House of Representatives of Nigeria

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House of Representatives of Nigeria

Type bicameral
Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole, PDP
since November 1, 2007
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Usman Bayero Nafada, PDP
since November 1, 2007
Members 360
Political groups PDP, AC, ANPP
Meeting place Abuja

The House of Representatives of Nigeria is the lower house of the country's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate of Nigeria is the upper house.

The current House of Representatives, formed following elections held in April 2007, has a total of 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority (or first-past-the-post) system. Members serve four-year terms. The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the house. The current Speaker is Dimeji Bankole. He was elected on November 1, 2007.

[edit] Nigerian state delegations

  1. Abia
  2. Adamawa
  3. Akwa Ibom
  4. Anambra
  5. Bauchi
  6. Bayelsa
  7. Benue
  8. Borno
  9. Cross River
  10. Delta
  11. Ebonyi
  12. Edo
  13. Ekiti
  14. Enugu
  15. Gombe
  16. Imo
  17. Jigawa
  18. Kaduna
  19. Kano
  1. Katsina
  2. Kebbi
  3. Kogi
  4. Kwara
  5. Lagos
  6. Nasarawa
  7. Niger
  8. Ogun
  9. Ondo
  10. Osun
  11. Oyo
  12. Plateau
  13. Rivers
  14. Sokoto
  15. Taraba
  16. Yobe
  17. Zamfara
  18. Abuja FCT

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