CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999 (4TH ALTERATION) (NO. 27) ACT [NOT TOO YOUNG TO RUN ACT]
LAWS OF NIGERIA
REDUCTION IN AGE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT [NOT TOO YOUNG TO RUN ACT] CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999 (FOURTH ALTERATION, NO.27) ACT, 2017
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This Act alters the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to reduce the age qualification for the office of the President and membership of the House of Representatives and the State Houses of Assembly.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS:
1. Alteration of the Constitution, 1999.
2. Alteration of section 65.
3. Alteration of section 106.
4. Alteration of section 131
5. Citation.
CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999 (FOURTH ALTERATION, NO. 27) ACT, 2017
A Bill For An Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to reduce the age for qualification for the office of the President, membership of the House of Representatives and States house of Assembly; and for related matters.
Commencement
ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
1. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (in this Act referred to as “the Principal Act”) is altered as set out in this Act.
2. Section 65(1)(b) of the Principal Act is altered by substituting for the word, “thirty”, in line 2, the word, “twenty five”.
3. Section 106(b) of the Principal /act is altered by substituting for the word, “thirty”, the words, “twenty five”.
4. Section 131(b) of the Principal Act is altered by substituting for the word, “forty”, the words, “thirty five”.
5. CITATION
This Act may be cited as Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (fourth Alteration, No. 27) Act, 2017.
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