Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999
Official source page 42
Status: in_forceRetrieved: 2026-08-18T06:43:56.741649+00:00Release: constitutions-global-20260821-v2
he public accounts of the Federation and of all offices and courts of the Federation shall be audited and reported on to the Auditor-General who shall subm
ports to the National Assembly; and for that purpose, the Auditor-General or any person authorised by him in that behalf shall have access to all the books
ds, returns and other documents relating to those accounts.
othing in subsection (2) of this section shall be construed as authorising the Auditor-General to audit the accounts of or appoint auditors for government
ory corporations, commissions, authorities, agencies, including all persons and bodies established by an Act of the National Assembly, but the Auditor
ovide such bodies with -
ist of auditors qualified to be appointed by them as external auditors and from which the bodies shall appoint their external auditors, and
uidelines on the level of fees to be paid to external auditors; and
mment on their annual accounts and auditor's reports thereon.
he Auditor-General shall have power to conduct checks of all government statutory corporations, commissions, authorities, agencies, including all persons
odies established by an Act of the National Assembly.
he Auditor-General shall, within ninety days of receipt of the Accountant-General's financial statement, submit his reports under this section to each Hous
National Assembly and each House shall cause the reports to be considered by a committee of the House of the National Assembly responsible for public
the exercise of his functions under this Constitution, the Auditor-General shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other authority or person.
The Auditor-General for the Federation shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Federal Civil Service Commission subject to
mation by the Senate.
he power to appoint persons to act in the office of the Auditor-General shall vest in the President.
xcept with the sanction of a resolution of the Senate, no person shall act in the office of the Auditor-General for a period exceeding six months.
A person holding the office of the Auditor-General for the Federation shall be removed from office by the President acting on an address supported by
hirds majority of the Senate praying that he be so removed for inability to discharge the functions of his-office (whether arising from infirmity of mind or
or any other cause) or for misconduct.
he Auditor-General shall not be removed from office before such retiring age as may be prescribed by law, save in accordance with the provisions of this
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, each House of the National Assembly shall have power by resolution published in its journal or in the
al Gazette of the Government of the Federation to direct or cause to be directed investigation into -
y matter or thing with respect to which it has power to make laws, and
e conduct of affairs of any person, authority, ministry or government department charged, or intended to be charged, with the duty of or responsibility for
ecuting or administering laws enacted by National Assembly, and
sbursing or administering moneys appropriated or to be appropriated by the National Assembly.
he powers conferred on the National Assembly under the provisions of this section are exercisable only for the purpose of enabling it to -
Source and rights
- Source hash
- sha256:84ee8e8a0fec7592a6176795762c35ddc93d9a12bed5799d3968c06e69e6ddcb
- Kanon status
- succeeded
- Metadata right
- allowed_with_attribution
- Full text right
- allowed_with_attribution
- API delivery right
- allowed_with_attribution
- Public search right
- allowed_with_attribution
- Model context right
- allowed_with_attribution
Provenance
- retrievedAt
- 2026-08-18T06:43:56.741649+00:00
12 of 22 segments returned (truncated); 0 of 0 mentions.
Kanon segments
- kanon-segment:sha256:cab9c2ef93953de7ae6cbe5f942e77533616b37162ba3f260f980f3f96062a49 · container · 0 · 81987
- kanon-segment:sha256:485f0059962b112926b66f379c552ea60efb3506ebbb1d96f651f1b9e22f3895 · unit · 1 · 88515
- kanon-segment:sha256:3c7837aec337259db8acaf688b904893006f26a66120e3b63e593cd4ea98e95f · item · 1 · 89222
- kanon-segment:sha256:f1906757a5de80c6f68d2a2e31907dc0851338e7af4c84730d0f258ea7fed44d · item · 1 · 89363
- kanon-segment:sha256:2446a0ba6666986b300c339c8dce223a8ee3451092459982df1e6d8c5b4b7764 · item · 1 · 89433
- kanon-segment:sha256:fa56c87c2bdfd21d6fc618e137d4970554e29f66d22c488b0b7c59124097a7fb · unit · 1 · 89496
- kanon-segment:sha256:cb4080035fb7ddcc6d974e0d0abd809dbeeb0e4d32e016e56480a10944592a62 · unit · 1 · 89705
- kanon-segment:sha256:efeb89715dfb26db82695a60275bb0612ad6a231c4cf82964de7a39f68397903 · item · 2 · 89705
- kanon-segment:sha256:6c90e0b68ae41ae67533a3ba6b7bcbaec1d5464aed460a2a8e5ae601b9e05b59 · item · 2 · 90015
- kanon-segment:sha256:c16f3fffc8328a7294f5633d6ea46e07fa44a7cb05992f59142846ee227d604c · unit · 1 · 90176
- kanon-segment:sha256:1bccc42b50f039f62f4c349653c876a11b5c5cd6179809afb36a7f579a21d036 · unit · 1 · 90348
- kanon-segment:sha256:f01a416cce054482c93fb445a2355725111a94d0ba9f7375e831f039698db858 · unit · 1 · 90450
Cross-references
- kanon-crossreference:sha256:943df2ba2ecf4adb2347e4bc666ea348c4079f80df3f18b8ff49382120e210f7 · 93601 · 93613 · kanon-segment:sha256:cab9c2ef93953de7ae6cbe5f942e77533616b37162ba3f260f980f3f96062a49