The 1999 Constitution Section 162 (1) The Federation shall maintain a special account to be called “the Federation Account” into which shallbe paid all revenues collected by the Government of the Federation, except the proceeds from the personal income tax of the personnel of the armed forces of the Federation, the Nigeria Police Force, the…
Introduction Many, especially officers of the Nigerian Police Force, have argued that no protest is lawful under the law unless and except permission is obtained from the Nigerian Police, or the Governor of a State. This line of argument is mostly supported by the citation of Section 1, 2 and 3 of the Public Order…
The 1999 Constitution Section 160 (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, any of the bodies may, with the approval of the President, byrules or otherwise regulate its own procedure or confer powers and impose duties on any officer or authority for the purpose of discharging its functions. (This means that bodies have the…
The 1999 Constitution Section 158 (1) In exercising its power to make appointments or to exercise disciplinary control over persons, the Code of Conduct Bureau, the National Judicial Council, the Federal Civil Service Commission, the Federal JudicialService Commission, the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission, the Federal Character Commission, and the Independent National Electoral Commission shall…
The 1999 Constitution Section 156 (1) No person shall be qualified for appointment as a member of any of the bodies aforesaid if – (This section means that a person is disqualified for appointment and should not be appointed as a member of the federal councils and commissions listed in Section 153 of the Constitution…
The 1999 Constitution Section 153 (1)(a-n) There shall be established for the Federation the following bodies, namely:(a) Code of Conduct Bureau;(b) Council of State;(c) Federal Character Commission;(d) Federal Civil Service Commission;(e) Federal Judicial Service Commission;(f) Independent National Electoral Commission;(g) National Defence Council;(h) National Economic Council;(i) National Judicial Council;(j) National Population Commission;(k) National Security Council;(l) Nigeria…
The 1999 Constitution Section 151 (1) The President may appoint any person as a Special Adviser to assist him in the performance of hisfunctions. (The President of Nigeria can appoint people who will act as his Special Adviser who shall assist him in the execution of his duties as President.) Section 151 (2) The number…
The 1999 Constitution Section 148 (1) The President may, in his discretion, assign to the Vice-President or any Minister of the Government of the Federation responsibility for any business of the Government of the Federation, including theadministration of any department of government. (The President has the power to assign administrative responsibility to the Vice-President of…
The 1999 Constitution Section 146 (1) The Vice-President shall hold the office of President if the office of President becomes vacant by reasonof death or resignation, impeachment, permanent incapacity or the removal of the President from office for any other reason in accordance with section 143 of this Constitution. (the Vice-President becomes the President of…
The 1999 Constitution Section 144 (1)(a) The President or Vice President shall cease to hold office, if –by a resolution passed by two-thirds majority of all the members of the executive council of the Federation it is declared that the President or Vice-President is incapable of discharging the functions of his office; and (The President…
