A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature.
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature established under section 4 of the Nigerian Constitution. It consists of a Senate with 109 members and a House of Representatives with 360. The body, modeled after the federal Congress of the United States, is supposed to guarantee equal representation with three senators to each of the 36 states irrespective of size in the Senate plus one senator representing the 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.
The Senate is the upper chamber of Nigeria's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly. The National Assembly is the nation's legislature and has the power to make laws, as summarized in chapter one, section four of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria. The lower chamber is the House of Representatives.
The Third Republic was the planned republican government of Nigeria in 1992 which was to be governed by the Third Republican constitution. In the Third Republic, there were democratically elected state governors and state assemblies and a democratically elected federal legislature. The republic was however not fully democratic as there was no democratically elected civilian president. The then military president Ibrahim Babangida's supposed transition eventually turned out to be a ploy to keep executive powers and grant the National Assembly limited legislative powers. Hence all laws passed by the Senate and House of Representatives will have to pass the National Defence and Security Council of Nigeria and finally approved by the President. So while Babangida changed the usual style adopted by preceding military leaders from Head of State to president, he will continue to postpone presidential elections and eventually annul the ultimate one held on 12 June 1993. The Third Republic can thus be described as half military and half civilian.
Senator Usman Bayero Nafada is a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria representing Dukku/Nafada Federal Constituency of Gombe state, and a former senator for the Gombe North senatorial district in 2015 under the umbrella of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He was the 2019 Peoples Democratic Party's gubernatorial candidate in Gombe State. Nafada holds different titles and awards which include Sarkin Yakin Nafada, Dan Rimin Gona, Madawakin Akko, Durbin Tangale, Maje Keran Funakaye, Enyi of Igbo Anambara, Garkuwan Matasan Arewa, and Commander of the Order of Niger (CON).
The One Hundred Thirtieth Ohio General Assembly was a meeting of the Ohio state legislature, composed of the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. It convened in Columbus, Ohio on January 7, 2013 and adjourned December 30, 2014. This General Assembly coincided with the last two years of John Kasich's first term as Ohio Governor. The apportionment of legislative districts was based on the 2010 United States census and 2011 redistricting. Both the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives were retained by the Ohio Republican Party.
The 11th Parliament of Kenya was the meeting of the legislative branch of the national government of Kenya, which began on 28 March 2013. It is the first Parliament to incorporate the structural reforms laid out in the 2010 Constitution. The constitution re-established the Senate and increased the size of the National Assembly from 224 seats to 349 seats.
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. 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. 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.
The 8th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was a bicameral legislature inaugurated on 9 June 2015 and ran its course until 9 June 2019.
Alhassan Ado Garba popularly known as Alhassan Doguwa is the Majority Leader of House of Representatives of Nigerian today. He is an All Progressive Congress (APC) member representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State.
The table below lists the Nigerian senators of the 8th National Assembly. The Senate included three senators from each of the 36 states, plus one senator for the Federal Capital Territory. The Senate president was Sen. Bukola Saraki of the All Progressives Congress and the deputy Senate president was Ike Ekweremadu. The Senate president and his deputy were assisted by the principal officers including the majority leader, deputy majority leader, minority leader, deputy minority leader, chief whip, deputy chief whip, minority whip and deputy minority whip.
Barau I. Jibrin is a Nigerian politician who is the current deputy president of the Nigerian Senate since 2023. He is the senator representing Kano North since 2015.
The 9th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was a bicameral legislature inaugurated on 11 June 2019 and ran its course until 11 June 2023.
The Gombe State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Gombe State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 24 members elected from the 11 local government areas of the state delineated into 24 state constituencies. Local government areas with considerably larger populations are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Gombe State House of Assembly 24.
Ibrahim Jalo WaziriCOS CFR was a teacher, administrator, traditional leader and politician from North Nigeria who was twice elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963 and 1963 until the 1966 Military coup in January.
The 2003 Nigerian Senate election in Gombe State was held on April 12, 2003, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Gombe State. Abubakar Mohammed representing Gombe Central and Tawar Umbi Wada representing Gombe South won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, while Haruna Garba representing Gombe North won on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.
The 1999 Nigerian Senate election in Gombe State was held on February 20, 1999, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Gombe State. Saidu Kumo representing Gombe Central won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, while Umar Usman Dukku representing Gombe North and Idris Abubakar representing Gombe South won on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.
The 10th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature inaugurated on 13 June 2023 and will run its course until 13 June 2027.
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