Part 1 National Assembly
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 112. State constituencies
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 24, 2014
Subject to the provisions of sections 91 and 113 of this Constitution, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall divide every state in the federation into such...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 89. Power as to matters of evidence
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 22, 2014
(1) For the purposes of any investigation under section 88 of this Constitutional and subject to the provisions thereof, the Senate or the House of Representatives or a...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 88. Power to conduct investigations
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 22, 2014
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, each House of the National Assembly shall have power by resolution published in its journal or in the Official...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 87. Tenure of office of Auditor – General
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 22, 2014
(1) A person holding the office of the Auditor-General for the Federation shall be removed from office by the President acting on an address supported by two-thirds...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 86. Appointment of Auditor – General
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 22, 2014
(1) The Auditor-General for the Federation shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Federal Civil Service Commission subject to confirmation by...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 85. Audit of Public accounts
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 22, 2014
(1) There shall be an Auditor-General for the Federation who shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 86 of this Constitution. (2) The public...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 84. Remuneration, etc. of the President and certain other officers
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 22, 2014
(1) There shall be paid to the holders of the offices mentioned in this section such remuneration, salaries and allowances as may be prescribed by the National Assembly,...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 83. Contingencies Fund
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 22, 2014
(1) The National Assembly may by law make provisions for the establishment of a Contingencies Fund for the Federation and for authorising the President, if satisfied...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 82. Authorisation of expenditure in default appropriations
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 22, 2014
If the Appropriation Bill in respect of any financial year has not been passed into law by the beginning of the financial year, the President may authorise the...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 81. Authorisation of expenditure from Consolidated Revenue Fund
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 21, 2014
(1) The President shall cause to be prepared and laid before each House of the National Assembly at any time in each financial year estimates of the revenues and...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 80. Establishment of Consolidated Revenue Fund
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 21, 2014
(1) All revenues or other moneys raised or received by the Federation (not being revenues or other moneys payable under this Constitution or any Act of the National...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 79. Power of the National Assembly as to determination of certain questions
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 21, 2014
The National Assembly shall make provisions in respects (a) persons who may apply to an election tribunal for determination of any question as to whether – (i) any...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 78. Supervision of election
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 21, 2014
The registration of voters and the conduct of elections shall be subject to the direction and supervision of Independent National Electoral Commission.
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 77. Direct Election and franchise
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 21, 2014
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, every Senatorial district or Federal constituency established in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 76. Time of Election to the National Assembly
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 21, 2014
(1) Elections to each House of the National Assembly shall be held on a date to be appointed by the Independent National Electoral Commission. (2) The date mentioned in...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 75. Ascertainment of population
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 21, 2014
For the purposes of section 72 of this Constitution, the number of inhabitants of Nigeria or any part thereof shall be ascertained by reference to the 1991 census of the...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 74. Time when alteration of senatorial districts or Federal constituencies takes effects
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 21, 2014
Where the boundaries of any Senatorial district or Federal constituency established under section 71 of this Constitution are altered in accordance with the provisions...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 73. Periodical review of Senatorial districts and Federal constituencies
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 21, 2014
(1) The Independent National Electoral Commission shall review the division of States and of the Federation into Senatorial districts and Federal constituencies at...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 72. Size of Senatorial districts and Federal constituencies
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 21, 2014
No Senatorial district or Federal constituency shall fall within more than one State, and the boundaries of each district or constituency shall be as contiguous as...
Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 71. Senatorial districts and Federal constituencies
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 21, 2014
Subject to the provisions of section 72 of this Constitution, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall – (a) divide each State of the Federation into...