National Assembly (Nigeria): Difference between revisions

{{short description|Bicamera legislature of the Federal RepublicLegislature of Nigeria}}

The '''National Assembly of the [[Nigeria|Federal Republic of Nigeria]]''' is a [[bicameralism|bicameral]] [[legislature]] established under section 4 of the [[Constitution of Nigeria|Nigerian Constitution]]. It consists of a [[Senate of Nigeria|Senate]] with 109 members<ref>{{cite web|title=About The Senate|url=https://nass.gov.ng/page/about-the-senate|publisher=National Assembly (Nigeria) |access-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830093502/https://nass.gov.ng/page/about-the-senate|archive-date=30 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a [[House of Representatives (Nigeria)|House of Representatives]] with 360.<ref>{{cite web|title=About The House|url=https://nass.gov.ng/page/about-the-house|publisher=National Assembly (Nigeria)|access-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728223317/https://nass.gov.ng/page/about-the-house|archive-date=28 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The body, modeled after the federal [[United States Congress|Congress of the United States]], is supposed to guarantee equal representation with 3 senators to each [[States of Nigeria|36 states]] irrespective of size in the Senate plus 1 senator representing the [[Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)|Federal Capital Territory]] and [[single-member district]], [[plurality voting]] in the House of Representatives. The National Assembly, like many other organs of the Nigerian federal government is based in [[Abuja]] in the Federal Capital Territory. It is the apex law-making body of [[Nigeria]].