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[Paragraph 20A 20A. Railways is inserted by the Constitution of the Federal Republic (1) The National Assembly may make laws for the Federation or any of Nigeria, 1999 part thereof with respect to - (Fifth Alteration) (No. 16) Act, 2023] (a) construction and maintenance of inter-state railway tracks and infrastructures; (b) establishment of a national railway agency for the regulation of railway operations throughout the Federation; and (c) establishment and maintenance of a national railway carrier for inter-state transportation throughout the Federation. (2) A House of Assembly of a State may make laws for the State with respect to the establishment, operation and maintenance of a State railway carrier within the State including the construction and maintenance of railway tracks and infrastructures within the State. I- Scientific and technological research 21. The National Assembly may make laws to regulate or co-ordinate scientific and technological research throughout the Federation. 22. Nothing herein shall prelude a House of Assembly from establishing or making provisions for an institution or other arrangement for the purpose of scientific and technological research. J- Statistics 23. The National Assembly may make laws for the Federation or any part thereof with respect to statistics so far as the subject matter relates to - (a) any matter upon which the National Assembly has power to make laws; and (b) the organisation of co-ordinated scheme of statistics for the Federation or any part thereof on any matter whether or not it has power to make laws with respect thereto. 234 The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations