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he President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, shall give effect to the provisions of subsection (1) of this n, so however that the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives or a member shall first present evidence satisfactor e concerned that any of the provisions of that subsection has become applicable in respect of that member. member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall be deemed to be absent without just cause from a meeting of the House of which he is a ber, unless the person presiding certifies in writing that he is satisfied that the absence of the member from the meeting was for a just cause. member of the Senate or of the House Representatives may be recalled as such a member if - ere is presented to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission a petition in that behalf signed by more than one-half of the persons ered to vote in that member's constituency alleging their loss of confidence in that member; and e petition is thereafter, in a referendum conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission within ninety days of the date of receipt of the on, approved by a simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that member's constituency. member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall receive such salary and other allowances as Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal mission may determine D - Elections to National Assembly ubject to the provisions of section 72 of this Constitution, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall - vide each State of the Federation into three Senatorial districts for purposes of elections to the Senate; and bject to the provisions of section 49 of this Constitution, divide the Federation into three hundred and sixty Federal constituencies for purposes of election House of Representatives. o Senatorial district or Federal constituency shall fall within more than one State, and the boundaries of each district or constituency shall be as contiguou ssible and be such that the number of inhabitants thereof is as nearly equal to the population quota as is reasonably practicable. The Independent National Electoral Commission shall review the division of States and of the Federation into Senatorial districts and Federal tuencies at intervals of not less than ten years, and may alter the districts or constituencies in accordance with the provisions of this section to such extent y consider desirable in the light of the review. otwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the Independent National Electoral Commission may at any time carry out such a review and alter the distric nstituencies in accordance with the provisions of this section to such extent as it considers necessary, in consequence of any amendment to section 8 of thi itution or any provision replacing that section, or by reason of the holding of a census of the population, or pursuant to an Act of the National Assembly. Where the boundaries of any Senatorial district or Federal constituency established under section 71 of this Constitution are altered in accordance with the sions section 73 hereof, the alteration shall come into effect after it has been approved by each House of the National Assembly and after the current life o enate (in the case of an alteration to the boundaries of a Senatorial district) or the House of s (in the case of an alteration to the boundaries of a Federal or the purposes of section 72 of this Constitution, the number of inhabitants of Nigeria or any part thereof shall be ascertained by reference to the 1991 s of the population of Nigeria or the latest census held in pursuance of an Act of the National Assembly after the coming into force of the provisions of th f this Chapter of this Constitution. Elections to each House of the National Assembly shall be held on a date to be appointed by the Independent National Electoral Commission. he date mentioned in subsection (1) of this section shall not be earlier than sixty days before and not later than the date on which the House stands dissolve ere the election to fill a vacancy occurring more than three months before such date; not later than one month after the vacancy occurred.