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with respect to such matters as may be prescribed or authorised by this Constitution or such law, including the establishment and abolition of offices, courts of law or authorities, and with respect to the appointment of persons to hold offices or to be members of courts of law or authorities and their removal from such offices, courts of law or authorities. (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the National [Section 316(5) is Industrial Court Act, 2006 and any office or authority established inserted by the and charged with any function under the Act, shall be deemed to Constitution of Federal Republic have been duly established and shall continue to be charged with of Nigeria (Third such function by virtue of this Constitution or in accordance with Alteration Act) 2010] the provision of a law made thereunder. 317. Succession to property, rights, liabilities and obligations (1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 315 of this Constitution, any property, right, privilege, liability or obligation which immediately before the date when this section comes into force was vested in, exercisable or enforceable by or against- (a) the former authority of the Federation as representative or trustee for the benefit of the Federation; (b) any former authority of a State as representative or trustee for the benefit of the State, shall on the date when this section comes into force and without further assurance than the provisions hereof vest in, or become exercisable or enforceable by or against the President and Government of the Federation, and the Governor and Government of the State, as the case may be. (2) For the purposes of this section – (a) the President and Government of the Federation, and the Governor and Government of a State, shall be deemed, respectively, to be successors to the said former authority of the Federation and former authority of the State in question; and (b) references in this section to “former authority of the Federation” and “former authority of a State” include The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second , Third and Fourth Alterations 203