Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017
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Official source(b) require such evidence to be given on oath;
(c) summon any person in Nigeria to give evidence at any place
or produce any document or other thing in his possession or
under his control, and examine him as a witness and require him
to produce any document or other thing in his possession or
under his control, subject to all just exceptions; and
(d) issue a warrant to compel the attendance of any person who,
after having been summoned to attend, fails, refuses or neglects
to do so and does not excuse such failure, refusal or neglect to
the satisfaction of the House or the committee in question, and
order him to pay all costs which may have been occasioned in
compelling his attendance or by reason of his failure, refusal or
neglect to obey the summons, and also to impose such fine as
may be prescribed for any such failure, refusal or neglect; and
any fine so imposed shall be recoverable in the same manner as
a fine imposed by a court of law.
(2) A summons or warrant issued under this section may be served
or executed by any member of the Nigeria Police Force or by any
person authorised in that behalf by the President of the Senate
or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may
require.
PART II
House of Assembly of a State
A - Composition and Staff of House of Assembly
90. Establishment of House of Assembly for each State
There shall be a House of Assembly for each of the States of the
Federation.
91. Composition of the House of Assembly
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a House of Assembly
of a State shall consist of three or four times the number of seats
which that State has in the House of Representatives divided in a
way to reflect, as far as possible, nearly equal population:
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