CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999 (FOURTH ALTERATION, NO. 27) (AKA NOT TOO YOUNG TO RUN) ACT
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CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999 (FOURTH ALTERATION, NO. 27) ACT, 2017 [REDUCTION OF AGE QUALIFICATION FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR, AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE OR HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OF A STATE]
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 House of Assembly.
CONSTITUTION OF THE FEEDRAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999 (FOURTH ALTERATION, NO. 27) ACT, 2017
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
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999 (FOURTH ALTERATION NO. 27) ACT 2017
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 the State House of Assembly; and for related matters.
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 “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. This Act may be cited as Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration, No. 27) Act, 2017.
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