7th National Assembly | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Meeting place | National Assembly Complex | ||||
Term | 6 June 2011 | – 6 June 2015||||
Election | 2011 | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 109 | ||||
Senate President | David Mark | ||||
Deputy Senate President | Ike Ekweremadu | ||||
Party control | People's Democratic Party | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 360 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Aminu Waziri Tambuwal | ||||
Deputy Speaker of the House | Emeka Ihedioha | ||||
Party control | People's Democratic Party |
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The 7th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was a bicameral legislature inaugurated on 6 June 2011 and ran its course till 6 June 2015.[1] The assembly comprises the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House of Representative consists of 360 elected members and the Senate, a total of 109 members from which 73 were newly elected and 36 were re-elected across the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria.[2][3] David Mark, the Senate President of the 6th Assembly was re-elected on the platform of People's Democratic Party and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives was also re-elected on the same platform following the 11 April general election.[4][5]
The table below outlined the Principal Officers of the Senate.
Name | Position | Party | State |
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David Mark | Senate President | PDP | Benue State |
Ike Ekweremadu | Deputy Senate President | PDP | Enugu State |
Victor Ndoma Egba | Majority Leader Senate | PDP | Cross River |
Ahmed Abdul Ningi | Deputy Majority Leader Senate | PDP | Bauchi State |
George Akume | Minority leader Senate | APC | Benue State |
Ahmad Rufa'i Sani | Deputy Minority Leader Senate | APC | Zamfara State |
Amelio Oladele Bello | Deputy Chief Whip Senate | PDP | Oyo State |
Ganiyu Olarewaju Solomon | Minority Whip Senate | APC | Lagos State |
Bello Hayatu Gwarzo | Chief Whip Senate | PDP | Kano |