1. The Code of Conduct
Bureau shall comprise the following members:
(a) a Chairman;
and
(b) nine other members, each of whom, at the time of appointment,
shall not be less than fifty years of age and subject to the
provisions of section 157 of this Constitution shall vacate
his office on attaining the age of seventy years.
2. The Bureau shall
establish such offices in each state of the Federation as it
may require for the discharge of its functions under this Constitution.
3. The Bureau
shall have power to:
(a) receive
declarations by public officers made under paragraph 12 of Part
I of the Fifth Schedule to this Constitution;
(b) examine the declarations in accordance with the requirements
of the Code of Conduct or any law;
(c) retain custody of such declarations and make them available
for inspection by any citizen of Nigeria on such terms and
conditions as the National Assembly may prescribe;
(d) ensure compliance with and, where appropriate, enforce
the provisions of the Code of Conduct of any law relating
thereto;
(e) receive complaints about non-compliance with or breach
of the provisions of the Code of Conduct or any law in relation
thereto, investigate the complaint and, where appropriate,
refer such matters to the Code of Conduct Tribunal;
(f) appoint, promote, dismiss and exercise disciplinary control
over the staff of the Codes of Conduct Bureau in accordance
with the provisions of an Act of the National Assembly enacted
in that behalf; and
(g) carry out such other functions as may be conferred upon
it by the National Assembly.
4. The terms and
conditions of service of the staff of the Code of Conduct Bureau
shall be the same as those provided for public officers in the
civil service of the Federation.
B - Council of State
5. The Council of
State shall comprise the following persons:
(a) the
President, who shall be the Chairman;
(b) the Vice-President, who shall be the Deputy Chairman;
(c) all former Presidents of the Federation and all former
Heads of the Government of the Federation;
(d) all former Chief Justices of Nigeria;
(e) the President of the Senate;
(f) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(g) all the Governors of the states of the Federation; and
(h) the Attorney-General of the Federation.
(6.) The Council
shall have power to:
(a) advise
the President in the exercise of his powers with respect to
the:-
(i) national
population census and compilation, publication and keeping
of records and other information concerning the same;
(ii) prerogative of mercy;
(iii) award of national honours;
(iv) the Independent National Electoral Commission (including
the appointment of members of that Commission);
(v) the National Judicial Council (including the appointment
of the members, other than ex-officio members of
that Council); and
(vi) the National Population Commission (including the
appointment of members of that Commission); and
(b) advise the
President whenever requested to do so on the maintenance of
public order within the Federation or any part thereof and
on such other matters as the President may direct.
C - Federal Character
Commission
7.
-(1)
The Federal Character Commission shall comprise the following
members:
(a) a
Chairman; and
(b) one person to represent each of the states of the Federation
and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
(2) The Chairman
and members shall be appointed by the President, subject to
confirmation by the Senate.
