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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 360-member House of Representatives. The body, modeled after the federal Congress of the United States, is supposed to guarantee equal representation with 3 senators to each 36 states irrespective of size in the Senate plus 1 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.
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The Senate is the upper chamber of Nigeria's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly. The National Assembly is the nation's highest legislature and has the power to make laws, as summarized in chapter one, section four of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria. The Senate consists of 109 senators. The 36 states of Nigeria are each divided in 3 senatorial districts, with each district electing one senator using the first-past-the-post electoral system. The Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator, also using first-past-the-post.
The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate is the upper chamber.
The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Nasarawa State comprises three Senators and five Representatives.
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Nasarawa State University is located in Keffi Nigeria. Nassarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), is a tertiary institution which was created to encourage the advancement of learning in the state and its neighbouring environment.
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Godiya Akwashiki in Angba Iggah of Nasarawa State, Nigeria is a Nigerian politician. He is the current senator representing Nasarawa North senatorial district in Nasarawa State. He was elected into the senate during the 2019 general elections of Nigeria. Akwashiki was re-elected during the 2023 general election. Before being elected into the senate he was the Deputy Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly.
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The Osun State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Osun State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 26 members elected from the 30 local government areas of the state known as state constituencies. In some places two local government areas are merged to form a single state constituency. This makes the number of legislators in the Osun State House of Assembly 26.
Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi is a Nigerian politician who is currently serving as the speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly. He was first elected speaker of the 5th Nasarawa State house of Assembly in 2015 and was unanimously re-elected for a second term as speaker of the 6th Assembly in 2019. Balarabe-Abdullahi represents Umaisha/Ugya state constituency in the state assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Balarabe-Abdullahi was nominated for the speaker of the 6th Assembly by Mohammed Okpoku of the APC and was seconded by Aliyu Dogara of the APC.
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The 2023 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Nasarawa State, concurrent with elections to the Nasarawa State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Abdullahi Sule is eligible to run for re-election and has been renominated by his party.
The 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Nasarawa State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Nasarawa State. Suleiman Adokwe representing Nasarawa South and Abubakar Sodangi representing Nasarawa West won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, while Patricia Akwashiki representing Nasarawa North won on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.
The 2015 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Nasarawa State was held on March 28, 2015, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
The 2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Nasarawa State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
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