may, subject to the provision of this section, alter any of the provisions of this Constitution....
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Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 8. New States And Boundary Adjustment, etc.
(1) An Act of the National Assembly for the purpose of creating a new State shall only be passed if-...
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Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 7. Local Government System
(1) The system of local government by democratically elected local government councils is under this Constitution guaranteed; and accordingly, the...
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Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 6. Judicial Powers
(1) The judicial powers of the Federation shall be vested in the courts to which this section relates, being courts...
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Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 5. Executive Powers
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive powers of the Federation: (a) shall be vested in the...
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Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 4. Legislative Powers
(1) The legislative powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be vested in a National Assembly for the Federation,...
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Chapter 1. Part 1. Section 3. States Of The Federation And The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
(1) There shall be 36 states in Nigeria, that is to say, Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue,...
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Chapter 1. Part 1. Section 2. Federal Republic Of Nigeria
(1) Nigeria is one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign state to be known by the name of the Federal Republic of...
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Chapter 1. Part 1. Section 1. Supremacy Of Constitution
(1) This Constitution is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force on the authorities and persons throughout the Federal...
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