Revisiting Nigeria’s Fifth Amendment (1) – Independent Newspaper Nigeria

Revisiting Nigeria’s Fifth Amendment (1) – Independent Newspaper Nigeria

On Friday, March 17, 2023, the then Pres­ident, Muhammadu Buhari, signed into law 16 out of the 35 Constitu­tion Alteration Bills passed by the national legislature and at least two-thirds of the state legislatures, in line with Sec­tion 9 (2) of the 1999 Constitu­tion. Section 9 (2) of the Nigerian Constitution provides that: “An Act […]