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The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral
National Assembly
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. The Senate is the upper chamber
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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
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast the ...
) system. Members serve four-year terms. The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the house.
Nigerian state delegations
TheConstitution
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of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, assumes a National Assembly
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for the federation which consist of a senate and a House of Representatives. The senate consist of three senate members from each Nigerian state
Nigeria is a federation of 36 states and 1 federal capital territory. Each of the 36 states is a semi-autonomous political unit that shares powers with the federal government as enumerated under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Niger ...
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.
Members (since 1979)
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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 LeaderFemi Gbajabiamila
Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiamila (born 25 June 1962), is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gbajabiamila has served as Speaker of the House of Representatives since 2019.
Early life and education
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, Chief Whip Ado Garba Alhassan, Minority Leader Ogor Okuweh, and Minority Whip Umar Barde Yakubu.
See also
* History of Nigeria * Legislative branch *List of national legislatures
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* Nigerian First Republic
*Nigerian Second Republic
The Second Nigerian Republic was a brief formation of the Nigerian state which succeeded the military governments formed after the overthrow of the first republic.
Background
Contested elections and political turbulence in the Western region en ...
*Nigerian Third Republic
The Third Republic was the planned republican government of Nigeria in 1993 which was to be governed by the Third Republican constitution.
Founded (1993)
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*Nigerian Fourth Republic
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References
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
National Assembly (Nigeria)