Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Acts, 2023
Annotated alteration evidence — page 214
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Official source“civil service of the State” means service of the Government
of a State in a civil capacity as staff of the office of the Governor,
Deputy Governor or a ministry or department of the Government
of the State assigned with the responsibility for any business of the
Government of the State;
“Code of Conduct” refers to the Code of Conduct contained in
the Fifth Schedule to this Constitution;
[Fifth Schedule]
“Commissioner” means a Commissioner of the Government of a
State;
“Concurrent Legislative List” means the list of matters set out in
the first column in Part II of the Second Schedule to this Constitution
with respect to which the National Assembly and a House of
Assembly may make laws to the extent prescribed, respectively,
opposite thereto in the second column thereof;
[Part II Second Schedule]
“decision” means, in relation to a court, any determination of that
court and includes judgment, act, order, conviction, sentence or
recommendation;
“enactment” means provision of any law or a subsidiary
instrument;
“Exclusive Legislative List” means the list in Part I of the Second
Schedule to this Constitution;
[Part I Second Schedule]
“existing law” has the meaning assigned to it in section 315 of this
Constitution;
“federal character of Nigeria” refers to the distinctive desire of
the peoples of Nigeria to promote national unity, foster national
208 The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations
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