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Article 306 — Resignations

Article
306
Chapter
CHAPTER VIII — Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and general supplementary
Index row title
Resignations
Source document
nigerian constitution
Provision ID
9df4291e-d836-4eca-acc3-c18589781496

350 words

Verbatim text

(1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, any person who is appointed, elected or otherwise selected to any office established by this Constitution, may resign from that office by writing under his hand addressed to the authority or person by whom he was appointed, elected or selected. (2) The resignation of any person from any office established by this Constitution shall take effect when the writing signifying the resignation is received by the authority or person to whom it is addressed or by any person authorised by that authority or person to receive it. (3) The notice of resignation of the President and of the Vice- President shall respectively be addressed to the President of the Senate and to the President. (4) On the resignation of the President, the President of the Senate shall forthwith give notice of the resignation to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (5) The notice of resignation of the Governor and of the Deputy Governor of a State shall respectively be addressed to the Speaker of the House of Assembly and the Governor of the State. (6) The notice of resignation of the President of the Senate and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall in each case be addressed to the Clerk of the National Assembly, and the notice of resignation of the Speaker of a House of Assembly shall be addressed to the Clerk of the House of Assembly of the State. (7) The notice of resignation of a member of a legislative house shall be addressed to the President of the Senate or, as the case may require, to the Speaker of the legislative house in question. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations307. Restriction on certain citizens Notwithstanding any provisions contained in Chapter IV and subject to sections 131 and 177 of this Constitution, no citizen of Nigeria, by registration or under a grant of certificate of naturalisation, shall within ten years of such registration or grant, hold any elective or appointive office under this Constitution.

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 306 of the Constitution of Nigeria.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER VIII — Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and general supplementary”.
  • The row is titled “Resignations”.
  • The passage runs to about 350 words.
  • Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “Assembly”).

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