CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999, (FIFTH ALTERATION) (NO. 23) ACT, 2023

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CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999, (FIFTH ALTERATION) (NO. 23) ACT, 2023 [ACT NO. 25]

LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

AN ACT TO ALTER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999 TO REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT AND GOVERNORS TO SUBMIT THE NAMES OF PERSONS NOMINATED AS MINISTERS OR COMMISSIONERS WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR CONFIRMATION BY THE SENATE OR STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY; AND FOR RELATED MATTERS.

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[COMMENCEMENT]                               [3RD DAY OF MARCH, 2023]

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ENACTED BY THE National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria—

1.       Alteration of the Constitution.

The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (in this Act referred to as “the Principal Act”) is altered as set out in this Act.

2.       Alteration of section 147

Section 147 of the Constitution is altered —

(a)     in subsection (2), by inserting after the word “President”, in line 3, a new “proviso” —

“Provided that no Ministerial nominee shall be confirmed by the Senate unless evidence of declaration of assets and liabilities of the nominee as prescribed in this Constitution is presented”; and

(b)     by inserting after subsection (6), a new subsection “(7)” —

”(7)   Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (2) of this section, the nomination of any person to the office of a Minister for confirmation by the Senate shall be done within sixty days after the date the President has taken the oath of office:

Provided that the President may appoint a Minister at any other time during his tenure and such appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate”.

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