Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017
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Official source157. Removal of members
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, a
person holding any of the offices to which this section applies may
only be removed from that office by the President acting on an
address supported by two-thirds majority of the Senate praying
that he be so removed for inability to discharge the functions of the
office (whether arising from infirmity of mind or body or any other
cause) or for misconduct.
(2) This section applies to the offices of the Chairman and
members of the Code of Conduct Bureau, the Federal Civil Service
Commission, the Independent National Electoral Commission, the
National Judicial Council, the Federal Judicial Service Commission,
the Federal Character Commission, the Nigeria Police Council,
the National Population Commission, the Revenue Mobilisation
Allocation and Fiscal Commission and the Police Service
Commission.
(3) All members of the National Population Commission shall cease
to be members if the President declares a National Census Report
as unreliable and the report is rejected in accordance with section
213 of this Constitution.
158. Independence of certain bodies
(1) In exercising its power to make appointments or to exercise
disciplinary control over persons, the Code of Conduct Bureau, the
National Judicial Council, the Federal Civil Service Commission,
the Federal Judicial Service Commission, the Revenue Mobilisation
and Fiscal Commission, the Federal Character Commission, and the
Independent National Electoral Commission shall not be subject to
the direction or control of any other authority or person.
(2) The National Population Commission shall not be subject to the
direction or control of any other authority or person-
(a) in appointing, training or arranging for the training of
enumerators or other staff of the Commission to assist it in the
conduct of any population census;
110 The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second , Third and Fourth Alterations
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