Category: Nigeria


  • Section 104 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria Section 104 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Sittings. It is under Chapter V (The legislature) of the Act. A House of Assembly shall sit for a period of not less than one hundred and eighty-one days in a year. Credit: Policy and Legal Advocacy…

  • Section 103 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria Section 103 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Committees. It is under Chapter V (The legislature) of the Act. (1) A House of Assembly may appoint a committee of its members for any special or general purpose as in its opinion would be better regulated…

  • Section 102 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria Section 102 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Vacancy or participation of strangers not to invalidate proceedings. It is under Chapter V (The legislature) of the Act. A House of Assembly may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership, and the presence or participation of…

  • Section 101 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria Section 101 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Regulation of procedure. It is under Chapter V (The legislature) of the Act. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a House of Assembly shall have power to regulate its own procedure, including the procedure for summoning…

  • Section 100 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria Section 100 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Mode of exercising legislative power of a State. It is under Chapter V (The legislature) of the Act. (1) The power of a House of Assembly to make laws shall be exercised by bills passed by the…

  • Section 99 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria Section 99 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Unqualified person sitting or voting. It is under Chapter V (The legislature) of the Act. Any person who sits or votes in a House of Assembly of a State knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that…

  • Section 98 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria Section 98 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Voting. It is under Chapter V (The legislature) of the Act. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, any question proposed for decision in a House of Assembly shall be determined by the required majority of…

  • Section 97 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria Section 97 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Languages. It is under Chapter V (The legislature) of the Act. The business of a House of Assembly shall be conducted in English, but the House may in addition to English conduct the business of the House…

  • Section 96 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria Section 96 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Quorum. It is under Chapter V (The legislature) of the Act. (1) The quorum of a House of Assembly shall be one-third of all the members of the House. (1A) For the purpose of the inaugural and…

  • Section 95 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria Section 95 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Presiding at sittings. It is under Chapter V (The legislature) of the Act. (1) At any sitting of a House of Assembly, the Speaker of that House shall preside, and in his absence the Deputy Speaker shall…