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Article 124 — Remuneration, etc. of the Governor and certain other
240 words
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officers
(1) There shall be paid to the holders of the offices mentioned in
this section such remuneration and salaries as may be prescribed
by a House of Assembly, but not exceeding the amount as shall
have been determined by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and
Fiscal Commission.
(2) The remuneration, salaries and allowances payable to the
holders of the offices so mentioned shall be charged upon the
Consolidated Revenue Fund of the State.
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations(3) The remuneration and salaries payable to the holders of the said
offices and their conditions of service, other than allowances, shall
not be altered to their disadvantage after their appointment.
(4) The offices aforesaid are the offices of Governor, Deputy
Governor, Auditor-General for a State and the Chairman and
members of the following bodies, that is to say, the State Civil
Service Commission, the State Independent Electoral Commission
and the State Judicial Service Commission.
(5) Provisions may be made by a Law of a House of Assembly for the
grant of a pension or gratuity to or in respect of a person who had
held office as Governor or Deputy Governor and was not removed
from office as a result of impeachment; and any pension granted by
virtue of any provision made in pursuance of this subsection shall
be a charge upon the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the State.
What this means
- The index files this text under article 124 of the Constitution of Nigeria.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER V — The Legislature”.
- The row is titled “Remuneration, etc. of the Governor and certain other”.
- The passage runs to about 240 words.
- Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “Assembly”); it mentions pay and pensions — it sets pay, salary, allowance or pension terms (the words used: “remuneration”).
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