Section 12: Mode of exercising power to make Statutes.

1 The power of the University to make statutes shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of this section.

2 A proposed statute shall not become law unless it has been approved at a meeting of the -
a Senate, by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting; and
b Council, by the votes of not less than-two thirds of the members present and voting.

3 A proposed statute may originate either in the Senate or in the Council, and may be approved as required by subsection (2) by either one of those bodies.

4 A statute which -
a makes provision for or alters the composition or constitution of the Council, the Senate or any other authority of the University; or
b provides for the establishment of a new campus or college or for the amendment or revocation of any statute whereby a campus or college is established,
Shall not come into operation unless it has been approved by the Visitor.


5 For the purpose of section 2 (2) of the Interpretation Act, a statute shall be treated as being made on the date on which it is duly approved by the Council after having been duly approved by the Senate, or on the date on which it is duly approved by the Senate after having been duly approved by the Council, as the case may be or, in the case of a statute falling within subsection (4) of this section, on the date on which it is approved by the President.

6 In the event of any doubt or dispute arising at any time as to-
a the meaning of any provision of a statute, or
b whether any matter, is for the purpose of this Act an academic or non-academic matter, as they relate to such doubt or dispute, the matter may be referred to the Visitor, who shall take such advice and make such decision as he thinks fit.

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The decision of the Visitor on any matter referred to him under subsection (6) shall be binding upon the authorities, staff and students of the University and where any question as to the meaning of any provision of a statute has been decided by the Visitor under that subsection, no question as to the meaning of that provision shall be entertained by any court of law in Nigeria.

8 Nothing in subsection (7) shall affect any power of a court of competent jurisdiction to determine whether any provision of a statute is wholly or partly void as being ultra vires or as being inconsistent with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.