House of Representatives (Nigeria)

House of Representatives
4th National Assembly
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Type
Type
Leadership
Yakubu Dogara , APC
Since 6 June 2015
Yusuf Sulaiman Lasun, APC
Since 6 June 2015
Structure
Seats 360
Political groups

Governing Party

Opposition Parties

Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
April 2015
Meeting place
Abuja
Website
http://www.nass.gov.ng
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The House of Representatives 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 2015, 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.

Nigerian state delegations

Map legend State Senators Federal constituencies
1 Abia State 3 8
2 Adamawa State 3 8
3 Akwa-Ibom State 3 10
4 Anambra State 3 11
5 Bauchi State 3 12
6 Bayelsa State 3 5
7 Benue State 3 11
8 Borno State 3 10
9 Cross River State 3 8
10 Delta State 3 10
11 Ebonyi State 3 6
12 Edo State 3 9
13 Ekiti State 3 6
14 Enugu State 3 8
15 Gombe State 3 6
16 Imo State 3 10
17 Jigawa State 3 11
18 Kaduna State 3 16
19 Kano State 3 24
20 Katsina State 3 15
21 Kebbi State 3 8
22 Kogi State 3 9
23 Kwara State 3 6
24 Lagos State 3 24
25 Nasarawa State 3 5
26 Niger State 3 10
27 Ogun State 3 9
28 Ondo State 3 9
29 Osun State 3 9
30 Oyo State 3 14
31 Plateau State 3 8
32 Rivers State 3 13
33 Sokoto State 3 11
34 Taraba State 3 6
35 Yobe State 3 6
36 Zamfara State 3 7
37 Federal capital territory (Abuja) 1 2
All   109 360

Members (since 1979)

See also

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