Section 47
There shall be a National Assembly for the Federation which shall consist of a Senate and a House
of 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 one from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
(The Senate is made up of three (3) representatives i.e. Senators from each State in Nigeria and one representative from Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.)
Section 49
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the House of Representatives shall consist of three hundred and sixty members representing constituencies of nearly equal population as far as possible, provided that no constituency shall fall within more than one State.
(Subject to what the Constitution says, the House of Representatives will be made up of three hundred and sixty (360) members who will represent constituencies of nearly equal population as far possible, as long as no constituency falls within more than one State.)
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Section 9 and 10 of the 1999 Constitution: National Assembly and Religion
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