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