Bauchi State House of Assembly
{{short description|Legislative arm of the government of Bauchi State of Nigeria}}
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The Bauchi State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Bauchi State in Nigeria.{{Cite news |date=2019-06-21|title=Confusion As Bauchi Assembly Gets Two Speakers, One For PDP, One For APC |url=http://saharareporters.com/2019/06/21/confusion-bauchi-assembly-gets-two-speakers-one-pdp-one-apc |access-date=2020-06-24 |website=Sahara Reporters}}
- {{Cite news |date=2019-06-20 |title=Drama as 2 Speakers emerge at Bauchi House of Assembly |first=Bayo |last=Wahab |website=Pulse |url=https://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/drama-as-2-speakers-emerge-at-bauchi-house-of-assembly/pr16n3j |access-date=18 December 2023}}
- {{Cite news |last=Alkassim |first=Balarabe |date=2019-08-02 |title=Bauchi factional speaker, other APC lawmakers take oath |url=https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/breaking-bauchi-factional-speaker-other-apc-lawmakers-take-oath-video.html |access-date=2020-06-24 |website=Daily Trust}}
- {{Cite news |title=Bauchi crisis: Factional Speaker, 16 others bow to pressure, inaugurated |first=Armstrong |last=Bakam |website=Punch |date=3 August 2019 |url=https://punchng.com/bauchi-crisis-factional-speaker-16-others-bow-to-pressure-inaugurated/ |access-date=18 December 2023}} It is a unicameral legislature having 31 members elected from the 20 local government areas in the state known as state constituencies. Local government areas with considerably larger populations are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Bauchi State House of Assembly 31.{{Cite news |date=2019-06-20 |title=11 out of 31 Bauchi lawmakers 'elect' new speaker |url=https://www.thecable.ng/11-bauchi-lawmakers-elect-new-speaker |access-date=2020-06-24 |website=The Cable}}
The fundamental functions of the assembly are to enact new laws, amend or repeal existing laws and oversight of the executive.{{Cite news |date=2020-03-12 |title=Bauchi Assembly mulls subsidising dialysis by 50 per cent |first=Rauf |last=Oyewole |url=https://t.guardian.ng/news/bauchi-assembly-mulls-subsidising-dialysis-by-50-per-cent/ |website=The Guardian |location=Nigeria |access-date=18 December 2023}}
- {{Cite news |date=2019-07-30 |title=Bauchi assembly confirms appointments of LG caretaker committee chairmen |website=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nnorth-east/343932-bauchi-assembly-confirms-appointments-of-lg-caretaker-committee-chairmen.html |access-date=18 December 2023}} Members of the assembly are elected for a term of four years concurrent with federal legislators (Senate and House of Representatives). The state assembly convenes three times a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) in the assembly complex within the state capital, Bauchi.
The leaders of Bauchi State House of Assembly are Abubakar Y. Suleiman (speaker) and Danlami Kawule (deputy speaker).{{Cite news |title=11 Bauchi Assembly members elect new speaker |url=https://punchng.com/breaking-11-bauchi-assembly-members-elect-new-speaker/ |website=Punch |date=20 June 2020 |access-date=18 December 2023}}