STATE GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS) ACT

Section 59: Removal of members.

1991Section 59 of 144Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Save in the case of ex-officio Chairman and members whose removal is provided for elsewhere in this Act, any person holding any of the offices to which this section applies shall only be removed from that office by the Governor of that State acting on an address supported by two-thirds majority of the House of Assembly of the State praying that he be so removed for inability to discharge the functions of the office (whether arising from infirmity of mind or body or any other cause) or for misconduct.
(2) This section applies to the offices of the Chairman and members of the State Civil Service Commission, the State Judicial Service Commission and the State Local Government Service Commission.

Cite this section

Section 59, STATE GOVERNMENT (BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS) ACT (1991).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/state-government-basic-constitutional-and-transition-provisions-act/section/59/