5th Nigeria National Assembly

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2003
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The 5th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was a bicameral legislature inaugurated on 3 June 2003 and ran its course till 5 June 2007.[1][2] The assembly comprises 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]

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. ISBN 9789784877657
    . Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. ^ "The upper Legislative Arm of the National Assembly". Senatorarise.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. 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. 11 April 2015. 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. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  9. ^ "SARAKI to succeed DAVID MARK as Senate President". Encomium Magazine. 18 April 2015. 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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