Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Acts, 2023
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Official source(b) when the House first sits after any dissolution of House; or
(c) if he is removed from office by a resolution of House of
Assembly by the votes of not less than two-third majority of
the members of the House.
93. Staff of House of Assembly
There shall be a Clerk to a House of Assembly and such other staff
as may be prescribed by a Law enacted by the House of Assembly,
and the method of appointment of the Clerk and other staff of the
House shall be as prescribed by that Law.
B - Procedure for Summoning and Dissolution of House of
Assembly
94. Declaration of assets and liabilities; oaths of members
(1) Every person elected to a House of Assembly shall, before
taking his seat in that House, declare his assets and liabilities in the
manner prescribed in this Constitution and subsequently take and
subscribe before the Speaker of the House, the Oath of Allegiance
and oath of membership prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this
Constitution, but a member may, before taking the oaths, take part
in the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of
Assembly.
[Seventh Schedule]
(2) The Speaker and Deputy Speaker of a House of Assembly shall
declare their assets and liabilities in the manner prescribed by this
Constitution and subsequently take and subscribe to the Oath of
Allegiance and the oath of membership prescribed as aforesaid
before the Clerk of the House of Assembly.
95. Presiding at sittings
(1) At any sitting of a House of Assembly, the Speaker of that House
shall preside, and in his absence the Deputy Speaker shall preside.
(2) In the absence of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House,
such member of the House as the House may elect for a purpose
shall preside.
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