House of Representatives (Nigeria)

The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly.[1] The Senate is the upper chamber.[2]

House of Representatives
9th National Assembly
Type
Type
Lower Chambers
of the National Assembly of Nigeria
Leadership
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Femi Gbajabiamila, APC
since 11 June 2019
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
Ahmed Idris Wase, APC
since 11 June 2019
Structure
Seats360
Political groups
Majority (209)
  •   All Progressives Congress (209)

Minority (126)

  •   People's Democratic Party (126)

Others (23)

  •   New Nigeria Peoples Party (8)
  •   All Progressives Grand Alliance (5)
  •   Social Democratic Party (5)
  •   Labour Party (2)
  •   Accord (1)
  •   African Democratic Congress (1)
  •   People's Redemption Party (1)

Vacant (2)

  •   Vacant (2)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
February 2019
Next election
February 2023
Meeting place
National Assembly Complex
Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
Website
http://www.nass.gov.ng
Politics of Nigeria
Constitution
  • Human rights
Government
  • President (list)
    Muhammadu Buhari
  • Vice President
    Yemi Osinbajo
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  • President Ahmed Lawan (APC)
  • Deputy President Ovie Omo-Agege (APC)
  • (List of Members of the Senate)
  • Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila (APC)
  • Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase (APC)
  • (List of Members of the House)
  • State Delegations
  • Abia
  • Adamawa
  • Akwa Ibom
  • Anambra
  • Bauchi
  • Bayelsa
  • Benue
  • Borno
  • Cross River
  • Delta
  • Ebonyi
  • Edo
  • Ekiti
  • Enugu
  • Gombe
  • Imo
  • Jigawa
  • Kaduna
  • Kano
  • Katsina
  • Kebbi
  • Kogi
  • Kwara
  • Lagos
  • Nasarawa
  • Niger
  • Ogun
  • Ondo
  • Osun
  • Oyo
  • Plateau
  • Rivers
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  • Taraba
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  • FCT
Judiciary
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    State governors
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    Minister: Geoffrey Onyeama
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The House of Representatives has 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the plurality (or first-past-the-post) system. Members serve four-year terms. The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the house.

Nigerian state delegations

The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, assumes a National Assembly for the federation which consist of a senate and a House of Representatives. The senate consist of three senate members from each Nigerian state and one senate member from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. There must be three hundred and sixty members in total, representing constituencies for the Federal House of Representatives.[3]

Members (since 1979)
  • Members
    • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1979–1992
    • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1992–1998
    • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1998–1999
    • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1999–2003
    • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2003–2007
    • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2007–2011
    • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2011–2015
    • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2015–2019
    • List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2019–2023
  • Clerks
    • List of the Clerks of the House of Representatives of Nigeria

Party leaders

Party leaders and whips are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot. With the APC holding a majority of seats and the PDP holding a minority, the current leaders in the 8th National Assembly are: Majority Leader Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief Whip Ado Garba Alhassan, Minority Leader Ogor Okuweh, and Minority Whip Umar Barde Yakubu.[4]

See also
  • History of Nigeria
  • Legislative branch
  • List of national legislatures
  • Nigerian First Republic
  • Nigerian Second Republic
  • Nigerian Third Republic
  • Nigerian Fourth Republic

References
  1. Abdur-Rahman, Alfa-Shaban (12 June 2019). "Nigeria National Assembly leadership". africanews.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  2. "National Parliaments: Nigeria". loc.gov. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  3. "Chapter Five of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria: Legislature". www.waado.org.
  4. "Principal Officers of The House of Representatives". Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

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