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 and not otherwise.

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

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

4 A statute which makes provision for or alters the composition or constitution of the Council, the Senate or any other authority of the University shall not come into operation unless it has been approved by the President in consultation with the National Universities Commission.

5 For the purpose of section I (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 approved by the Senate, as the case may be, or, in the case of a statute falling within subsection (4), on the date on which it is approved by the Visitor. [Cap. 123, LFN, 2004]

6 In the event of any doubt or dispute arising, 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 matter as it relates to such doubt or dispute,
the matter may be referred to the Visitor, who shall take such advice and make such decision therein as he thinks fit.

7 The decision of the Visitor on any matter referred to him under subsection (6) is binding upon the authorities, staff and students of the University.

8 Where any question as to the meaning of any provision of a statute has been decided by the Visitor under that subsection (6), no question as to the meaning of that provision shall be entertained by any court of laws in Nigeria.

9 Nothing in subsection (8) affects 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 inconsistent with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.