5th National Assembly

5th National Assembly
Type
Type
Houses Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
David Mark (PDP)
Since 3 June 2003
Meeting place
National Assembly Building
Website
Official website
Nigeria
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The 5th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature inaugurated on June 3, 2003 and the assembly ran its course till June 5, 2007.[1][2] The assembly comprises the Senate and the House of Representatives. 251 representatives were elected as member of the House of Representative while 109 members were elected as member of the senate, making a total of 360 members all together across the six geopolitical zones.[3]

Presiding officers

The Senate President presides over the Senate, the higher chamber while the Speaker presides over the House of Representative.[4][5] David Mark was elected as Senate President on the platform of the People's Democratic Party and Aminu Bello Masari, the Speaker of the House of Representatives succeeded Ghali Umar Na'Abba, the speaker of the 4th Assembly.[6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Nigeria: President Dissolves National Assembly". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Federal Inland Revenue Service and Taxation Reforms in Democratic Nigeria". google.co.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "The upper Legislative Arm of the National Assembly". Senatorarise.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Leadership Newspaper (12 April 2015). "Senate Presidency: Who 'Marks Out' David Mark?". Nigerian News from Leadership News. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "David Mark, Ekweremadu: The last men standing in Senate leadership". Vanguard News. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "How five house of reps speakers dumped pdp". Daily Trust News. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "David Mark vows to remain in PDP even as "last man standing" - Premium Times Nigeria". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "SARAKI to succeed DAVID MARK as Senate President". Encomium Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Tambuwal's ancestors". Thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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