Let's embark on a transformative journey through the Nigerian Constitution! Let’s read the Constitution together here on Hive I’ve partitioned it into 100 pages. We will read one page everyday, and in 100 days we will finish reading the 1999 constitution. Starting from today I will be posting one page per day. Join me in this exciting journey.
You will be shocked to find out about a lot of things contained in our constitution. I bet Your life will be forever changed in 100 days. Repost and comment Lets educate as many people as possible
The Nigerian Constitution serves as our shared social contract, uniting us all.
Just as you wouldn't enter a partnership without understanding the terms, our national relationship hinges on this vital agreement. It's essential for every Nigerian to study and comprehend this binding document
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NOTE:I paste this base on how they wrote it in our constitution
Study of the Nigerian 1999 Constitution:
We will begin with the introduction, and move swiftly to Chapter I which contains the “General Provisions” of the Constitution.
Introduction
“We the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Having firmly and solemnly resolve, to live in unity and harmony as one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign nation under God, dedicated to the promotion of inter-African solidarity, world peace, international cooperation and understanding
And to provide for a Constitution for the purpose of promoting the good government and welfare of all persons in our country, on the principles of freedom, equality and justice, and for the purpose of consolidating the unity of our people Do hereby make, enact and give to ourselves the following Constitution
Chapter I
General Provisions- Part I
- (1) This Constitution is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force on the authorities and persons throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
(2) The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall not be governed, nor shall any persons or group of persons take control of the Government of Nigeria or any part thereof, except in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution
(3) If any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, this Constitution shall prevail, and that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.
- (1) The legislative powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be vested in a National Assembly for the Federation, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.
(2) The National Assembly shall have power to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the Federation or any part thereof with respect to any matter included in the Exclusive Legislative List set out in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Constitution.
(3) The power of the National Assembly to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the Federation with respect to any matter included in the Exclusive Legislative List shall, save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, be to the exclusion of the Houses of Assembly of States.
(4) In addition and without prejudice to the powers conferred by subsection (2) of this section, the National Assembly shall have power to make laws with respect to the following matters, that is to say
(a) any matter in the Concurrent Legislative List set out in the first column of Part II of the Second Schedule to this Constitution to the extent prescribed in the second column opposite thereto; and
(b) any other matter with respect to which it is empowered to make laws in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
(5) If any Law enacted by the House of Assembly of a State is inconsistent with any law validly made by the National Assembly, the law made by the National Assembly shall prevail, and that other Law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.
This will be all for our first day ,I will be back tomorrow, free free to comment and share ,let other Nigeria on hive have access to this because I know many Nigeria doesn’t know their constitutions ,one of the reason they brake the law and order of the country or submit to oppression