A spotlight on the Speakers and Deputy Speakers, and data on the total number of legislators in the six (6) State Houses of Assembly of Nigeria’s North Central geopolitical zone
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KWARA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
(10th Assembly)
Members: 24
LEGISLATIVE SESSION | Speaker | Deputy Speaker |
10th Assembly | Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu | Hon. Emmanuel Ojo Oyebode |
Ilesa/Gwanara State Constituency | Oke-Ogun State Constituency | |
2019 till date | 2023 till date | |
All Progressives Congress (APC) |
Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu (Speaker)
Legislative Experience: Second-term Member, KWHA (2019 till date)
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Hon. Emmanuel Ojo Oyebode (Deputy Speaker)
Legislative Experience: Second-term Member, KWHA (2019 till date)
Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture and National Resources (2019- 2023)
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Executive Experience
Councillor, Ipee Ward, Oyun Local Government Area, Kwara State (2007- 2010)
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KOGI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
(8th Assembly)
Members: 25
LEGISLATIVE SESSION | Speaker | Deputy Speaker |
8th Assembly | Rt. Hon. Aliu Umar Yusuf | Hon. Enema Paul |
Lokoja State Constituency II | Dekina Okura State Constituency | |
2023 till date | 2023 till date | |
All Progressives Congress (APC) |
Rt. Hon. Aliu Umar Yusuf (Speaker)
Legislative Experience: First-term Member (2023 till date)
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Hon. Enema Paul (Deputy Speaker)
Legislative Experience: Second-term Member (2019 till date)
All Progressives Congress (APC)
NIGER STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
(10th Assembly)
Members: 25
LEGISLATIVE SESSION | Speaker | Deputy Speaker |
10th Assembly | Rt. Hon. Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji | Hon. Afiniki Eunice Dauda |
Mariga State Constituency | Gurara State Constituency | |
2023 till date | 2023 till date | |
All Progressives Congress (APC) |
Rt. Hon. Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji (Speaker)
Legislative Experience: First-term Member (2023 till date)
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Executive Experience:
(1) Former Commissioner for Local Government Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, Niger State.
(2) Two-time Chairman, Mariga Local Government Council, Niger State
Hon. Afiniki Eunice Dauda (Deputy Speaker)
Legislative Experience: First-term Member (2023 till date)
All Progressives Congress (APC)
BENUE STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
(10th Assembly)
Members: 32
LEGISLATIVE SESSION | Speaker | Deputy Speaker |
10th Assembly | Rt. Hon. Hyacinth Aondona Dajoh | Hon. Lami Danladi |
Gboko West State Constituency | Ado State Constituency | |
2023 till date | 2023 till date | |
All Progressives Congress (APC) |
Rt. Hon. Hyacinth Aondona Dajoh (Speaker)
Legislative Experience: First-term Member (2023 till date)
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Hon. Lami Danladi (Deputy Speaker)
Legislative Experience: First-term Member (2023 till date)
All Progressives Congress (APC)
PLATEAU STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
(10th Assembly)
Members: 24
LEGISLATIVE SESSION | Speaker | Deputy Speaker |
10th Assembly | Rt. Hon. Moses Sule | Hon. Fom Dalyop Gwottson |
Mikang State Constituency | Jos South State Constituency | |
2023 till date | 2023 till date | |
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) |
Rt. Hon. Moses Sule (Speaker)
Legislative Experience: First-term Member (2023 till date)
People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Executive Experience: Former Vice Chairman, Mikang Local Government Area, Plateau State
Hon. Fom Dalyop Gwottson (Deputy Speaker)
Legislative Experience: Second-term Member (2019 till date)
People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
NASSARAWA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
(7th Assembly)
NOTE:
Irregularity and controversy had marred the Presiding Officers’ Election of the Assembly. Therefore, accurate data on the Presiding Officers’ positions are still pending.