The Kaduna State House of Assembly popularly known as Lugard Hall, it houses the Lugard Memorial Council Chamber (Northern Nigeria Council of Chiefs) and The Kaduna State House of Assembly, which is a branch of the Government of
Kaduna State
Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...
, it formerly served as the legislative house of the defunct
Northern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures. In 1962 it acquired the territory of the United Kingd ...
(1954-1967) and the British Colonial government of Nigeria (1914-1954) where all legislative decisions and laws for the governance of the region emanated.
Taraba State House of Assembly Named after the then
Governor General of Nigeria Sir
Frederick Lugard
Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (22 January 1858 – 11 April 1945), known as Sir Frederick Lugard between 1901 and 1928, was a British soldier, mercenary, explorer of Africa and colonial administrator. He was Governor of Hong ...
. It is a
unicameral
Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one.
Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
body with 34 members elected into the 34 state constituencies. The Kaduna state House of Assembly in the forth republic on 3 June 1999 which led to the formation of the first assembly whole life span democratically ended on 3 June 2003. The second assembly commenced on 6 June 2003 after the national election. The legislature been the second tier of Government in democratic dispensation is traditionally and constitutionally bestowed the responsibility of making laws. The Kaduna state House of Assembly is made up of the honorable speaker, his deputy and the representative of various state constituencies on a single vote basis. These legislators represent the 23 local government council in the state. The current
Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** I ...
of the State Assembly is Rt. Hon Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani from Igabi local government constituency of Kaduna State.
[Isa Saidu, Isma'il Mudashir & Christiana T Alabi]
"Kadunas Lugard Hall Then And Now"
''Daily Trust
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'' ''Kaduna State'' 1 October 2011. 5:00am Retrieved on 1 October 2011 Zailani was voted speaker following the resignation of Hon. Aminu Shagali.
The Kaduna state house of Assembly Hon. Yusuf Zailani appointed Ahmad Chokali representing Zaria constituency as the new majority leader of the house as a result of impeachment of Hon. Inuwa Muhammed following a no -Confidence Votes passed on him by members.
Also, Hon. Bashir Gatati emerge as the chief whip of Kaduna state house of Assembly.
References
External links
Kaduna State House of Assembly
State legislatures of Nigeria
State lower houses in Nigeria
Government of Kaduna State
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