Texas.Cowgirl:


This is why Turai stayed safe after her husband's death.

naptu2: What does the law say? (Pay attention to sections 6, 8 and 10).

blink182: try it and let frsc or police get you. It will be like a joke when you land in prison. Then you will know the meaning of 'all animals are equal but some are more equal than others'.

naptu2: Flags And Coat Of Arms Act

Chapter 148

Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990

An Act to regulate the display and use of the National Flag, certain other flags and the National Coat of Arms.



1st October, 1960



Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Flags and Coat of Arms Act.



2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires “the National Flag” means the National Flag of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

"public place" means any highway, wharf, street, bridge and thoroughfare, and includes every place (including any foreshore or any beach or open space belonging to the State) to which the public under ordinary circumstances have the right of legal access, whether with or without payment of any entrance fee or gate money, and also includes all land and land covered with water contiguous to a public place from which an act consti­tuting an offence against this Act would ordinarily be viewable by persons in such public place.



3. (1) Any person who otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Minister or under other lawful authority, flies or exhibits in any public place any of the following flags, that is to say-

(a) the Royal Standard or the personal standard of royalty as Head of the Commonwealth when in Nigeria;

(b) any flag for the time being appointed to be flown by the President;

(c) any flag appointed to be flown only on ships of the Nigerian Navy, or in connection with establishments of the armed forces of Nigeria or the armed forces of any member State of the Commonwealth;

(d) any flag for the time being appointed to be flown only by a Department, or any branch of a Department, of the -Government of the Federation;

(e) any flag so closely resembling any such flag as aforesaid that it might reasonably be taken to be that flag, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

(2) Any person who, except otherwise than in conformity with terms of licence granted by the Minister or under other lawful authority, files or exhibits in any public place- ­

(a) the National Flag; or

(b) the flag of any member State of the Commonwealth, if the flag so flown or exhibited bears thereon any addition or is in any way modified or defaced, shall be guilty of al offence against this Act:

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall be deemed, to restrict the flying of exhibiting of the flag of any State in so far as the National Flag forms part thereof.



4. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, if in any public place in Nigeria the National Flag is to be exhibited or flown for any purpose, it shall not be exhibited with or be flown on the same staff or cross bar with the flag of any State, or the flag of any Commonwealth or foreign country; and the National Flag or any other flag when exhibited or flown shall not appear in a defaced or tattered condition; but the National Flag shall not be deemed to be defaced by reason only of the fact that it is embodied in or forms part of a State flag.

(2) Where the flag of any State is flown in the State to which it relates or elsewhere than in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, it shall not be necessary for the National Flag to be flown at the same time; but if the flag of a State and the National Flag are to be flown at the same time in a public place in that State or elsewhere in Nigeria, the National Flag of at least the same size as the State flag shall fly above that of any State flag.



(3) The Minister charged with responsibility for internal affairs may, from time to time, by notice either generally or specially authorise the flying of the flag of any Common­wealth country or of any foreign country in any public place, either alone or at the same time as the National Flag, and upon such terms and conditions as he thinks fit; but for the avoidance of doubt and to give effect to any diplomatic convention, no embassy, high commission, or consulate shall be a public place, and no means of transport when used by members of any embassy, high commission, or consulate shall, for the purposes only of this subsection, be deemed to be operating in a public place.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prohibit the flying by any ship other than a Nigerian ship, of the flag of the country where the ship is registered, or the flying of the National Flag by any ship entering or leaving a port in Nigeria.



5. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to require a licence to exhibit or fly any flag within the meaning of subsection (2) of section (3) of this Act, if the person flying or exhibiting any such flag in a public place is actuated by no other motive than that of patriotism, the proof whereof shall lie upon such person.



6. Any person who, otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Minister or under other lawful authority, uses or displays­-

(a) in connection with the carrying on of any business, trade, profession or calling; or

(b) in connection with the activities of any body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, the National Flag, the National Coat of Arms or the Coat of Arms of royalty as Head of the Commonwealth, or any flag or arms so closely resembling that flag or either of those coat of arms that they might reasonably be taken to be that flag or coat of arms, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.



7. Any person who flies or exhibits the National Flag in a defaced or bad condition shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.



8. Any police officer may seize and remove any flag in respect of which any offence against this Act has occurred, and may cause any flag so seized and removed to be disposed of in such manner as the Minister may direct.



(1) Licences issued by the Minister under the provi­sions of this Act shall contain such terms and conditions as the Minister may deem fit and may at any time be revoked, amended or altered by the Minister.

(2) All applications for such licences shall be in writing addressed to the Director-General of the Ministry having authority in matters to which this Act relates, and shall contain such information as the Minister may, from time to time, require.


Penalty­

10. Any person guilty of an offence against this Act shall be liable to a fine of one hundred naira and in the case of a continuing offence to a fine of ten naira for every day or part of a day during which the offence is continued after the day on which such person is first convicted.

http://www.nigeria-law.org/FlagsAndCoatOfArmsAct.htm

percipi1:

I do not agree with your argument. The office of the First Lady may not be recognised in our constitution but it is provided official funding which is backed by constitutional authorities, -Presidency and National Assembly.. In line with this recognition by constitutional authorities, especially the Presidency, the occupant of the office is entitled to an official podium backed by all the paraphernalia of the Presidency. I do not fancy the present occupant, but that does not mean we must deny her the privilege that is attached to her office.

eGuerrilla:

Source: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125297:first-lady-on-an-illegal-podium&catid=37:editorial&Itemid=612#comments

Timehin:

Co-kini So you have a "cloned" copy of our constitution that makes her so abi

percipi1:

I do not agree with your argument. The office of the First Lady may not be recognised in our constitution but it is provided official funding which is backed by constitutional authorities, -Presidency and National Assembly.. In line with this recognition by constitutional authorities, especially the Presidency, the occupant of the office is entitled to an official podium backed by all the paraphernalia of the Presidency. I do not fancy the present occupant, but that does not mean we must deny her the privilege that is attached to her office.

Pataki:

So if the office of the presidency decides to finance an office not recognized in our constitution, that makes it legal? Your argument makes me nauseated sincerely.

I suppose the presidency officially financing militancy, espionage, and their respective office holders is also permitted within our constitution - no?

percipi1:

Yes, when an office not provided for in the constitution is so designate and provided official funding, it become legal. The office of the a First Lady is a designate of the Presidency, therefore, it is legal and entitled as such.

Financing militancy or espionage is never official. There is no official funding for such activities. Any funding is unofficial not recognised by the National Assembly.

israel007: Well all I'm waiting for is her english o. If she like make she stand for calvary. Just speak the english

take dat: In the Appropriation Acts of 2011, 2012 and 2013, the office of the First Lady was not allotted any money, and it is not listed in the departments, agencies or commissions or other statutory bodies under the presidency. And no allocation was made for the office of First Lady under the cloak of any MDA. So it has no official funding backed by the constitution. Even though we know she enjoys allocation of funds from the public treasury(The naija factor),

Pataki:

Where and how did you derive this legality from? Is this within our constitution? An illegal office not recognized by the constitution of our land is being funded by the presidency and you think Nigerians will eat this codswallop of yours?

Who made the office of first lady designate to the presidency - the constitution? Why do you people enjoy lies and deceit this much?

Okija_juju:


Read the bolded...

That portion of the constitution makes what shes doing perfectly legal..

The Coat of arms, Flag and all other insignia of Nigeria can be used by all of us as long as its not for a crrime and we dont deface it in anyway..

Policewoman: Nonsense. This copy and paste article is nothing but an act of a personal vendatta against Dame Patience Jonathan. Didn't other first ladies e.g Abacha, Maryam, Turai do worse?

Pataki:

Where and how did you derive this legality from? Is this within our constitution? An illegal office not recognized by the constitution of our land is being funded by the presidency and you think Nigerians will eat this codswallop of yours?

Who made the office of first lady designate to the presidency - the constitution? Why do you people enjoy lies and deceit this much?

Okija_juju:


Read the bolded...

That portion of the constitution makes what shes doing perfectly legal..

The Coat of arms, Flag and all other insignia of Nigeria can be used by all of us as long as its not for a crrime and we dont deface it in anyway..

6. Any person who, otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Minister or under other lawful authority, uses or displays­-

(a) in connection with the carrying on of any business, trade, profession or calling; or

(b) in connection with the activities of any body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, the National Flag, the National Coat of Arms or the Coat of Arms of royalty as Head of the Commonwealth, or any flag or arms so closely resembling that flag or either of those coat of arms that they might reasonably be taken to be that flag or coat of arms, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

 

7. Any person who flies or exhibits the National Flag in a defaced or bad condition shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

 

8. Any police officer may seize and remove any flag in respect of which any offence against this Act has occurred, and may cause any flag so seized and removed to be disposed of in such manner as the Minister may direct.

 

(1) Licences issued by the Minister under the provi­sions of this Act shall contain such terms and conditions as the Minister may deem fit and may at any time be revoked, amended or altered by the Minister.

(2) All applications for such licences shall be in writing addressed to the Director-General of the Ministry having authority in matters to which this Act relates, and shall contain such information as the Minister may, from time to time, require.

ilugunboy: When I opined on a thread that no Nigerian President has ever debased our Presidency the way GEJ is doing and that out sovereignty as a nation is in the wrong hands...I was called names by the people that feel they are having the best of times under GEJ..

abu12: Madam lazarus, the only woman who died 7time

But come to think of it, madam lazarus has always be incharge, Jonathan is just a figurehead.

Okija_juju:

Read the bolded...

That portion of the constitution makes what shes doing perfectly legal..

The Coat of arms, Flag and all other insignia of Nigeria can be used by all of us as long as its not for a crrime and we dont deface it in anyway..

Seal of the President


Seal of the Vice President


Coat of arms

J12: You folks should let this woman be for Christ's sake. So what if the office of the first lady is unconstitutional and she uses the nigerian coat of arms as an emblem? Does it change anything? No it doesn't.

J12: You folks should let this woman be for Christ's sake. So what if the office of the first lady is unconstitutional and she uses the nigerian coat of arms as an emblem? Does it change anything? No it doesn't.

J12: You folks should let this woman be for Christ's sake. So what if the office of the first lady is unconstitutional and she uses the nigerian coat of arms as an emblem? Does it change anything? No it doesn't.

eGuerrilla:

If you look at the images below, you would note that the first lady appears to be using a 'counterfeit' seal which contains our coat-of-arms.

Wow!!

Based on this one... I have to accept defeat!!

That fat porky 200litre biittch is guilty of contravening the provisions of the laws of the Fed republic.

P.S: But you do realize that hers dosent say 'seal' right?! Just First Lady, Fed. Rep of Nigeria which she indeed is.. Just saying sha! However, if she doesnt have the consent of the minsiter in charge of handing out the livence to use the coat of arms, then shes guilty..

However.. She is indeed a beached Niger Delta whale..

gerald09: Nigerian own Magret Thatcher. Before I comment on the thread, please could Nigerians stop comparing every thing done or not done to the United States. Ѿε are not americans n it is ryt Ѿe don't do things like americans. The problem in Nigeria is dat Ѿε have adopted the culture of 4 different countries UK, US, UAE and Saudi Arabia n they all conflict with each oda. When will Nigerian do things like Nigerian so other countries in Africa will compare themselves to us. We don't have to be like the Americans to have a good government, the earlier we accept we are Nigerians n do thing like Nigerians the better and greater our country will be.
Now back to the article I will seriously blame the people that is in charge of handling the first lady, civil service is full of butt lickers, with no regard for rule n integrity dey wuld agree to anything, That is how much most Nigerians have lost their sense of dignity.

Okija_juju: Erm....

Isn't every Nigerian entitled to use the Coat of arms? So if I design a podium, is it illegal to put the coat of arms on it? I thought it belonged to all of us to use as we please in a respectful manner? Example, can't I put the coat of arms on my vehicle? Or use it on my bed sheet?
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