STATE GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS) ACT

Section 44: Nomination and election of Deputy Governor.

1991Section 44 of 144Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) In any election to which the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act relate, a candidate for the office of Governor shall not be deemed to have been validly nominated for such office of Governor unless he nominates another candidate as his associate for his runing for the office of Governor, who is to occupy the office of Deputy Governor: and that candiate shall be deemed to have been duly elected to the office of Deputy Governor if the candidate who nominated him is duly elected as Governor in accordance with the laid provisions.
(2)
The provisions of this Part of this Act relating to qualification for election, tenure of office, disqualifications, declaration of assets and liabilities and Oaths of Governor shall apply in relation to the office of Deputy Governor as if references to Governor were references to Deputy Governor.

Cite this section

Section 44, STATE GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS) ACT (1991).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/state-government-basic-constitutional-and-transition-provisions-act/section/44/