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

Annotated alteration evidence — page 238

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Nigeria
Provision
238
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English
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in force
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(e) the promotion and establishment of a national grid system; and (f) the regulation of the right of any person or authority to use, work or operate any plant, apparatus, equipment or work designed for the supply or use of electrical energy. 14. A House of Assembly may make laws for the State with respect to – (a) electricity and the establishment in that State of electric power stations; (b) the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity to [Second Schedule, areas not covered by a national grid system within that State; Part II, Item 14(b) is altered by the and Constitution of the Federal Republic (c) the establishment within that State of any authority for of Nigeria, 1999 the promotion and management of electric power stations (Fifth Alteration) (No. 17) Act, 2023] established by the State. 15. In the foregoing provisions of this item, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them - “distribution” means the supply of electricity from a sub-station to the ultimate consumer; “management” includes maintenance, repairs or replacement; “power station” means an assembly of plant or equipment for the creation or generation of electrical energy; and “transmission” means the supply of electricity from a power station to a sub-station or from one sub-station to another sub- station, and the reference to a “sub-station” herein is a reference to an assembly of plant, machinery or equipment for distribution of electricity. G- Exhibition of cinematograph films 16. The National Assembly may make laws for the establishment of an authority with power to carry out censorship of cinematograph films and to prohibit or restrict the exhibition of such films; and nothing herein shall - 232 The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations

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Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Acts, 2023 · placng.org · Retrieved 18 August 2026.

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