Plateau_State_House_of_Assembly

Plateau State House of Assembly

Plateau State House of Assembly

Legislative arm of the government of Plateau State of Nigeria


The Plateau State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government  of Plateau State of Nigeria.[1][2] It is a unicameral legislature with 24 members elected from the 17 local government areas of the state.  Local government areas with considerable larger population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Plateau State House of Assembly 25.

The fundamental functions of the Assembly are to enact new laws, amend or repeal existing laws and oversight of the executive.[3][4][5] Members of the assembly are elected for a term of four years concurrent with federal legislators (Senate and House of Representatives). The Legislators are known as Members of State House of Assembly. The state assembly convenes three times a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) in the assembly complex within the state capital, Jos.

The speaker of the 10th Plateau State House of Assembly Hon. Moses Sule who is a first time member from Mikang LGA. He took over from Hon. Abok Ayuba who was impeached and replaced by Yakubu Yakson Sanda. Abok Ayuba was later restored as speaker by the Court..[6] [7]


References

  1. "Battle for the Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly". Vanguard News. 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  2. "Plateau assembly sacks deputy speaker". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. "Plateau Assembly extends LG committees' tenure". 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  4. Pwanagba, Agabus (2019-06-10). "Plateau 9th Assembly elects 33-year-old final year student as Speaker". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  5. BBC Pidgin, Tori (2021-10-28). "Plateau State Assembly Speaker impeached: Why lawmakers remove Abok Nuhu". BBC Pidgin. Retrieved 2021-11-25.

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