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• NWOKEDI V. ANAMBRA STATE GOVT. (2022)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  4 February 2022

  Summary of Nwokedi v. Anambra State Govt. discussing key legal issues and court rulings regarding the Public Officers Law.

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  • 1999 constitution sections 1(3), 4(8) and 124(4)→
  • Constitutional supremacy→
  • anambra state public officers’ salaries law no. 7 of 2001→
  • consolidated revenue fund→
  • constitutional invalidity→
  • jurisdiction to declare legislation void→
  • legislative competence of state house of assembly→
  • local government councillors’ salaries and emoluments→

• ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF ABIA STATE V. ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE 34 (2006)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  7 July 2006

  An in-depth analysis of the Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of the Monitoring of Revenue Allocation to Local Governments Act, 2005.

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  • 1999 constitution sections 4, 7 and 162→
  • Constitutional interpretation→
  • Constitutional supremacy→
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  • Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court→
  • Residual legislative powers→
  • allocation and distribution of federation account revenue→
  • concurrent legislative list→