Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Federal House of Representatives of Nigeria. Femi Gbajabiamila, was elected Speaker of House of Representatives of Nigeria on June 12, 2019.

History[]

Sir Frederic Metcalfe of Great Britain became Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria in 1955. He was replaced by the first indigenous speaker, Jaja Wachuku, in 1959. As Speaker of the House, Wachuku received Nigeria's Instrument of Independence, also known as Freedom Charter, on October 1, 1960, from Princess Alexandra of Kent (Alexandra was Elizabeth II's representative at the Nigerian Independence ceremonies). Chaha Biam hails from Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. He was elected to the House of Representative on the platform of NPN in the 1983 general elections and was elected as the Speaker of House of Representative in the short-lived second tenure of Alhaji Shehu Shagari, October 1, 1983 – December 31, 1983. Dimeji Bankole is the youngest Speaker in the history of the House of Representatives, elected at the age of 37.^[1]

Selection and succession to presidency[]

The speaker is chosen in an indirect election conducted within the House of Representatives. The Speaker is third in line for succession to the Nigerian presidency, after the Vice President and President of the Senate.

List of speakers[]

Name	Term	Party
Sir Frederic Metcalfe	1955–1959
Jaja Wachuku	1959–1960	NCNC
Ibrahim Jalo Waziri	1960–1966	NPC
Edwin Ume-Ezeoke	1979–1983	NPN
Chaha Biam	1983	NPN
	1992–1993	SDP
Salisu Buhari	1999–2000	PDP
Ghali Umar Na'Abba	2000–2003	PDP
Aminu Bello Masari	2003–2007	PDP
Patricia Etteh	2007	PDP
Dimeji Bankole	2007–2011	PDP
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal	2011–2015	PDP/APC
Yakubu Dogara	2015–2019	APC/PDP
Femi Gbajabiamila	2019	APC

References[]

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