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Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 8. New States And Boundary Adjustment, etc.
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 17, 2014
(1) An Act of the National Assembly for the purpose of creating a new State shall only be passed if- (a) a request, supported by at least two-thirds majority of members...
Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 7. Local Government System
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 17, 2014
(1) The system of local government by democratically elected local government councils is under this Constitution guaranteed; and accordingly, the Government of every...
Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 6. Judicial Powers
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 17, 2014
(1) The judicial powers of the Federation shall be vested in the courts to which this section relates, being courts established for the Federation. (2) The judicial...
Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 5. Executive Powers
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 17, 2014
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive powers of the Federation: (a) shall be vested in the President and may subject as aforesaid and to the...
Chapter 1. Part 2. Section 4. Legislative Powers
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 17, 2014
(1) The legislative powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be vested in a National Assembly for the Federation, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of...
Chapter 1. Part 1. Section 3. States Of The Federation And The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 17, 2014
(1) There shall be 36 states in Nigeria, that is to say, Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu,...
Chapter 1. Part 1. Section 2. Federal Republic Of Nigeria
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 17, 2014
(1) Nigeria is one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign state to be known by the name of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. (2) Nigeria shall be a Federation consisting...
Chapter 1. Part 1. Section 1. Supremacy Of Constitution
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 17, 2014
(1) This Constitution is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force on the authorities and persons throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria. (2) The Federal...