The 1999 Constitution Section 184 The National Assembly shall make provisions in respect of (The following are issues the National Assembly has authority to provide for; ) Section 184 (a) persons who may apply to an election tribunal for the determination of any question as to whether (The National Assembly has the authority to provide…
The 1999 Constitution Section 182 (1) No person shall be qualified for election to the office of Governor of a State if – (The following can disqualify a person from being elected as Governor of a State in Nigeria – ) Section 182 (1)(a) subject to the provisions of section 28 of this Constitution, he…
The 1999 Constitution Section 180 (1) subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a person shall hold the office of Governor of a State until – (Basically, a person who was duly elected as a Governor of a State in Nigeria, will hold such an office till ) Section 180 (1)(a) When his successor in…
The 1999 Constitution Section 176 (1) There shall be for each State of the Federation a Governor. (Every State in Nigeria shall have a Governor.) Section 176 (2) The governor of a State shall be the Chief Executive of that state. (Whoever is the Governor of a State shall be the Chief Executive of that…
The 1999 Constitution Section 165 Each State shall, in respect of each financial year, pay to the Federation an amount equal to such part of the expenditure incurred by the Federation during that financial year for the purpose of collection of taxes or duties which are wholly or partly payable to the State pursuant to…
The 1999 Constitution Section 163 Where under an Act of the National Assembly, tax or duty is imposed in respect of any of the mattersspecified in item D of Part II of the Second Schedule to this Constitution, the net proceeds of such tax or duty shall be distributed among the States on the basis…
The 1999 Constitution Section 127 (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 address supported by two-thirds majority of the House of Assembly praying that he be so removed for inability to discharge the…
The 1999 Constitution Section 125 (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. (This section creates the office of the Auditor General of a state and how a person shall be appointed in accordance with section 126 of the…
The 1999 Constitution Section 122 If the Appropriation Bill in respect of any financial year has not been passed into Law by the beginning ofthe financial year, the Governor may authorize the withdrawal of moneys from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the State for the purpose of meeting expenditure necessary to carry on the services…
The 1999 Constitution Section 120 (1) All revenues or other moneys raised or received by a State (not being revenues or other moneys payableunder this Constitution or any Law of a House of Assembly into any other public fund of the State established for a specific purpose) shall be paid into and form one Consolidated…
