FEDERAL CHARACTER COMMISSION ESTABLISHMENT ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

FEDERAL CHARACTER COMMISSION ESTABLISHMENT ACT

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I – Establishment and functions, etc., of the Federal Character Commission

1. Establishment of the Federal Character Commission, etc.
2. Membership of the Commission.
3. Tenure of office.
4. Functions of the Commission.
5. Powers of the Commission.
6. Members of the Commission disqualified from holding elective office.
7. Proceedings, etc., of the Commission.
8. Committees of the Commission.

PART II – Staff of the Commission

9. Secretary to the Commission and other staff.

PART III – Financial provisions

10. Fund of the Commission.
11. Power to accept gifts.
12. Annual estimates, account and audit.
13. Annual report.

PART V – Offences, etc.

14. Offences.
15. Penalties.
16. Inconsistencies with other laws.

PART VI – Miscellaneous

17. Regulations.
18. Jurisdiction.
19. Interpretation.
20. Short title.

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FEDERAL CHARACTER COMMISSION (ESTABLISHMENT, ETC.) ACT

An Act to establish the Federal Character Commission with responsibility to promote, monitor and enforce compliance with the principles of the proportional sharing of all bureaucratic, economic, media and political posts at all levels of government.

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[Commencement. ]                    [27th December, 1995]

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