55. The business of the National Assembly shall
be conducted in English, and in Hausa, Ibo and Yoruba when adequate
arrangements have been made therefor.
56. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution
any question proposed for decision in the Senate or the House of
Representatives shall be determined by the requi#FF0000 majority
or the members present and voting; and the person presiding shall
cast a vote whenever necessary y to avoid an equality of votes but
shall not vote in any other case.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution,
the requi#FF0000 majority for the purpose of determining any question
shall be a simple majority.
(3) The Senate or the House of Representatives shall
by its rules provide -
(a) that a member of the House shall declare any
direct pecuniary interest he may have in any matter coming before
the House for deliberation;
(b) that the House may by resolution decide whether
or not such member may vote, or participate in its deliberations,
on such matter;
(c) the penalty, if any, which the House may impose
for failure to declare any direct pecuniary interest such member
may have; and`
(d) for such other matters pertaining to the foregoing
as the House may think necessary,
but nothing in the foregoing provisions shall enable
any rules to be made to require any member, who signifies his intention
not to vote on or participate in such matter, and who does not so
vote or participate, to declare any such interest.
