Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Acts, 2023
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Official sourceB - State Independent Electoral Commission
3. State Independent Electoral Commission
A State Independent Electoral Commission shall comprise the
following members –
(a) a Chairman; and
(b) not less than five but not more than seven other persons.
4. The Commission shall have power-
(a) to organise, undertake and supervise all elections to local
government councils within the State;
(b) to render such advice as it may consider necessary to the
Independent National Electoral Commission on the compilation
of and the register of voters in so far as that register is applicable
to local government elections in the State.
C - State Judicial Service Commission
5. State Judicial Service Commission
A State Judicial Service Commission shall comprise the following
members –
(a) the Chief Judge of the State, who shall be the Chairman;
(b) the Attorney General of the State;
(c) the Grand Kadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the State, if
any;
(d) the President of the Customary Court of Appeal of the State,
if any;
(e) two members, who are legal practitioners, and who have
been qualified to practise as legal practitioners in Nigeria for
not less than ten years; and
(f) two other persons, not being legal practitioners, who in the
opinion of the Governor are of unquestionable integrity.
252 The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations
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