6th Nigeria National Assembly

6th National Assembly
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National Assembly Building
Overview
Meeting place	National Assembly Complex
Term	5 June 2007 (2007-06-05) – 6 June 2011 (2011-06-06)
Election	2007
Website	Official website
Senate
Members	109
Senate President	David Mark
Deputy Senate President	Ike Ekweremadu
Party control	Peoples Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Members	360
Speaker of the House	Patricia Etteh Dimeji Bankole
Deputy Speaker of the House	Babangida Nguroje Usman Bayero Nafada
Party control	Peoples Democratic Party

The 6th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was a bicameral legislature inaugurated on 5 June 2007 and ran its course till 6 June 2011. The assembly comprises the Senate and the House of Representatives. A total of 360 representatives were elected as members of the House of Representatives, while 109 members were elected to the Senate, making a total of 469 members altogether.[1][2]

Presiding officers

The Senate President presides over the Senate, the higher chamber while the Speaker presides over the House of Representatives.[3][4]

David Mark was elected Senate President on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party and Dimeji Bankole, the Speaker of the House of Representatives succeeded Patricia Etteh, who was forced to resign on alleged mismanagement of funds.[5][6][7][8]

References

1. "New Senate President, House Speaker Emerge Next Monday". TheNigerianVoice. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
2. "The upper Legislative Arm of the National Assembly". Senatorarise.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
3. Leadership Newspaper (12 April 2015). "Senate Presidency: Who 'Marks Out' David Mark?". Nigerian News from Leadership News. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
4. "David Mark, Ekweremadu: The last men standing in Senate leadership". Vanguard News. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
5. "how five house of reps speakers dumped PDP". Dailytrust.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
6. "David Mark vows to remain in PDP even as last man standing". premiumtimesng.com. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
7. "SARAKI to succeed DAVID MARK as Senate President". Encomium Magazine. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
8. "Tambuwal's ancestors". Thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

External links

• Official website of the Nigerian National Assembly Archived 26 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
• Assemblyonline news on the National Assembly Archived 12 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• Official People and Legislature Information Interchange