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Section 185 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (Updated)

Section 185 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria

Section 185 of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 is about Declaration of assets and liabilities: oaths of office of Governor. It is under Chapter VI (The Executive) of the Act.

(1) A person elected to the office of the Governor of a State shall not begin to perform the functions of that until he has declared his assets and liabilities as prescribed in the Constitution and has subsequently taken and subscribed the Oath of Allegiance and oath of office prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution.
[Seventh Schedule]

(2) The Oath of Allegiance and the oath of office shall be administered by the Chief Judge of the State or Grand Kadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the State, if any or President of the Customary Court of Appeal of the State, if any, or the person for the time being respectively appointed to exercise the functions of any of those offices in any State.


Credit: Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC)

See also  Section 49 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (Updated)

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