LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT

Section 10: Nomination and election of Vice-Chairman.

1989Section 10 of 86Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) In any election to which section 9 of this Act relates, a candidate for the office of Chairman shall not be deemed to have been validly nominated for such office, unless he nominates another candidate as his associate for his running for the office of Chairman, who is to occupy the office of Vice-Chairman; and that candidate shall be deemed to have been duly elected to the office of Vice-Chairman if the candidate who nominated him is duly elected as Chairman in accordance with the said provisions.
(2) The provisions of this Part of this Act relating to qualification for election, tenure of office, disqualification, declaration of assets and liabilities and oaths of Chairman shall apply in relation to the office of Vice-Chairman as if references to Chairman were references to Vice-Chairman.

Cite this section

Section 10, LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT (1989).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/local-government-basic-constitutional-and-transitional-provisions-act/section/10/