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YOUR BUSINESS, PROPERTY & THE EMERGING TREND OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS: A SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Every now & then, the President issues Executive Orders (EOs) instead of going through the legitimate lawmaking process of the National Assembly. The state governors have
YOUR BUSINESS, PROPERTY & THE EMERGING TREND OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS: A SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Every now & then, the President issues Executive Orders (EOs) instead of going through the legitimate lawmaking process of the National Assembly. The state governors have
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started following the trend.
Notably, the EOs issued by governors will have most effect on average Nigerians, their businesses and properties, reason being that contrary to the extant statutes and the Constitution, the governors may begin to use the orders to impose & ...
started following the trend.
Notably, the EOs issued by governors will have most effect on average Nigerians, their businesses and properties, reason being that contrary to the extant statutes and the Constitution, the governors may begin to use the orders to impose & ...
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enforce questionable taxes and levies and other obligations, in their insatiable quest for increased IGR & other doubtful interests.
Thus, it will be good to be armed with the following knowledge about EOs:
(a)An EO is to an extent a law, but not of the same status as
enforce questionable taxes and levies and other obligations, in their insatiable quest for increased IGR & other doubtful interests.
Thus, it will be good to be armed with the following knowledge about EOs:
(a)An EO is to an extent a law, but not of the same status as
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a court judgement, a statute or the Constitution;
(b)A citizen/a business may only be held liable under an EO, if:
(i)the EO is meant to enforce an existing provision or obligation of a judgment, statute or the Constitution, as against the EO creating a new law/obligation;
a court judgement, a statute or the Constitution;
(b)A citizen/a business may only be held liable under an EO, if:
(i)the EO is meant to enforce an existing provision or obligation of a judgment, statute or the Constitution, as against the EO creating a new law/obligation;
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(ii)the EO is in compliance with the safeguards in the relevant statutes & the Constitution. In that, the EO complies with the principle of separation of powers, checks & balances,right to fair hearing, right to own property,liability to pay taxes levied only by a statute, etc
(ii)the EO is in compliance with the safeguards in the relevant statutes & the Constitution. In that, the EO complies with the principle of separation of powers, checks & balances,right to fair hearing, right to own property,liability to pay taxes levied only by a statute, etc
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(c) An EO which does not comply with para 2 above, can be successfully challenged. The court action is not expected to take much time, given that the action will likely be commenced by an Originating Summons or Judicial Review Process,save where the action is heavy on facts
(c) An EO which does not comply with para 2 above, can be successfully challenged. The court action is not expected to take much time, given that the action will likely be commenced by an Originating Summons or Judicial Review Process,save where the action is heavy on facts
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For further learning on EOs, you might want to check this short Ted-Ed video: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3475923952420786&id=203906229622591
For further learning on EOs, you might want to check this short Ted-Ed video: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3475923952420786&id=203906229622591
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