7th National Assembly
7th National Assembly | |||||
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National Assembly Building | |||||
Overview | |||||
Meeting place | National Assembly Complex | ||||
Term | June 6, 2011 – June 6, 2015 | ||||
Election | Nigerian general election, 2011 | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 109 | ||||
Senate President | David Mark | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 360 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Aminu Waziri Tambuwal |
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The 7th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature inaugurated on June 6, 2011 and the assembly will run its course till June 6, 2015.[1] The assembly comprises the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House of Representative consists of 251 elected members and the Senate, a total of 109 members from which 73 were newly elected and 36 were re-elected across the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria.[2][3] David Mark, the Senate President of the 6th National Assembly was re-elected on the platform of People's Democratic Party and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives was also re-elected on the same platform following the April 11, general election.[4][5]
Principal officers
Officers of the Senate
The table below outlined the Principal Officers of the Senate.
Name | Position | Party | State | |
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David Mark | Senate President | PDP | Benue State | |
Ike Ekweremadu | Deputy Senate President | PDP | Enugu State | |
Victor Ndoma Egba | Majority Leader Senate | PDP | Cross River | |
Ahmed Abdul Ningi | Deputy Majority Leader Senate | PDP | Bauchi State | |
George Akume | Minority leader Senate | APC | Benue State | |
Ahmad Rufa'i Sani | Deputy Minority Leader Senate | APC | Zamfara State | |
Ayoola Hosea Agboola | Deputy Chief Whip Senate | PDP | Oyo State | |
Ganiyu Olarewaju Solomon | Minority Whip Senate | APC | Lagos State | |
Bello Hayatu Gwarzo | Chief Whip Senate | PDP | Kano | |
Officers of the house of representative
- Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal - Speaker House of Representatives
- Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha - Deputy Speaker House of Representatives
- Hon. Mulikat Akande Adeola - House Leader
- Hon. Ishaka Mohammed Bawa -Majority Whip
- Hon. Leonard Okuweh Ogor -Deputy House Leader
- Hon. Ahmed Mukhtar Mohammed - Deputy Chief Whip
- Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila - Minority Leader
- Hon. Samson Raphael Osagie - Minority Whip
- Hon. Kawu Sumaila - Deputy Minority Leader
- Hon. Garba Datti Muhammad - Deputy Minority Whip
References
- ↑ Our Correspondent. "New Telegraph – 3rd Session: 7th Senate's scorecard". newtelegraphonline.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "New Senate President, House Speaker Emerge Next Monday". TheNigerianVoice. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "The upper Legislative Arm of the National Assembly". Senatorarise.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "David's Marks at three". Vanguard News. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "SARAKI to succeed DAVID MARK as Senate President". Encomium Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2015.