Houses of Assembly of Nigerian states

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Lagos State House of Assembly Complex, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State.

In Nigeria, a House of Assembly is the state-level legislature. All Houses of Assembly are unicameral, with elected members who are designated as members of the House of Assembly, assemblymen, or MHA, and who serve four-year terms.

In the Federal Capital Territory, which is not a state, there is no territory-wide legislature analogous to a State House of Assembly, with its second highest level of government being the federally-appointed Federal Capital Territory Administration and its second highest level of elected government being its six area councils.

State legislatures[]

Name City Seats Composition
(as of) 		Website
Abia State House of Assembly Umuahia 24 20 PDP; 3 APC; 1 APGA
(as of 6 October 2021)[1][2] 		abiastate.gov.ng/legislature
Adamawa State House of Assembly Yola 25 14 PDP; 11 APC
(as of 8 August 2021)[3] 		N/A
Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Uyo 26 25 PDP; 1 APC
(as of 20 October 2021)[4] 		akshouseofassembly.com
Anambra State House of Assembly Awka 30 18 APGA; 7 APC; 5 PDP
(as of 19 November 2021)[5] 		N/A
Bauchi State House of Assembly Bauchi 31 19 APC; 11 PDP; 1 NNPP
(as of 4 March 2021)[6] 		N/A
Yenagoa 24 20 PDP; 4 APC
(as of 15 April 2021)[7] 		N/A
Benue State House of Assembly Makurdi 30 24 PDP; 5 APC; 1 ADC
(as of 27 October 2021)[8] 		N/A
Borno State House of Assembly Maiduguri 30 30 APC
(as of late 2020–early 2021)[9] 		boha.bornostate.gov.ng
Calabar 25 18 APC; 7 PDP[a]
(as of 16 March 2021)[10][11] 		N/A
Asaba 29 27 PDP; 2 APC
(as of 22 September 2021)[12][13] 		deltastate.gov.ng/assembly
Abakaliki 24 17 APC; 7 PDP[b]
(as of 8 March 2022)[14] 		ebonyistate.gov.ng/legislative.aspx
Edo State House of Assembly Benin City 24[c] 9 PDP; 1 APC; 14 Vacant[c]
(as of 1 February 2021)[15] 		N/A
Ekiti State House of Assembly Ado Ekiti 26 25 APC; 1 Vacant
(as of 20 December 2021)[16] 		ekitistate.gov.ng/executive-council/legislature/
Enugu State House of Assembly Enugu 24 24 PDP
(as of 16 December 2020)[17] 		N/A
Gombe State House of Assembly Gombe 24 22 APC; 2 PDP
(as of 6 March 2022)[18][19] 		gombestate.gov.ng/legislative-2
Owerri 27 22 APC; 5 PDP[d]
(as of 24 December 2021)[20][21][22] 		N/A
Jigawa State House of Assembly Dutse 30 30 APC
(as of early 2021)[23] 		jigawastate.gov.ng/state-asembly_1.php
Kaduna State House of Assembly Kaduna 31 20 APC; 10 PDP; 1 Vacant
(as of 15 December 2021)[24] 		kdsg.gov.ng/legistative/
Kano State House of Assembly Kano 40 28 APC; 12 PDP
(as of 15 December 2020)[25] 		kanoassembly.gov.ng/
Katsina 34 34 APC
(as of late 2020–early 2021)[26] 		N/A
Birnin Kebbi 24 24 APC
(as of 24 August 2021)[27][28] 		kebbistate.gov.ng/lagislative
Kogi State House of Assembly Lokoja 25 25 APC
(as of April 2021)[29] 		N/A
Kwara State House of Assembly Ilorin 24 23 APC; 1 PDP[e]
(as of 14 July 2021)[30] 		kwha.gov.ng/
Lagos State House of Assembly Ikeja 40 40 APC
(as of 20 December 2020)[31] 		lagoshouseofassembly.gov.ng
Nasarawa State House of Assembly Lafia 24 20 APC; 3 PDP; 1 ZLP[f]
(as of 13 September 2021[33]) 		nasarawastate.gov.ng/the-legislature/
Niger State House of Assembly Minna 27 26 APC; 1 PDP
(as of early 2021)[34] 		N/A
Ogun State House of Assembly Abeokuta 26 25 APC; 1 PDP
(as of 23 February 2021)[35] 		ogha.og.gov.ng
Ondo State House of Assembly Akure 26 23 APC; 2 PDP; 1 ZLP
(as of 14 December 2020)[36] 		ondostate.gov.ng/index.php/hoa-members
Osun State House of Assembly Osogbo 26 23 APC; 3 PDP
(as of 6 June 2019)[37] 		N/A
Oyo State House of Assembly Ibadan 32 26 PDP; 5 APC; 1 ADP
(as of 10 June 2019)[38] 		oyostate.gov.ng/the-legislature
Plateau State House of Assembly Jos 24 14 APC; 8 PDP; 2 Vacant
(as of 22 March 2022)[39][40][41] 		N/A
Rivers State House of Assembly Port Harcourt 32 32 PDP
(as of 10 June 2019)[42][43] 		riversstate.gov.ng/legislative
Sokoto 30 15 PDP; 15 APC[g]
(as of 20 March 2020)[45][46] 		N/A
Taraba State House of Assembly Jalingo 24 19 PDP; 5 APC
(as of June 2019) 		tarabastate.gov.ng/legislative-branch
Damaturu 24 24 APC
(as of 2021) 		yobestate.gov.ng/legislative
Gusau 24 21 APC; 1 PDP; 2 Vacant
(as of 10 February 2022)[47][48][49][50][51] 		N/A

Notes[]

  1. ^ 18 PDP assemblymen defected the APC, but in March 2022 their seats were declared vacant by a court. As appeals are expected to the judgement, the practical situation remains at the status quo.
  2. ^ 17 PDP assemblymen defected the APC in November 2020, but in March 2022 their seats were declared vacant by a court. As appeals are expected to the judgement, the practical situation remains at the status quo.
  3. ^ a b As of March 2022, 14 HOA members (all APC) have not taken office due to a longstanding dispute over their swearing-ins; because of this situation, the practical number of members is ten with nine PDP members and one APC member.
  4. ^ In December 2021, Speaker Kennedy Ibe (APC) suspended three APC members due to "dereliction of duty"; pending potential litigation, the practical situation is 19 APC; 5 PDP.
  5. ^ In July 2021, the Kwara HOA suspended one PDP member due to "contempt and abuse of privilege;" due to this suspension, the practical situation is just 23 APC members.
  6. ^ In September 2021, the Nasarawa HOA suspended one PDP member due to "alleged involvement in the employment of 38 fake secondary school teachers"; due to this suspension, the practical situation is 20 APC; 2 PDP; 1 ZLP.[32]
  7. ^ Although the APC originally held 16 of 30 seats, the PDP controls the HOA as the party supported an APC member for Speaker while two APC members backed the rest of the PDP nominees for leadership.[44] The legislature has been tied since a March 2020 but the status quo remains.

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