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Federal Republic of Nigeria. Constitution of Nigeria
Constitution of Nigeria
Table of Contents
Chapter I - General Provisions
Part I - Federal Republic of Nigeria
(1) Supremacy of constitution
(2) The Federal Republic of Nigeria
(3) States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
Part II - Powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
(4) Legislative powers
(5) Executive powers
(6) Judicial powers
(7) Local government system
(8) New states and boundary adjustment, etc
(9) Mode of altering provisions of the constitution
(10) Prohibition of State Religion
(11) Public order and public security
(12) Implementation of treaties
Chapter II - Fundamental Objectives and directive Principles of State Policy
Part I
(13) Fundamental obligations of the Government
(14) The Government and the people
(15) Political objectives
(16) Economic objectives
(17) Social objectives
(18) Educational objectives
(19) Foreign policy objectives
(20) Environmental objectives
(21) Directive on Nigeria cultures
(22) Obligation of the mass media
(23) National ethics
(24) Duties of the citizen
Chapter III - Citizenship
Part I
(25) Citizenship by birth
(26) Citizenship by registration
(27) Citizenship by naturalisation
(28) Dual citizenship
(29) Renunciation of citizenship
(30) Deprivation of citizenship
(31) Persons deemed to be Nigerian citizens
(32) Power to make regulations
Chapter IV - Fundamental Rights
Part I
(33) Right to life
(34) Right to dignity of human persons
(35) Right to personal liberty
(36) Right to fair hearing
(37) Right to private and family life
(38) Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
(39) Right to freedom of expression and the press
(40) Right to peaceful assembly and association
(41) Right to freedom of movement
(42) Right to freedom from discrimination
(43) Right to acquire and own immovable property
(44) Compulsory acquisition of property
(45) Restriction on and derogation from fundamental human rights
(46) Special jurisdiction of High Court and Legal aid
Chapter V - The Legislature
Part I - National Assembly
A - Composition and Staff of National Assembly (47) Establishment of National Assembly
(48) Composition of the Senate
(49) Composition of the House of Representatives
(50) President of the senate and speaker of the House of Representatives
(51) Staff of the National Assembly
B - Procedure for Summoning and Dissolution of National Assembly (52) Declaration of assets and liabilities ;oath of members
(53) Presiding at sitting of the National Assembly and at joint sittings
(54) Quorum
(55) Languages
(56) Voting
(57) Unqualified person sitting or voting
(58) Mode of exercising Federal Legislative power: general
(59) Mode of exercising Federal Legislative power: money bills
(60) Regulation of procedure
(61) Vacancy or participation of strangers not to invalidate proceedings
(62) Committees
(63) Sittings
(64) Dissolution and issue of proclamations by president
C - Qualifications for Membership of National Assembly and Right of Attendance (65) Qualifications for election
(66) Disqualifications
(67) Right of attendance of President
(68) Tenure of Seat of Members
(69) Recall
(70) Remuneration
D - Elections to National Assembly (71) Senatorial districts and Federal constituencies
(72) Size of Senatorial districts and Federal constituencies
(73) Periodical review of Senatorial districts and Federal constituencies
(74) Time when alteration of senatorial districts or Federal constituencies takes effects
(75) Ascertainment of population
(76) Time of Election to the National Assembly
(77) Direct Election and franchise
(78) Supervision of election
(79) Power of the National Assembly as to determination of certain questions
E - Powers and Control over Public Funds (80) Establishment of Consolidated Revenue Fund
(81) Authorisation of expenditure from Consolidated Revenue Fund
(82) Authorisation of expenditure in default appropriations
(83) Contingencies Fund
(84) Remuneration, etc. of the President and certain other officers
(85) Audit of Public accounts
(86) Appointment of Auditor-General
(87) Tenure of office of Auditor-General
(88) Power to conduct investigations
(89) Power as to matters of evidence
Part II - House of Assembly of a State
A - Composition and Staff of House of Assembly (90) Establishment of House of assembly for each State
(91) Composition of the House of Assembly
(92) Speaker of House of Assembly
(93) Staff of house of Assembly
B - Procedure for Summoning and Dissolution of House of Assembly (94) Declaration of assets and liabilities; oaths of members
(95) Presiding at sittings
(96) Quorum
(97) Languages
(98) Voting
(99) Unqualified person sitting or voting
(100) Mode of exercising legislative power of a state
(101) Regulating Procedure
(102) Attendance Limits
(103) Committees
