187. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution. the President may, with the consent of the Government of a unit, entrust either conditionally or unconditionally to that Government or to its officers’ functions in relation to any matter to which the executive authority of the Federation extends.

(2) An Act of the Federal Parliament which applies in any unit may, notwithstanding that it relates to a matter with respect to which the Legislature of the unit has no power to make laws, confer powers and impose duties, or authorise the conferring of powers and the imposition of duties, upon the unit or officers and authorities thereof.

(3) Where by virtue of this section powers and duties have been conferred or imposed upon a unit or officers or authorities thereof, there shall be paid by the Federation to the unit such sum as may be agreed or, in default of agreement as may be determined by an arbitrator appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in of any extra costs of administration incurred by the unit in connection with the exercise of those powers and duties.