House of Representatives (Nigeria)

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House of Representatives of Nigeria
Seal of the House of Representatives of Nigeria
Constituencies of Nigeria

The House of Representatives of Nigeria ( English House of Representatives of Nigeria , acronym HOR Nigeria ) in Abuja is part of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ( English National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ).

The House of Representatives is the lower house of the two-chamber parliament in Nigeria. It usually consists of 360 MPs who are elected by majority vote in the constituencies for four years. The upper house is formed by the Nigerian Senate .

elections

The last House of Representatives elections took place in February 2019. The All Progressives Congress (APC) won an absolute majority of the seats.

Femi Gbajabiamila (APC) was elected speaker on June 12, 2019 .

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Individual evidence

  1. INEC fixes date for 2019 presidential election. In: The Guardian. Retrieved November 29, 2018 (American English).

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