OPINION BY ERIC TENIOLA: The diminishing roles of our traditional rulers | TheCable
experts. You can’t take it from them. They don’t have a written constitution but they maintain their tradition and culture.
Three days before traveling to Ibadan for the meeting of the Western Region House of Chiefs, there would be festivities in and around the house of Lisa Olatunji. The House of Chiefs, by then, played important roles in governance in the Western Region. General Ironsi also banned 81 political parties.
12 senators representing each region, who shall be selected at a joint sitting of the legislative houses of that region from among persons nominated by the governor; four senators selected by the president, acting in accordance with the advice of the prime minister. the Oba of Lagos, who shall be an ex-officio member of the senate;
Section 4 of the Northern Nigeria constitution states that “there shall be a legislature for the region, which shall consist of the governor, a house of chiefs and a house of assembly and which shall have the power to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the region. all first-class chiefs, who shall be ex-officio members of the house;
A person holding the office of adviser on Moslem law may be removed from office by the governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the premier. the Oba of Benin, the Olu of Warri and the persons for the time being holding such other chieftaincies as may be prescribed by the governor, who shall be ex-officio members of the house;
A person shall not be a member of the house of chiefs by virtue of paragraph of subsection of this section during any period when he holds office as governor: and the number of persons who are for the time being members of that house by virtue of that paragraph or paragraph of that subsection shall not in the aggregate exceed 10.
eighty-seven Chiefs having such qualifications and selected in such manner as may be prescribed by the Legislature of the Region; 6. Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section of section 10 and sub-section of section 33 of this constitution, the house of assembly shall consist of 94 members”.
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