69. A member of the Senate or of the House Representatives may be recalled as such a member if (a) there is presented to the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission a
petition in that behalf signed by more than onehalf of the persons registered to vote in that
member's constituency alleging their loss of
confidence in that member; and
(b) the petition is thereafter, in a referendum
conducted by the Independent National Electoral
Commission within ninety days of the date of
receipt of the petition, approved by a simple
majority of the votes of the persons registered to
vote in that member's constituency.
70. A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall receive such salary and other
allowances as Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission may determine
D - Elections to National Assembly
71. Subject to the provisions of section 72 of this Constitution, the Independent National Electoral
Commission shall (a) divide each State of the Federation into three
Senatorial districts for purposes of elections to
the Senate; and
(b) subject to the provisions of section 49 of this
Constitution, divide the Federation into three
hundred and sixty Federal constituencies for
purposes of elections to the House of
Representatives.
72. No Senatorial district or Federal constituency shall fall within more than one State, and the
boundaries of each district or constituency shall be as contiguous as possible and be such that the
number of inhabitants thereof is as nearly equal to the population quota as is reasonably practicable.
73. (1) The Independent National Electoral Commission shall review the division of States and of the
Federation into Senatorial districts and Federal constituencies at intervals of not less than ten years,
and may alter the districts or constituencies in accordance with the provisions of this section to such
extent as it may consider desirable in the light of the review.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the Independent National
Electoral Commission may at any time carry out such a review and alter the districts
or constituencies in accordance with the provisions of this section to such extent as it
considers necessary, in consequence of any amendment to section 8 of this
Constitution or any provision replacing that section, or by reason of the holding of a
census of the population, or pursuant to an Act of the National Assembly.
74. Where the boundaries of any Senatorial district or Federal constituency established under section
71 of this Constitution are altered in accordance with the provisions section 73 hereof, the alteration
shall come into effect after it has been approved by each House of the National Assembly and after the
current life of the Senate (in the case of an alteration to the boundaries of a Senatorial district) or the
House of s (in the case of an alteration to the boundaries of a Federal constituency).
75. For the purposes of section 72 of this Constitution, the number of inhabitants of Nigeria or any part
thereof shall be ascertained by reference to the 1991 census of the population of Nigeria or the latest
census held in pursuance of an Act of the National Assembly after the coming into force of the
provisions of this Part of this Chapter of this Constitution.
76. (1) Elections to each House of the National Assembly shall be held on a date to be appointed by
the Independent National Electoral Commission.