DMerciful:
Lets have patience, the court will clarify eventually and the matter will be settled

. Exactly sir!

muykem:
English and Mathematics have special status in our education system. They are superior to any other subjects, we call some subjects core cause. Is people in Abuja superior to your people in Abuja?

It’s not about the people in Abuja, it’s about Abuja herself.

Just like it’s not about the English or Mathematics teacher but the subjects themselves.

Get it?

DMerciful:
In each of...And THE FCT.

Main words are EACH, AND, THE....they changed the meaning to make it separate

No it doesn't.. The each refers to the different 24 + fct or the 25 different states.

garfield1:

The supreme court simply said that 25% is needed in two third of abia,Adamawa,akwa ibom,anambra,bauchi,bayelsa,benue,borno,cross river,delta,edo,ekiti,ebonyi,Enugu,rivers,ogun,osun,Oyo,ondo,Lagos,imo,kwara,Niger,nasarawa,kogi,plateau, sokoto,kebbi,katsina,kano,kaduna,jigawa,gombe,taraba,yobe,zamfara and fct.the AND is because the fct is the last.it is jointly used.

Looking at the constitution section 134,it is divided into A and B
A) a candidate must score the highest votes
B) he must get two third in 36 states and fct.

A simple understanding of the constitution or the interpretation act will reveal that two conditions are needed that is A and B.if fct was to be mandatory,subsection c would have been added or under subsection B,they would have added an additional clause or condition with a comma.in atiku's petition,he funnily added fct as the C part.I believe this should settle that matter...


Cc mynd44
Lalasticlala
Nplfmod
Seun
Obinoscopy
Socialmediaman
Buhariguy
Efewestern
Aiel123
Vicdom
Penguin2
Mrvitalis
Donphilopus
Okoroawusa
Ejimatic
Muykem
Afamed
Indispensable
Yarimo
Benuejosh
Kyase
Cajal

The two conditions was fulfilled by Tinubu. The opposition is in court to keep their supporters warm for 2027.

You are right in that there is no condition 3 (or c) stating 25% in the FCT.

All other petitions are pre-election matters or at best speculations

ejimatic:
. Two third of Taiwo Kehinde ,John Yemi Ade Micheal Femi Grace AND Daniel must come tomorrow.
This implies that two third of 9 people mist come. Daniel is not special and no emphasis is placed on him
Any Six of the Nine persons will make 2 /3 majority.
That is what the B section of the constitution refers to. FCT is added to the 36 states making 37states. Please note that AND can show addition separately or in togetherness. The latter is our focus here..
1. Taiwo and Kehinde are here. 2 persons in separation
2.Two third of Taiwo Kehinde ,John Yemi Ade Micheal Femi Grace AND Daniel must come tomorrow....9 persons in togetherness are our focus
3. The Ooni of Ife and President of Osun Council of Obas is here.1 person is our focus here.even when AND is used to connect the two titles.

Atiku is just wasting his time by his inclusion of C part into his petition.with emphasis on FCT

I want to ask you a simple question.
The president and chairman
The president and the chairman

Are they the same thing.

rafindo:


I want to ask you a simple question.
The president and chairman
The president and the chairman

Are they the same thing.

The answer is No.
1 The same person who is the president is also Chariman.
2 Two persons are in focus namely the president and the chairman.
The two examples are problem areas in the concord as a syntactic concept.

Please note that in "Two third of Nigeria Ghana Morroco South Africa. Uganda, the Gambia, Mali, Guinea and the USA are needed , we imply that 2/3 of the nine countries are needed. Article"the' before the Gambia and the USA does not make them special.It only makes them unique in terms of meaning. .The same thing applies to " 36 countries and the FCT ..." FCT requires article because it the only capital city of Nigeria not any other city. So 37 states are in focus in the Nigerian constitution.

garfield1:

The supreme court simply said that 25% is needed in two third of abia,Adamawa,akwa ibom,anambra,bauchi,bayelsa,benue,borno,cross river,delta,edo,ekiti,ebonyi,Enugu,rivers,ogun,osun,Oyo,ondo,Lagos,imo,kwara,Niger,nasarawa,kogi,plateau, sokoto,kebbi,katsina,kano,kaduna,jigawa,gombe,taraba,yobe,zamfara and fct.the AND is because the fct is the last.it is jointly used.

Looking at the constitution section 134,it is divided into A and B
A) a candidate must score the highest votes
B) he must get two third in 36 states and fct.

A simple understanding of the constitution or the interpretation act will reveal that two conditions are needed that is A and B.if fct was to be mandatory,subsection c would have been added or under subsection B,they would have added an additional clause or condition with a comma.in atiku's petition,he funnily added fct as the C part.I believe this should settle that matter...


Cc mynd44
Lalasticlala
Nplfmod
Seun
Obinoscopy
Socialmediaman
Buhariguy
Efewestern
Aiel123
Vicdom
Penguin2
Mrvitalis
Donphilopus
Okoroawusa
Ejimatic
Muykem
Afamed
Indispensable
Yarimo
Benuejosh
Kyase
Cajal

IMHO section 42 clarifies the status of the voter in FCT. you cannot enact or implement a law in such a way as it gives a citizen in a community a special advantage or disadvantage over a citizen in another. c'est finni

Section 42 of the constitution. (fundamental rights of citizens)

1) A citizen of Nigeria of a particular community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion shall not, by reason only that he is such a person:-
(a) be subjected either expressly by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any executive or administrative action of the government, to disabilities or restrictions to which citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religions or political opinions are not made subject; or
(b) be accorded either expressly by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any such executive or administrative action, any privilege or advantage that is not accorded to citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religions or political opinions.

ejimatic:
The answer is No.
1 The same person who is the president is also Chariman.
2 Two persons are in focus namely the president and the chairman.
The two examples are problem areas in the concord as a syntactic concept.

Please note that in "Two third of Nigeria Ghana Morroco South Africa. Uganda, the Gambia, Mali, Guinea and the USA are needed , we imply that 2/3 of the nine countries are needed. Article"the' before the Gambia and the USA does not make them special.It only makes them unique in terms of meaning. .The same thing applies to " 36 countries and the FCT ..." FCT requires article because it the only capital city of Nigeria not any other city. So 37 states are in focus in the Nigerian constitution.

Base on your concord rule .
24 state and FCT.
24 state and the FCT
should be treated the same while the insertion of the article THE has no bearing on agreement with the Intial clause is more of claiming an exclusivity to a compound word. The right legal geographic name of Abuja is FCT and not The FCT. When The is used in legal geographic naming it denotes a use of sovereignty that is exclusive in commonwealth realms.