Section 27: Report of census by the Commission

(1) Any report of the Commission containing the population census after every census, shall be delivered to the President, by the chairman of the Commission.
(2) The President shall, within a period of thirty days after receipt of the report, lay copies of the report before the Council of State, which shall consider the report and advise the President, whether to accept or reject the report.
(3) Where the Council of State advises the President to accept the report, the President shall accept the same and shall lay the report on the table of each House of the National Assembly.
(4) When the President accepts such report and has laid on the table of each House of the National Assembly, he shall publish in the Federal Gazette of the Government of the Federation for public information.
(5) When the Council of State advises the President to reject the report upon the ground that-
(a) the population census contained in the report is inaccurate; or
(b) the report is perverse,
the President shall reject the report accordingly and no reliance shall be placed upon any such report by any authority or person or for any purpose whatsoever.