A 1095
CONSTITUTION OF T H E FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
(FIRST ALTERATION) ACT, 2010
2010 ACT No. 5
AN ACT TO ALTER THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC
OF NIGERIA 1 9 9 9 ; AND FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[\6th July,
2010]
Commencement.
ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria—
1. 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.
Alteration of
'he .
.
Constitution
of the
Federal
Republic of
Nigeria
1999.
2. Section 66(1) (h) of the Principal Act is deleted.
3. Section 69 of the Principal Act is altered, in paragraph (a), by inserting
immediately after the word "member" in line 4, the words, "and which signatures
are duly verified by the Independent National Electoral Commission".
4. Section 75 of the Principal Act is altered by deleting—
Alteration of
Section 66.
Alteration of
Section 69.
Alteration of
Section 75.
(a) the expression, "the 1991 Census of the Population of Nigeria or", in
line 3 ; and
(b) the words, "after the coming into force of the provisions of this part of
this Chapter of this Constitution" immediately after the word "Assembly", in
lines 4 and 5.
5. Section 76 of the Principal Act is altered—
(а) in subsection (1), line 2, by inserting immediately after the word
'Commission" the words, "in accordance with the Electoral Act" ;
Alteration of
Section 76.
(б) in subsection (2), by substituting for the words—
(/') "sixty days before and not later than the date on which the House
stands dissolved", in lines 2 and 3, the words, "one hundred and fifty days
and not later than one hundred and twenty days before",
( i f ) "three months" in lines 3 and 4, the words, "ninety days", and
(/(/) "one month" in line 4, the words, "thirty days.
6. Section 81 of the Principal Act is altered by substituting for the existing
subsection (3) a new subsection "(3)"—
Alteration of
Section 81.