(5) The provisions of this Constitution in Part I of Chapter VIII hereof shall in relation to the Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja, have effect in the manner set out thereunder.
(6) There shall be 768 Local Government Areas in Nigeria as shown in the second column of Part I of the
First Schedule to this Constitution and six area councils as shown in Part II of that Schedule.
Part II
Powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
4. (1) The legislative powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be vested in a National Assembly for
the Federation, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.
(2) The National Assembly shall have power to make laws for the peace, order and good government of
the Federation or any part thereof with respect to any matter included in the Exclusive Legislative List set
out in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Constitution.
(3) The power of the National Assembly to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the
Federation with respect to any matter included in the Exclusive Legislative List shall, save as otherwise
provided in this Constitution, be to the exclusion of the Houses of Assembly of States.
(4) In addition and without prejudice to the powers conferred by subsection (2) of this section, the
National Assembly shall have power to make laws with respect to the following matters, that is to say:(a) any matter in the Concurrent Legislative List set out in the first column of
Part II of the Second Schedule to this Constitution to the extent prescribed in
the second column opposite thereto; and
(b) any other matter with respect to which it is empowered to make laws in
accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
(5) If any Law enacted by the House of Assembly of a State is inconsistent with any law validly made by
the National Assembly, the law made by the National Assembly shall prevail, and that other Law shall, to
the extent of the inconsistency, be void.
(6) The legislative powers of a State of the Federation shall be vested in the House of Assembly of the
State.
(7) The House of Assembly of a State shall have power to make laws for the peace, order and good
government of the State or any part thereof with respect to the following matters, that is to say:(a) any matter not included in the Exclusive Legislative List set out in Part I of
the Second Schedule to this Constitution.
(b) any matter included in the Concurrent Legislative List set out in the first
column of Part II of the Second Schedule to this Constitution to the extent
prescribed in the second column opposite thereto; and
(c) any other matter with respect to which it is empowered to make laws in
accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
(8) Save as otherwise provided by this Constitution, the exercise of legislative powers by the National
Assembly or by a House of Assembly shall be subject to the jurisdiction of courts of law and of judicial
tribunals established by law, and accordingly, the National Assembly or a House of Assembly shall not
enact any law, that ousts or purports to oust the jurisdiction of a court of law or of a judicial tribunal
established by law.
(9) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the National Assembly or a House of
Assembly shall not, in relation to any criminal offence whatsoever, have power to make any law which
shall have retrospective effect.