for the central government as the principal instrument of policy referred to the council of ministers, including twelve Nigerian ministers without portfolio (Federal and State Executives in section 5(1)(a) & (2)(a) of 1999 Constitution).The Lyttleton Constitution of 1954 tried to resolve the crises associated with Macpherson constitution, which eventually led to its collapse. The colonial authorities in other to remedy the situation organized two constitutional conferences between August 1953 in London and January 1954 in Lagos under the chairmanship of Oliver Lyttleton, who was the then secretary of state of the colonial government. These conferences resulted to the promulgation of a new constitution for the country in 1954. The highlights of the constitution is the introduction of federalism in Nigeria, section 2(1) CFRN 1999, which states that Nigeria is one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign state to be known by the name of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Thus Nigeria became a federation that comprises of five component parts namely the Northern, Eastern and Western regions, while Southern Cameroon and the Federal Territory in Lagos came under the direct control of the central government section 297(1), 297(2), 298, 299 CFRN 1999. There was provision in the house for a Speaker and Deputy Speaker as the presiding officers in Lyttleton constitution, which corresponds to section 50(1) CFRN 1999, that says There shall be- (b), a Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves.There was also the introduction of direct election and the elevation of the lieutenant governors in the regions to governor, which is also applied in section 5(2) CFRN 1999, which states that Subject to the provisions of this constitution, the executive powers of the state-(a) shall be vested in the Governor of that State and may, subject as aforesaid and to the provisions of any law made by a House of Assembly, be exercised by him either directly or through the Deputy Governor and Commissioners of the Government of that State or officers in the Public Service of the State; and There was also an establishment of permanent secretaries in both the regional and federal levels in Lyttleton constitution, which is represented in section 208(2) CFRN 1999, which states that The offices to which this section applies are, namely-(c) Permanent Secretary or other chief executive in any Ministry or Department of the Government of the State howsoever designated, andThere was also the establishment of ministers by the Governor-General for the federating units, which included southern Cameroon. And the 1999 constitution in section 147(1) states that There shall be such offices as the Ministers of the Government as may be established by the president. 1958 marked the all-Nigerian constitutional conference between September 29, 1958 and October 27, 1958. All the registered political parties in Nigeria participated in the conference and the highlights of the conference was the inclusion of the fundamental human rights in the post independence constitution, which is carried along to the 1999 constitution of Nigeria. And that adequate provision should be made on the procedure for