as witnesses whose evidence may be material or
relevant to the subject matter;
(b) require such evidence to be given on oath;
(c) summon any person in Nigeria to give
evidence at any place or produce any document
or other thing in his possession or under his
control, and examine him as a witness and
require him to produce any document or other
thing in his possession or under his control,
subject to all just exceptions; and
(d) issue a warrant to compel the attendance of
any person who, after having been summoned to
attend, fails, refuses or neglects to do so and
does not excuse such failure, refusal or neglect
to the satisfaction of the House or the committee
in question, and order him to pay all costs which
may have been occasioned in compelling his
attendance or by reason of his failure, refusal or
neglect to obey the summons, and also to impose
such fine as may be prescribed for any such
failure, refused or neglect; and any fine so
imposed shall be recoverable in the same manner
as a fine imposed by a court of law.
(2) A summons or warrant issued under this section may be served or executed by
any member of the Nigeria Police Force or by any person authorised in that behalf
by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the
case may require.
Part II
House of Assembly of a State
A - Composition and Staff of House of Assembly
90. There shall be a House of Assembly for each of the States of the Federation.
91. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a House of Assembly of a State shall consist of three or four
times the number of seats which that State has in the House of Representatives divided in a way to reflect, as far
as possible nearly equal population:
Provided that a House of Assembly of a State shall consist of not less than twenty-four and not more than forty
members.
92. (1) There shall be a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker of a House of Assembly who shall be elected by the
members of the House from among themselves.
(2) The Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly shall vacate his office (a) if he ceases to be a member of the House of Assembly otherwise than by reason of the dissolution of the
House;
(b) When the House first sits after any dissolution of House; or
(c) if he is removed from office by a resolution of House of Assembly by the votes of not less than two-third
majority of the members of the House.