“In the instant appeal, the Anambra State Public Officers’ Salaries Law No, 7 of 2001, enacted by the Anambra State House of Assembly, which purported to fix the salaries and emoluments of Chairmen and Councillors of Local Governments (amongst others), and charged same upon the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the State, was enacted ultra vires the powers of the Anambra State House of Assembly, and inconsistent with the express provisions of Section 124(4) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended. The said Anambra State Public Officers’ Salaries Law No. 7 of 2001, to the extent of its inconsistency with the Constitution, is null and void, and the trial Court had the requisite jurisdiction to strike down such inconsistent legislation. The action of the trial Court is undoubtedly justifiable, having regard to the provisions of Section 1(3) the CFRN 1999, as amended, that prohibits the existence of any other law that is inconsistent with a Constitutional provision and declaring that such other law shall be void to the extent of the inconsistency with the Constitution, as well as Section 4(8) of the CFRN 1990, as amended. In Marwa & Ors v. Nyako & Ors (2012) LPELR 7837 (SC), this Court, in reaffirming the supremacy of the Constitution, stated as follows: “The supremacy of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 is captioned by Sections one and three, Part 1 of Chapter 1 under general provisions which state that: Section 1 “This Constitution is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force on all authorities and persons throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” Sub-Section 3 “If any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution shall prevail and that other law shall to that extent of the inconsistency be void.” This Court had given recognition to this supremacy and had expatiated on the Constitution through various judgments in its interpretative jurisdiction. The Constitution is described as the grundnorm and the fundamental law of the land. All other legislations in this Country take their hierarchy from the provisions of the Constitution. It is not a mere common legal document. It is an organic instrument which confers powers and also creates rights and limitations. It regulates the affairs of the nation/state and defines the powers of the different components of government as well as regulating the relationship between the citizens and the State. Once the powers, rights and limitations under the Constitution are identified as having been created, their existence cannot be disputed in a Court of law. But the extent and implications may be sought to be interpreted and explained by the Court. The provisions of the Constitution take precedence over any law enacted by the National Assembly even though the National Assembly has power to amend the Constitution itself.” It is my considered view that this Court has sufficiently demonstrated that the amended 1999 Constitution has expressly donated to the Courts the power to pronounce on the constitutionality of any law made by a Legislature (such as the Anambra State House of Assembly, in the instant case), vis-a-vis the provisions of the said Constitution. Furthermore, I am fortified in my view that where the Constitution itself expressly vests in the Courts the power to pronounce on the constitutionality of a law vis-a-vis its provisions, then the Courts cannot be said to be acting without jurisdiction, in discharging the duty imposed on them. Against the backdrop of all that has been stated, I hold without hesitation that the trial Court had the jurisdiction to entertain and pronounce on the constitutionality of the Anambra State Public Officers’ Salaries Law No. 7 of 2001. All that the trial Court did in this regard was in the discharge of the power vested in it by the Constitution itself. ?The trial Court, and indeed all Courts in Nigeria, being the primary custodians of the Constitution, cannot close their eyes to the desecration of the Constitution by any arm of Government including the Courts themselves. See A. G Abia State v. A.G Federation (supra). I am therefore in concert with the Court below, when it affirmed the decision of the trial Court, that the Anambra State House of Assembly, went on a frolic its own when it enacted the Anambra State Public Officers’ Salaries Law No. 7 of 2001, and purportedly charged the salaries and remunerations of “Chairman of Local Government, Vice Chairman, Secretary to Local Government, Supervisor, Special Adviser/PA to the Chairman, Leader of the Local Government Legislative Council, Deputy Leader and Councillors”, to the consolidated Revenue Fund of the State, notwithstanding that it was at variance with the express provisions of Section 124(4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended.” Per ABDU ABOKI, JSC In NWOKEDI v. ANAMBRA STATE GOVT & ANOR (2022-LCER-46521-SC) (Pp 33 – 37; Paras D – D)