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Federal Character Commission (Establishment, etc.) Act, 1996 🇳🇬


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Federal Character Commission (Establishment, etc.) Act, 1996

  • Published in Official Gazette supplement
  • Commenced on 27 December 1995
  • [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2002.]
An Act to establish the Federal Character Commission with responsibility to promote, monitor and enforce compliance with the principles of the proportional sharing of all bureaucratic, economic, media and political posts at all levels of government.

Part I – Establishment and functions, etc., of the Federal Character Commission

1. Establishment of the Federal Character Commission, etc.

(1)There is hereby established a body to be known as the Federal Character Commission (in this Act referred to as "the Commission").
(2)The Commission
(a)shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession;
(b)may sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(c)shall have its headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; and
(d)shall establish an office in each State of the Federation.
(3)The Commission shall not be subject …

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