Section 65: Qualifications for election (As amended by section 2 of the CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA' 1999 (FOURTH ALTERATION, NO. 27) ACT, 2017)

(1) Subject to the provisions of section 66 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified for election as a member of-
(a) the Senate, if he is a citizen of Nigeria and has attained the age of thirty-five years; and
(b) the House of Representatives, if he is a citizen of Nigeria and has attained the age of twenty-five years;
(2) A person shall be qualified for election under subsection (1) of this section if-
(a) he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent; and
(b) he is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that party.