House of Representatives (Nigeria)
{{Short description|Lower house of the Nigerian National Assembly}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=June 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox legislature
| background_color = green
| name = House of Representatives
| legislature = 10th National Assembly
| coa_pic = Seal of the House of Representatives of Nigeria.svg
| coa_res = 150px
| session_room = Nigeriahouseofreps.jpg
| house_type = Lower house
| body = National Assembly of Nigeria
| term_limits = None
| new_session = {{start date|2023|6|13|df=y}}
| leader1_type = Speaker of the House of Representatives
| leader1 = Tajudeen Abbas
| party1 = APC
| election1 = 13 June 2023
| leader2_type = Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
| leader2 = Benjamin Kalu
| party2 = APC
| election2 = 13 June 2023
| leader3_type = Majority Leader
| leader3 = Julius Ihonvbere
| party3 = APC
| election3 = 4 July 2023
| leader4_type = Minority Leader
| leader4 = Kingsley Chinda
| party4 = PDP
| election4 = 4 July 2023
| leader5_type = Majority Whip
| leader5 = Usman Bello Kumo
| party5 = APC
| election5 = 4 July 2023
| leader6_type = Minority Whip
| leader6 = Ali Isa
| party6 = PDP
| election6 = 4 July 2023
| members = 360
| last_election1 = 25 February 2023
| next_election1 = 27 February 2027
| term_length = 4 years
| structure1 = Nigeria House of Representatives 2023 Election.svg
| structure1_res = 250px
| political_groups1 =
Majority (175)
- {{nowrap|{{legend|{{party color|All Progressives Congress}}|All Progressives Congress (175)}}}}
Minority (118)
- {{nowrap|{{legend|{{party color|Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}|People's Democratic Party (118)}}}}
Others (64)
- {{legend|{{party color|Labour Party (Nigeria)}}|Labour Party (35)}}
- {{legend|{{party color|New Nigeria People's Party}}|New Nigeria People's Party (19)}}
- {{nowrap|{{legend|{{party color|All Progressives Grand Alliance}}|All Progressives Grand Alliance (5)}}}}
- {{legend|{{party color|African Democratic Congress}}|African Democratic Congress (2)}}
- {{legend|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}|Social Democratic Party (2)}}
- {{legend|{{party color|Young Progressives Party}}|Young Progressives Party (1)}}
Vacant (3)
- {{nowrap|{{legend|#FFFFFF|Vacant (3)}}}}
| voting_system1 = First-past-the-post
| meeting_place = National Assembly Complex
Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
| website = {{URL|http://www.nass.gov.ng}}
}}
{{Politics of Nigeria}}
The House of Representatives (also called Green Chamber) is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly.{{cite web |author=Staff writer |author-link1= |year=2024 |location= |title=Nigeria: House of Representatives - About parliament |script-title= |title-link= |url=https://data.ipu.org/parliament/NG/NG-LC01/ |url-access= |trans-title= |format= |department=IPU Parline Data |website=data.ipu.org |script-website= |trans-website= |language= |agency=Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) |arxiv= |asin= |asin-tld= |bibcode= |bibcode-access= |biorxiv= |citeseerx= |doi= |doi-access= |doi-broken-date= |eissn= |hdl= |hdl-access= |isbn= |ismn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |jstor-access= |lccn= |medrxiv= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |ol-access= |osti= |osti-access= |pmc= |pmc-embargo-date= |pmid= |rfc= |sbn= |ssrn= |s2cid= |s2cid-access= |zbl= |id= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-format= |archive-date= |access-date=24 January 2025 |quote-page= |quote-pages= |quote= |script-quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}} The Senate is the upper chamber.{{Cite web|title=National Parliaments: Nigeria|url=https://www.loc.gov/law/help/national-parliaments/nigeria.php/|website=loc.gov|accessdate=13 June 2021}}
The Green Chamber has 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the plurality (or first-past-the-post) system, most recently in 2023. Members serve four-year terms. The presiding officer of the house is the Speaker, currently Tajudden Abbas (as of May 2024).
State delegations
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, assumes a National Assembly for the federation which consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Senate consists of three members from each Nigerian state and one member from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The House of Representatives consists of 360 members, each representing a federal constituency.{{cite web |author=Staff writer |author-link1= |year=1999 |location= |title=Chapter Five of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria: Legislature |script-title= |title-link= |url=http://www.nigeria-law.org/ConstitutionOfTheFederalRepublicOfNigeria.htm#Chapter_5 |url-access= |trans-title= |department= |website=www.nigeria-law.org |script-website= |trans-website= |type= |series= |language= |edition= |publication-place= |publisher=Government of Nigeria |publication-date=1999 |arxiv= |asin= |asin-tld= |bibcode= |bibcode-access= |biorxiv= |citeseerx= |doi= |doi-access= |doi-broken-date= |eissn= |hdl= |hdl-access= |isbn= |ismn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |jstor-access= |lccn= |medrxiv= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |ol-access= |osti= |osti-access= |pmc= |pmc-embargo-date= |pmid= |rfc= |sbn= |ssrn= |s2cid= |s2cid-access= |zbl= |id= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-format= |archive-date= |access-date=24 January 2025 |via= |quote-page= |quote-pages= |quote= |script-quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}}
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! rowspan=2 | State ! colspan=2 | Seats |
|---|
| style="max-width:6em;" | Senate
! style="max-width:6em;" | House |
| 1
| Abia (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 |
| 2
| Adamawa (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 |
| 3
| Akwa Ibom (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 10 |
| 4
| Anambra (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 11 |
| 5
| Bauchi (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 12 |
| 6
| Bayelsa (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 |
| 7
| Benue (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 11 |
| 8
| Borno (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 10 |
| 9
| style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 |
| 10
| Delta (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 10 |
| 11
| Ebonyi (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 |
| 12
| Edo (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 |
| 13
| Ekiti (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 |
| 14
| Enugu (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 |
| 15
| Gombe (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 |
| 16
| Imo (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 10 |
| 17
| Jigawa (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 11 |
| 18
| Kaduna (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 16 |
| 19
| Kano (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 24 |
| 20
| Katsina (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 15 |
| 21
| Kebbi (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 |
| 22
| Kogi (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 |
| 23
| Kwara (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 |
| 24
| Lagos (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 24 |
| 25
| Nasarawa (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 |
| 26
| Niger (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 10 |
| 27
| Ogun (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 |
| 28
| Ondo (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 |
| 29
| Osun (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 |
| 30
| Oyo (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 14 |
| 31
| Plateau (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 |
| 32
| Rivers (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 13 |
| 33
| Sokoto (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 11 |
| 34
| Taraba (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 |
| 35
| Yobe (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 |
| 36
| Zamfara (delegation) | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 |
| 37
| {{nowrap|Federal Capital Territory (delegation)}} | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 |
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! colspan=2 | Total ! 109 ! 360 |
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Current composition
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| colspan=3 style="background-color:#F8F9FA; text-align:center;" | upright=1 | ||
| colspan="2" |Party
! Seats | ||
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | All Progressives Congress | 176 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | Peoples Democratic Party | 118 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (Nigeria)}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | Labour Party | 35 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|New Nigeria People's Party}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | New Nigeria People's Party | 19 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|All Progressives Grand Alliance}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | All Progressives Grand Alliance | 5 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|African Democratic Congress}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | African Democratic Congress | 2 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party | 2 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Young Progressive Party}};" | | style="text-align:left;" | Young Progressive Party | 1 |
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Vacant seats | 2 | |
| colspan=2 | Total || 360 |
Members (since 1979)
- Members
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1979–1992
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1992–1998
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1998–1999
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1999–2003
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2003–2007
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2007–2011
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2011–2015
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2015–2019
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2019–2023
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2023–2027
- Clerks
- List of the Clerks of the House of Representatives of Nigeria
Party leaders
Party leaders and Whips are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot. With the APC holding a majority of seats and the PDP holding the highest minority, the current leaders in the 10th National Assembly are: Majority Leader Prof. Julius Ihonvbere From Edo State, Chief Whip Usman Bello Kumo from Gombe State, Abdullahi Ibrahim Halims from Kogi State as the Deputy Majority Leader, while Ogun Lawmaker, Oriyomi Onanuga emerged as the Deputy Chief Whip, and Minority Whip goes to Kingsley Chinda from Wike Camp and Deputy Minority Leader goes to two termed Member from Billiri, Gombe State, Ali Isa J.C.{{cite web|url=http://www.nassnig.org/house_of_representatives_principal_officers|title= Principal Officers of The House of Representatives|access-date= 20 April 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180421073511/http://www.nassnig.org/house_of_representatives_principal_officers |archive-date= 21 April 2018}}
See also
References
{{National lower houses}}
{{Legislatures of Nigeria}}
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