The 1999 Constitution Section 65 (1)(a)(b) Subject to the provisions of section 66 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified for election as a member of: a. the Senate, if he is a citizen of Nigeria and has attained the age of 35 years; and b. the House of Representatives, if he is a…
The 1999 Constitution Section 63 The Senate and the House of Representatives shall each sit for a period of not less than one hundred and eighty-one days in a year. (The National Legislature which is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, shall convene and perform their legislative duties on one hundred…
The 1999 Constitution Section 60 Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Senate or the House of Representatives shall have power to regulate its own procedure, including the procedure for summoning and recess of the House. (The Senate or the House of Representatives will have the right to undertake and supervise any procedure regarding…
The 1999 Constitution Section 59 1(a) The provisions of this section shall apply to: an appropriation bill or a supplementary appropriation bill, including any other bill for the payment, issue or withdrawal from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or any other public fund of the Federation of any money charged thereon or any alteration in the…
The 1999 Constitution Section 58 (1) The power of the National Assembly to make laws shall be exercised by bills passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives and, except as otherwise provided by subsection (5) of this section, assented to by the President. (The National Assembly has the power to make laws;…
The 1999 Constitution Section 56 (1) Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution any question proposed for decision in the Senate or the House of Representatives shall be determined by the required majority of the members present and voting; and the person presiding shall cast a vote whenever necessary to avoid an equality of votes…
The 1999 Constitution Section 54 (1) The quorum of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall be one-third of all the members on of the Legislative House concerned (For a meeting of the House of Representatives or Senate to hold, there must be present at least one-third of all its members. A quorum…
The 1999 Constitution Section 52 (1) Every member of the Senate or the House of Representatives (i.e. National Assembly) shall, before taking his seat, declare his assets and liabilities as prescribed in this Constitution and subsequently take and subscribe the Oath of Allegiance and the oath of membership as prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to…
The 1999 Constitution Section 50 (1)(a) There shall be:-a President and a Deputy President of the Senate, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves; and (The National Assembly will consist of a President and Deputy President of the Senate and they shall be elected by the members of the…
The 1999 Constitution Section 47 There shall be a National Assembly for the Federation which shall consist of a Senate and a Houseof Representatives. (Nigeria has a National Assembly which is divided into two parts; The Senate and a House of Representatives) Section 48 The Senate shall consist of three Senators from each State and…
