Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017
Annotated alteration evidence — page 90
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- Nigeria
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Official source(g) being a person whose election to the House of Assembly was
sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of any
other political party before the expiration of the period for which
that House was elected:
Provided that his membership of the latter political party is not
as a result of a division in the political party of which he was
previously a member or of a merger of two or more political
parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored;
or
(h) the Speaker of the House of Assembly receives a certificate
under the hand of the Chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission stating that the provisions of section 110
of this Constitution have been complied with in respect of the
recall of the member.
(2) The Speaker of the House of Assembly shall give effect to
subsection (1) of this section, so however that the Speaker or a
member shall first present evidence satisfactory to the House that
any of the provisions of that subsection has become applicable in
respect of the member.
(3) A member of a House of Assembly shall be deemed to be absent
without just cause from a meeting of the House of Assembly unless
the person presiding certifies in writing that he is satisfied that the
absence of the member from the meeting was for a just cause.
110. Recall
A member of the House of Assembly may be recalled as such a
member if -
(a) there is presented to the Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission a petition in that behalf signed
by more than one-half of the persons registered to vote in
[Section 110(a) is altered that member’s constituency alleging their loss of confidence
by Constitution of the
in that member and which signatures are duly verified by the
Federal Republic of
Nigeria, 1999 (First Independent National Electoral Commission; and
Alteration Act) 2010]
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