Section 24: Periodical review of State constituencies and time when alteration of State constituencies takes effect.

(1)
The Independent National Electoral Commission shall review the division of every State into constituencies at intervals of not less than 10 years, and may alter such constituencies in accordance with the provisions of this section to such extent as it may consider desirable in the light of the review.
(2)
The Independent National Electoral Commission may at any time carry out a review of the constituencies in accordance with the provisions of this section to the extent as it considers necessary in consequence of any alteration of the boundaries of the State or by reason of the holding of a census of the population of Nigeria in pursuance of an Act of the National Assembly or a Act or in consequence of any amendment to section 1 of this Act or any provisions replacing that section.
(3) Where the boundaries of any State constituency established under section 23 of this Act, are altered in accordance with the provisions of section 24 of this Act, that alteration shall come into effect after it has been approved by each House of the National Assembly and after the current House of Assembly of the State.