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Under the 1999 Constitutions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , the appointment and posting of members of election tribunal on the elections conducted by INEC is the responsibility of the President,Court of Appeal.
According to the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria (Promulgation) 1999 No. 24 A1099:

1. A National Assembly Election Tribunal shall consist of a Chairman and Four other members.

2. The Chairman shall be a Judge of High Court and the four other members shall be appointed from among judges of high court, Kadis of a Sharia Court of Appeal, Judges of a Customary Court of Appeal or other members of the judiciary not below the ran of a Chief Magistrate.

3. The Chairman and other members shall be appointed by the President of the Court of Appeal in consultation with the Chief Judge of the Stat, Grand Kadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the State or the President of the Customary Court of Appeal of the State, as the case may be.

Akwa Ibom and Katsina States created Gen Ibrahim Babangida.

The Political Bureau which was set up in 1986 by General Ibrahim Babangida recommended that additional six state should be created from the existing nineteen states but the Armed Forces Ruling Council under Babangida completely rejected the recommendation and created two additional states. The states were Akwa Ibom with Uyo as the capital and Katsina with Katsina as the capital.

Following the reformation of the Native Authority system in Northern Nigeria, traditional rulers became Chief-in-council.

By 1952,the Northern region abolished the sole Native Authority and put in its place, Chief-in-council. This was later replaced with Chief-in-Council System.

Nigerian Television Authority is an example of a public corporation in Nigeria.

It should be recalled that Public Corporation is government establishment or enterprises set up by an Act of Parliament (or Decree or Edicts incase of Military Regime) to provide essential services such as electricity, postal services, pipe borne water, etc.

The aim is to render essential services at a very low cost.

Some examples of public corporations are water corporation, NITEL, NTA, NEPA, (Now known as Power Holden Company of Nigeria) NNPC ETC.

In Nigeria, privatization and commercialization policies were introduced to divest government major control of commercial ventures.

By effecting privatization, the government achieves some economic objectives and policy measures.

Privatization of public enterprise can make them less dependent on government for funding, since they will now work to generate enough profit for self-sustenance.