Plateau State House of Assembly

{{short description|Legislative arm of the government of Plateau State of Nigeria}}

The Plateau State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government  of Plateau State of Nigeria.{{Cite web|date=2019-05-18|title=Battle for the Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/battle-for-the-speaker-of-plateau-state-house-of-assembly/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2017-04-04|title=Plateau assembly sacks deputy speaker|url=https://t.guardian.ng/news/plateau-assembly-sacks-deputy-speaker/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News|language=en-US}} It is a unicameral legislature with 24 members elected from the 17 local government areas of the state.  Local government areas with considerable larger population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Plateau State House of Assembly 25.

The fundamental functions of the Assembly are to enact new laws, amend or repeal existing laws and oversight of the executive.{{Cite web|title=Plateau Lawmakers Disagree Over Lalong's LG Committee Extension Request|url=https://www.channelstv.com/2016/06/30/plateau-lawmakers-disagree-over-lalongs-lg-committee-extension-request/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Channels Television|date=30 June 2016 }}{{Cite web|date=2019-04-16|title=Groups urge Plateau lawmakers to reject water privatisation|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/325632-groups-urge-plateau-lawmakers-to-reject-water-privatisation.html|access-date=2020-06-23|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2018-07-04|title=Plateau Assembly extends LG committees' tenure|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/275013-plateau-assembly-extends-lg-committees-tenure.html|access-date=2020-06-23|language=en-GB}} Members of the assembly are elected for a term of four years concurrent with federal legislators (Senate and House of Representatives). The Legislators are known as Members of State House of Assembly. The state assembly convenes three times a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) in the assembly complex within the state capital, Jos.

The speaker of the 10th Plateau State House of Assembly Hon. Moses Sule who is a first time member from Mikang LGA. He took over from Hon. Abok Ayuba who was impeached and replaced by Yakubu Yakson Sanda. Abok Ayuba was later restored as speaker by the Court..{{Cite web|last=Pwanagba|first=Agabus|date=2019-06-10|title=Plateau 9th Assembly elects 33-year-old final year student as Speaker|url=https://dailypost.ng/2019/06/10/plateau-9th-assembly-elects-33-year-old-final-year-student-speaker/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Daily Post Nigeria|language=en-US}}

{{Cite web|last=BBC Pidgin|first=Tori|date=2021-10-28|title=Plateau State Assembly Speaker impeached: Why lawmakers remove Abok Nuhu|url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-59076843/|access-date=2021-11-25|website=BBC Pidgin|language=en-US}} With the imminent sacking of 16 lawmakers by the Court of Appeal on the grounds of disobedience to court order and lack of party structure, Moses Sule with the deputy speaker and other principal officers of the House resigned leading to the emergence of Young Progressives Party Dewan Gabriel as the speaker.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-24 |title=PDP loses control of Plateau Assembly as Appeal Court sacks 11 lawmakers - Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/pdp-loses-control-of-plateau-assembly-as-appeal-court-sacks-11-lawmakers/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=dailytrust.com/ |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Shittu |first=Muhammad Tanko |date=2023-11-24 |title=Breaking: Appeal Court sends 11 PDP lawmakers out of Plateau assembly |url=https://blueprint.ng/breaking-appeal-court-sends-11-pdp-lawmakers-out-of-plateau-assembly/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Blueprint Newspapers Limited |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/661611-more-confusion-in-plateau-assembly-as-speaker-recognises-only-eight-lawmakers.html?tztc=1 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.premiumtimesng.com}}