Nigerian_Senators_of_the_9th_National_Assembly

Nigerian senators of the 9th National Assembly

Nigerian senators of the 9th National Assembly

Senators of the 9th National Assembly of Nigeria

The table below shows the list of Nigerian senators of the 9th National Assembly.[1] The Senate includes three senators from each of the 36 states, plus one senator for the Federal Capital Territory. The Senate president is the head of the house, and assisted by the deputy Senate president.[2] The Senate president and his deputy also work with the principal officers in the house including the majority leader, deputy majority leader, minority leader, deputy minority leader, chief whip, deputy chief whip, minority whip and deputy minority whip.[3][4]

Map of Senate composition by party
Senate composition by party
  APC
  PDP
  NNPP
  YPP
  APGA
  LP
  SDP
  Vacant

Principal officers

Presiding officers

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Majority leadership

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Minority leadership

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Membership by zone

As of 14 November 2022:

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Changes

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Senators

Notes

  1. In July 2019, Kebbi North Senator Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi became Majority Leader, however, Abdullahi resigned after defecting to the PDP in June 2022.[5] APC leadership chose Gobir as his replacement.[6]
  2. In July 2019, Abia South Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe became Majority Leader; however, Abaribe resigned after defecting to APGA in May 2022.[7] The next month, PDP leadership chose Aduda as his replacement.[8]
  3. In July 2015, Taraba South Senator Emmanuel Bwacha became Deputy Minority Leader; however, Bwacha resigned after switching to the APC in February 2022. PDP leadership chose Lau as his replacement.[9]
  4. In July 2015, FCT Senator Philips Tanimu Aduda became Minority Whip; however, Aduda was nominated as Minority Leader in June 2022.[8] At the same time, PDP leadership chose Chukwuka as his replacement.[8]
  5. In July 2019, Zamfara North Senator Sahabi Yaú became Deputy Minority Whip, however, Yaú resigned before switching to the APC in June 2021. PDP leadership chose Sokoto South Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba as his replacement.[10] However, Abdullahi Danbaba defected too, in April 2022, so PDP leadership chose Kaduna South Senator Danjuma Laah for the position.[11]
  6. The PDP's Stephen Odey and Agom Jarigbe fought in court over the by-election's PDP nomination; Odey won both initial court decisions and the by-election before taking office late in December 2020. However, Jarigbe later won several court challenges which declared him the legitimate PDP nominee and thus Senator. Jarigbe took office in September 2021.

See also

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