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Chapter 6. Part 3. Section 218. Command and operational use
Nigerian ConstitutionApril 2, 2014
(1) The powers of the President as the Commissioner-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation shall include power to determine the operational use of the armed...
Chapter 6. Part 3. Section 217. Establishment and composition of the armed force of the Federation
Nigerian ConstitutionApril 2, 2014
(1) There shall be an armed forces for the Federation which shall consist of an army, a navy, an Air Force and such other branches of the armed forces of the Federation...
Chapter 6. Part 3. Section 216. Delegation of powers to the Inspector-General and the Police
Nigerian ConstitutionApril 2, 2014
(1) Subject to the provisions of this constitution, the Nigeria Police Council may, with the approval of the President and subject to such conditions as it may think...
Chapter 6. Part 3. Section 215. Appointment of Inspector-General and control of Nigeria Police Force
Nigerian ConstitutionApril 2, 2014
(1) There shall be – (a) an Inspector-General of Police who, subject to section 216(2) of this Constitution shall be appointed by the President on the advice of...
Chapter 6. Part 3. Section 214. Establishment of Nigeria Police Force
Nigerian ConstitutionApril 2, 2014
(1) There shall be a police force for Nigeria, which shall be known as the Nigeria Police Force, and subject to the provisions of this section no other police force...
Chapter 6. Part 3. Section 213. National Population census
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 31, 2014
(1) Any report of the National Population Commission containing the population census after every census shall be delivered to the President by the Chairman of the...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 212. Prerogative of mercy
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 31, 2014
(1) The Governor may: (a) Grant any person concerned with or convicted of any offence created by any law of a state a pardon, either free or subject to lawful...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 211. Public prosecutions
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 31, 2014
(1) The Attorney General of a state shall have power (a) to institute and undertake criminal proceedings against any person before any court of law in Nigeria other than...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 210. Protection of pension rights
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 31, 2014
(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...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 209. Code of Conduct
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 31, 2014
A person in the public service of a State shall observe and conform to the Code of Conduct.
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 208. Appointments by Governor
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 31, 2014
(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...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 207. State Civil Service Commission: Power of delegation
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 31, 2014
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...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 206. Establishment of State Civil Service
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 31, 2014
There shall be for each State of the Federation a Civil Service.
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 205. Interpretation
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 30, 2014
In this Part of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) any reference to ex officio member shall be construed as a reference to a person who is a member...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 204. Powers and procedure
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 30, 2014
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, any of the bodies may, with the approval of the Governor, by rules or otherwise regulate its own procedure or confer...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 203. Quorum and decisions
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 30, 2014
(1) The quorum for a meeting of any of the bodies established by section 197 of this Constitution shall not be less than one-third of the total number of members of that...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 202. Independence of certain bodies
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 30, 2014
In exercising its power to make appointments or to exercise disciplinary control over persons the State Civil Service Commission, the State Independent Electoral...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 201. Removal of members
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 30, 2014
(1) Any person holding any of the offices to which this section applies shall only be removed from that office by the Governor of that State acting on an address...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 200. Qualification for membership
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 30, 2014
(1) No person shall be qualified for appointment as a member of any of the bodies aforesaid if – (a) he is not qualified or if he is disqualified for election as a...
Chapter 6. Part 2. Section 199. Tenure of office of the members
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 30, 2014
(1) A person who is a member of any of the bodies established as aforesaid shall, subject to the provisions of this Part, remain a member thereof – (a) in the case...