5th Nigeria National Assembly

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5th National Assembly
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Overview
Meeting placeNational Assembly Complex
TermJune 3, 2003 – June 5, 2007
ElectionNigerian general election, 2003
WebsiteOfficial website
Senate
Members109
Senate President
  • Adolphus Wabara
  • June 3, 2003 - April 5, 2005
  • Ken Nnamani
  • April 5, 2005 - June 5, 2007
Party controlPeople's Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Members360
Speaker of the HouseAminu Bello Masari
Party controlPeople's Democratic Party
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The 5th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature inaugurated on June 3, 2003 and the assembly ran its course till June 5, 2007.[1][2] The assembly comprises the Senate and the House of Representatives. 360 representatives were elected as member of the House of Representative while 109 members were elected as member of the senate, making a total of 469 members all together across the six geopolitical zones.[3]

Members[]

Senate[]

House of Representatives[]

Presiding officers[]

The Senate President presides over the Senate, the higher chamber while the Speaker presides over the House of Representatives.[5][6] Adolphus Wabara was elected as Senate President on the platform of the People's Democratic Party and Aminu Bello Masari, the Speaker of the House of Representatives succeeded Ghali Umar Na'Abba, the speaker of the 4th Assembly.[7][8][9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nigeria: President Dissolves National Assembly". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ^ Okauru, Ifueko Omoigui (2012). Federal Inland Revenue Service and Taxation Reforms in Democratic Nigeria. ISBN 9789784877657. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. ^ "The upper Legislative Arm of the National Assembly". Senatorarise.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. ^ More heads roll in crackdown on top-level corruption The New Humanitarian
  5. ^ Leadership Newspaper (12 April 2015). "Senate Presidency: Who 'Marks Out' David Mark?". Nigerian News from Leadership News. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ^ "David Mark, Ekweremadu: The last men standing in Senate leadership". Vanguard News. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  7. ^ "How five house of reps speakers dumped pdp". Daily Trust News. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  8. ^ "David Mark vows to remain in PDP even as "last man standing" - Premium Times Nigeria". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  9. ^ "SARAKI to succeed DAVID MARK as Senate President". Encomium Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Tambuwal's ancestors". Thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

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