6th National Assembly

6th National Assembly
Type
Type
Houses Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
David Mark (PDP)
Since 4 June 2003
Dimeji Bankole (PDP)
Since 5 June 2007
Meeting place
National Assembly Building
Website
Official website
Nigeria
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Nigeria

The 6th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature inaugurated on June 5, 2007 and the assembly ran its course till June 6, 2011. 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.[1][2]

Presiding officers

The Senate President presides over the Senate, the higher chamber while the Speaker presides over the House of Representatives.[3][4] David Mark, the Senate President of the 5th National Assembly was re-elected on the platform of People's Democratic Party and Dimeji Bankole, the Speaker of the House of Representatives succeeded Patricia Etteh, who was forced to resign on alleged mismanagement of funds.[5][6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "New Senate President, House Speaker Emerge Next Monday". TheNigerianVoice. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "The upper Legislative Arm of the National Assembly". Senatorarise.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Leadership Newspaper (12 April 2015). "Senate Presidency: Who 'Marks Out' David Mark?". Nigerian News from Leadership News. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "David Mark, Ekweremadu: The last men standing in Senate leadership". Vanguard News. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "how five house of reps speakers dumped PDP". Dailytrust.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "David Mark vows to remain in PDP even as last man standing". premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "SARAKI to succeed DAVID MARK as Senate President". Encomium Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Tambuwal's ancestors". Thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.