Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Acts, 2023
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Official source(d) at any time after the approval referred to in paragraph (b) or
the extension referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection, when
each House of the National Assembly revokes the proclamation
by a simple majority of all the members of each House.
306. Resignations
(1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, any person who is
appointed, elected or otherwise selected to any office established
by this Constitution, may resign from that office by writing under
his hand addressed to the authority or person by whom he was
appointed, elected or selected.
(2) The resignation of any person from any office established by
this Constitution shall take effect when the writing signifying the
resignation is received by the authority or person to whom it is
addressed or by any person authorised by that authority or person
to receive it.
(3) The notice of resignation of the President and of the Vice-
President shall respectively be addressed to the President of the
Senate and to the President.
(4) On the resignation of the President, the President of the Senate
shall forthwith give notice of the resignation to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
(5) The notice of resignation of the Governor and of the Deputy
Governor of a State shall respectively be addressed to the Speaker
of the House of Assembly and the Governor of the State.
(6) The notice of resignation of the President of the Senate and of
the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall in each case be
addressed to the Clerk of the National Assembly, and the notice
of resignation of the Speaker of a House of Assembly shall be
addressed to the Clerk of the House of Assembly of the State.
(7) The notice of resignation of a member of a legislative house
shall be addressed to the President of the Senate or, as the case
may require, to the Speaker of the legislative house in question.
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