Senate (Nigeria)
| Senate | |
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| 8th National Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 109 |
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Political groups
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Governing Parties Opposition Parties |
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Length of term
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4 years |
| Elections | |
| Multi-member plurality system | |
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Last election
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29 March 2015 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Abuja | |
| Website | |
| http://www.nass.gov.ng/ | |
Governing Parties
Opposition Parties
The Nigerian Senate is the upper house of the Nigeria's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly of Nigeria. The National Assembly (popularly referred to as NASS) is the nation's highest legislature, whose power to make laws is summarised in chapter one, section four of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. It consists of 109 senators: the 36 states are each divided in 3 senatorial districts each electing one senator; the Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator.
The President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate, whose chief function is to guide and regulate the proceedings in the Senate. The Senate President is third in the Nigerian presidential line of succession. He is assisted by the Deputy President of the Senate. The current Senate President is Sen. Bukola Saraki of the All Progressives Congress and the current Deputy Senate President is Ike Ekweremadu. The Senate President and his Deputy are also assisted by Principal Officers including the Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader, Chief Whip, Deputy Chief Whip, Minority Whip and Deputy Minority Whip. In addition, there are 54 Standing Committees in the Senate chaired by Committee Chairmen.
Bills may be introduced in any chamber of the National Assembly. However,the Nigerian constitution provides that money bills (Revenue and Appropriation bills) must originate in the House of Representatives, although the approval of both the Senate and the House of Representatives is required for any bill, including money bills, to become law.
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