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Chapter 5 Section 95

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 95. Presiding at sittings

(1) At any sitting of a House of Assembly, the Speaker of that House shall preside, and in his absence the Deputy Speaker shall preside. (2) In the absence of the...

Chapter 5 Section 94

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 94. Declaration of assets and liabilities; oaths of members

(1) Every person elected to a House of Assembly shall before taking his seat in that House, declare his assets and liabilities in the manner prescribed in this...

Chapter 5 Section 93

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 93. Staff of house of Assembly

There shall be a Clerk to a House of Assembly and such other staff as may be prescribed by a Law enacted by the House of Assembly, and the method of appointment of the...

Chapter 5 Section 92

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 92. Speaker of House of Assembly

(1) There shall be a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker of a House of Assembly who shall be elected by the members of the House from among themselves. (2) The Speaker or...

Chapter 5 Section 91

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 91. Composition of the House of Assembly

Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a House of Assembly of a State shall consist of three or four times the number of seats which that State has in the House...

Chapter 5 Section 90

Chapter 5. Part 2. Section 90. Establishment of House of assembly for each State

There shall be a House of Assembly for each of the States of the Federation.

Chapter 5 Section 89

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 89. Power as to matters of evidence

(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 Section 88

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 88. Power to conduct investigations

(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 Section 87

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 87. Tenure of office of Auditor – General

(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 Section 86

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 86. Appointment of Auditor – General

(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 Section 85

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 85. Audit of Public accounts

(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 Section 84

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 84. Remuneration, etc. of the President and certain other officers

(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 Section 83

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 83. Contingencies Fund

(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 Section 82

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 82. Authorisation of expenditure in default appropriations

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 Section 81

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 81. Authorisation of expenditure from Consolidated Revenue Fund

(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 Section 80

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 80. Establishment of Consolidated Revenue Fund

(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 Section 79

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 79. Power of the National Assembly as to determination of certain questions

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 Section 78

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 78. Supervision of election

The registration of voters and the conduct of elections shall be subject to the direction and supervision of Independent National Electoral Commission.

Chapter 5 Section 77

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 77. Direct Election and franchise

(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 Section 76

Chapter 5. Part 1. Section 76. Time of Election to the National Assembly

(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...