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Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Acts, 2023

Annotated alteration evidence — page 237

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Nigeria
Provision
237
Source language
English
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in force
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(b) the establishment of any authority for the management of federal correctional centres and custodial facilities in any part of the Federation. (2) A House of Assembly may make laws for the State with respect to - (a) correctional service and the establishment in that State of correctional centres and custodial facilities; and (b) the establishment in that State of any authority for the management of State correctional centres and custodial facilities in any part of that State. E- Electoral law 11. The National Assembly may make laws for the Federation with respect to the registration of voters and the procedure regulating elections to a local government council. 12. Nothing in paragraph 11 hereof shall preclude a House of Assembly from making laws with respect to election to a local government council in addition to but not inconsistent with any law made by the National Assembly. F- Electric power 13. The National Assembly may make laws for the Federation or any part thereof with respect to- (a) electricity and the establishment of electric power stations; (b) the generation and transmission of electricity in or to any part of the Federation and from one State to another State; (c) the regulation of the right of any person or authority to dam up or otherwise interfere with the flow of water from sources in any part of the Federation; (d) the participation of the Federation in any arrangement with another country for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity for any area partly within and partly outside the Federation; The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations 231

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Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Acts, 2023 · placng.org · Retrieved 18 August 2026.

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