6th National Assembly
Type
Type
HousesSenate
House of Representatives
Leadership
David Mark (PDP)
since 4 June 2003
Dimeji Bankole (PDP)
since 5 June 2007
Meeting place
National Assembly Building
Website
Official website

The 6th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature inaugurated on June 5, 2007 and the assembly ran its course till June 6, 2011.[1] The assembly comprises the Senate and the House of Representatives. 251 representatives were elected as member of the House of Representative while 109 members were elected as member of the senate, making a total of 360 members all together.[2][3]

Presiding officers

The Senate President presides over the Senate, the higher chamber while the Speaker presides over the House of Representative.[4][5] David Mark, the Senate President of the 5th National Assembly was re-elected on the platform of People's Democratic Party and Dimeji Bankole, the Speaker of the House of Representatives succeeded Patricia Etteh, who was forced to resigned on alleged mismanagement of funds.[6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ http://netlibrary.net/articles/nigerian_national_assembly_delegation_from_enugu
  2. ^ http://m.thenigerianvoice.com/news/52857/1/new-senate-president-house-speaker-emerge-next-mon.html
  3. ^ "The upper Legislative Arm of the National Assembly". Senatorarise.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. ^ http://leadership.ng/news/425028/senate-presidency-who-marks-out-david-mark
  5. ^ http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/david-mark-ekweremadu-the-last-men-standing-in-senate-leadership/
  6. ^ http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/weekly/index.php/politics/19353-how-five-house-of-reps-speakers-dumped-pdp
  7. ^ http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/180755-david-mark-vows-to-remain-in-pdp-even-as-last-man-standing.html
  8. ^ http://encomium.ng/saraki-to-succeed-david-mark-as-senate-president/
  9. ^ http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/tambuwal-s-ancestors-/92776/