SUMMARY OF AG BENDEL V. AG FEDERATION
MAIN MATTER
- That the Joint Finance Committee does not have the constitutional right to send an appropriate/money bill directly to the president without first going back to the national assembly
- Talks about legislative procedure on constitutionality of an act
FACT OF THE CASE OF AG BENDEL V. AG FEDERATION
AG Bendel v. AG Federation
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria forwarded a bill to the National
Assembly titled Allocation of Revenue setting out a new formula for the
distribution of amount standing to credit of the Federation Account. The bill was
unconstitutionally passed as the Joint Finance Committee were supposed to have
passed it back to the Houses for it to be passed at a joint meeting. Instead it was
sent straight to the President from the Committee. The Government of Bendel
State was dissatisfied with the way the National Assembly exercised their
legislative power and challenged the constitutionality of the Act. It was held to
be null and void as it failed to follow legislative procedure.
About Author
Ibkemmanuel
Hi, I'm IBK Emmanuel, A student at University of Lagos, Entrepreneur, Podcaster, Tutor and also Vlogger inter Alia, and I welcome you to the about me page of our lovely website, I hope you have a good experience navigating around so far, please if there is any question, you can with all pleasure ask, and i will in my best interest answer all your questions. We also register student for any form of examination ranging from GCE, WAEC, JAMB, P.UME, JUPEB and so on, we'd like you business with us as we deliver you the best service. Not to forget we also conduct both online (free and paid for) and offline Tutorials (home service for people around Lagos, the banner have have some of our service). You can contact us on : WHATSAPP : 08130184805 PHONE : 08130184805 FACEBOOK : IBKINTELLECT page