Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
(First Alteration) Act
2010 No. 5
A 1101
(2) A member of the Commission shall—
(a) be non-partisan and a person of unquestionable integrity ; and
(b) be not less than 40 years of age in the case of the Chairman and not
less than 35 years of age in the case of the National Commissioners.
(3) There shall be for each State of the Federation and the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja, a Resident Electoral Commissioner who shall—
(a) be appointed by the President subject to confirmation by the Senate ;
(b) be a person of unquestionable integrity and shall not be a member of
any political party ; and
(c) not be less than 35 years of age" ; and
(/') in paragraph (15)(c), line 2, by inserting immediately after the
word "finances", the words, "conventions, congresses and party
primaries".
SIXTH
SCHEDULE
The Sixth Schedule to the Constitution is altered—
(a) by deleting, the word "Assembly" and inserting immediately after the
word "National" the words "and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunals"
in Heading "A" ;
(b) in paragraph 1(1), line 1, by deleting immediately after the word
"National" the word "Assembly", and inserting the words, "and State Houses
of Assembly Election Tribunals" ;
(c) in subparagraph (2), line 1, by substituting for the word "four", the
word "two" ; and
(d) by deleting—
(/) Heading "B", and
(ii) paragraph 2(1), (2) and (3).