The House of Representatives is the

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of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate is the

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. The House of Representatives has 360 members who are elected in single-member

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using the plurality (or

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) system. Members serve four-year terms. The

Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives The speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Federal House of Representatives of Nigeria, elected by its membership. The House Speaker is third in line of succession to the Nigerian Presidency, after the Vice Pre ...

is the presiding officer of the house.

Nigerian state delegations

The

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of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, assumes a National Assembly for the federation which consist of a senate and a

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. 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. NigeriaNumbered

Members (since 1979)

Party leaders

Party leaders and

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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 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 Ol ...

, Chief Whip Ado Garba Alhassan, Minority Leader Ogor Okuweh, and Minority Whip Umar Barde Yakubu.

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National Assembly (Nigeria)

Nigerian state delegations

Members (since 1979)

Party leaders

See also

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