Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (First Alteration) Act, 2010
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(3) There shall be for each State of the Federation and the Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja, a Resident Electoral Commissioner who
shall-
(a) be appointed by the President subject to confirmation by the
Senate;
(b) be a person of unquestionable integrity and shall not be a i
member of any political party; and i
(c) not be less than 35 years of age"; and I
(b) in paragraph (15) (c), line 2, by inserting immediately after the word "finances",
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the words, "conventions, congresses and party primaries".
SIXTH SCHEDULE
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The Sixth Schedule to the Constitution is altered - I
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(a) by deleting, the word "Assembly" and inserting immediately after the word
"National" the words "and State' Houses of Assembly Election Tribunals" in
Heading "A";
(b) in paragraph 1(1), line 1, by deleting immediately after the word "National"
the word "Assembly", and inserting the words, "and State Houses of Assembly
Ejection Tribunals";
(c) in subparagraph (2), line 1, by substituting for the word "four", the word
"two"; and
(d) by deleting-
(i) Heading "B", and
(ii) paragraph 2(1), (2) and (3).
31. This Act may be cited as the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Citation.
(First Alteration) Act, 2010
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