1. A State Civil
Service Commission shall comprise the following members -
(a) a Chairman;
and
(b) not less than two and not more than four other persons,
who shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be persons of
unquestionable integrity and sound political judgment.
2.
(1) The
Commission shall have power without prejudice to the powers
vested in the Governor and the State Judicial Service Commission
to -
(a) appoint
persons to offices in the State civil service; and
(b) dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over persons
holding such offices.
2. The Commission
shall not exercise any of its powers under sub-paragraph (1)
of this paragraph in respect of such offices of heads of divisions
of Ministries or of departments of the Government of the State
as may from time to time be designated by an order made by
the Governor except after consultation with the Head of the
Civil Service of the State.
B - State Independent
Electoral Commission
3. A State
Independent Electoral Commission shall comprise the following
members -
(a) a Chairman;
and
(b) not less than five but not more than seven other persons.
4. The Commission
shall have power-
(a) to organise,
undertake and supervise all elections to local government councils
within the State.
(b) to render such advice as it may consider necessary to
the Independent National Electoral Commission on the compilation
of and the register of voters in so far as that register is
applicable to local government elections in the State.
C - State Judicial
Service Commission
5. A State Judicial
Service Commission shall comprise the following members -
(a) the
Chief Judge of the State, who shall be the Chairman;
(b) the Attorney General of the State;
(c) the Grand Kadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the State,
if any;
(d) the President of the Customary Court of Appeal of the
State, if any;
(e) two members, who are legal practitioners, and who have
ben qualified to practice as legal practitioners in Nigeria
for not less than ten years; and
(f) two other persons, not being legal practitioners, who
in the opinion of the Governor are of unquestionable integrity.
6. The Commission
shall have power to -
(a) advise
the National Judicial Council on suitable persons for nomination
to the office of -
(i) the
Chief Judge of the State
(ii) the Grand Kadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the
State, if any,
(iii) the President of the Customary Court of Appeal of
the State, if any,
(iii) the President of the Customary Court of Appeal of
the State, if any,
(iv) Judges of the High Court of the State,
(v) Kadis of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the State, if
any, and
(vi) Judges of the Customary Court of Appeal of the State,
if any;
(b) subject to
the provisions of this Constitution, to recommend to the National
Judicial Council the removal from the office of the judicial
officers specified in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph;
and
(c) to appoint,
dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over the Chief Registrar
and Deputy Chief Registrar of the High Court, the Chief Registrars
of the Sharia Court of Appeal and Customary Court of Appeal,
magistrates, judges and members of Area Courts and Customary
Courts and all other members of the staff of the judicial
service of the State not otherwise specified in this Constitution.`
