Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Acts, 2023
Annotated alteration evidence — page 95
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Official source(3) Any amount standing to the credit of – [Section 121 (3) is
substituted by the
(a) a State House of Assembly of a State in the Consolidated
Constitution of the
Revenue Fund of the State shall be paid directly into the account Federal Republic of
of the Assembly; and Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth
Alteration) (No. 6)
Act, 2023]
(b) the Judiciary of a State in the Consolidated Revenue Fund
of the State shall be paid directly to the heads of the courts
concerned.
(3A) For the purpose of subsection (3), there is established for each
State of the Federation a Disbursement Committee comprising –
(a) the Commissioner of Finance of the State, as Chairman;
(b) Accountant-General of the State;
(c) a representative of the State Budget Office or Ministry;
(d) Chief Registrar of the High Court of the State;
(e) Chief Registrar of the Revenue Court of the State (where
applicable)
(f) Chief Registrar of Sharia Court of Appeal of the State (where
applicable)
(g) Chief Registrar of the Customary Court of Appeal of the State
(where applicable)
(h) the Clerk of the State House of Assembly;
(i) Secretary of the House of Assembly Service Commission;
(j) the Secretary of the State Judicial Service Commission; and
(k) the officer in charge of finance in the State House of Assembly.
(3B) All moneys due to the House of Assembly of the State and
the Judiciary of the State for capital and recurrent expenditures
shall be paid by the State Accountant-General into the House
of Assembly of the State and Judiciary of the State accounts in
monthly installments respectively.
(3C) The moneys due to the House of Assembly of a State and
the Judiciary of a State shall be the amount appropriated in the
Appropriation Law of the State for the year.
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