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Chapter 6. Part 1. Section 135. Tenure of office of President
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 26, 2014
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a person shall hold the office of President until (a) when his successor in office takes the oath of that office; (b)...
Chapter 6. Part 1. Section 134. Election: two or more presidential candidates
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 26, 2014
(1) A candidate for an election to the office of President shall be deemed to have be been duly elected, where, there being only two candidates for the election –...
Chapter 6. Part 1. Section 133. Election: single presidential candidate
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 26, 2014
A candidate for an election to the office of President shall be deemed to have been duly elected to such office where, being the only candidate nominated for the...
Chapter 6. Part 1. Section 132. Election of the President: general
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 26, 2014
(1) An election to the office of President shall be held on a date to be appointed by the Independent National Electoral Commission. (2) An election to the said office...
Chapter 6. Part 1. Section 131. Qualification for election as President
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 26, 2014
A person shall be qualified for election to the office of the President if – (a) he is a citizen of Nigeria by birth; (b) he has attained the age of forty years;...
Chapter 6. Part 1. Section 130. Establishment of the office of President
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 26, 2014
(1) There shall be for the Federation a President. (2) The President shall be the Head of State, the Chief Executive of the Federation and Commander-in-Chief of the...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 129. Power as to matters of evidence
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 25, 2014
(1) For the purposes of any investigation under section 128 of this Constitution, and subject to the provisions thereof, a House of Assembly or a committee appointed in...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 128. Power to conduct investigations
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 25, 2014
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a House of Assembly shall have power by resolution published in its journal or in the Office Gazette of the...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 127. Tenure of office of Auditor-General
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 25, 2014
(1) A person holding the office of Auditor-General under section 126 (1) of this Constitution shall be removed from office by the Governor of the State acting on an...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 126. Appointment of Auditor-General
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 25, 2014
(1) The Auditor-General for a State shall be appointed by the Governor of the State on the recommendation of the State Civil Service Commission subject to confirmation...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 125. Audit of Public accounts
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 25, 2014
(1) There shall be an Auditor-General for each State who shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 126 of this Constitution. (2) The public...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 124. Remuneration, etc. of the governor and certain other officers
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 25, 2014
(1) There shall be paid to the holders of the offices mentioned in this section such remuneration and salaries as may be prescribed by a House of Assembly, but not...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 123. Contingencies Fund
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 25, 2014
(1) A House of Assembly may by Law make provisions for the establishment of a Contingencies Fund for the State and for authorising the Governor, if satisfied that there...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 122. Authorisation of expenditure in default of appropriations
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 25, 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 Governor may authorise the withdrawal...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 121. Authorisation of expenditure from Consolidated Revenue fund
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 25, 2014
(1) The Governor shall cause to be prepared and laid before the House of Assembly at any time before the commencement of each financial year estimates of the revenues...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 120. Establishment of Consolidated Revenue Fund
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 25, 2014
(1) All revenues or other moneys raised or received by a State (not being revenues or other moneys payable under this Constitution or any Law of a House of Assembly into...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 119. Power of National Assembly as to determination of certain questions
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 24, 2014
The National Assembly shall make provisions as respects – (a) persons who may apply to an election tribunal for the determination of any question as to whether...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 118. Supervision and election
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 24, 2014
The registration of voters and the conduct of elections shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 117. Direct election and franchise
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 24, 2014
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, every State constituency established in accordance with the provisions of this part of this Chapter shall return one...
Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 116. Time of elections to Houses of Assembly
Nigerian ConstitutionMarch 24, 2014
(1) Elections to a House of Assembly shall be held on a date to be appointed by the Independent National Electoral Commission. (2) The date mentioned in subsection (1)...