Nigerian senators of the 10th National Assembly

The table below shows the list of Nigerian senators of the 10th National Assembly which will be inaugurated in June 2023.[1] The Senate includes three senators from each of the 36 states, plus one senator for the Federal Capital Territory. The Senate president is the head of the house, and assisted by the deputy Senate president.[2] The Senate president and his deputy also work with the principal officers in the house including the majority leader, deputy majority leader, minority leader, deputy minority leader, chief whip, deputy chief whip, minority whip and deputy minority whip.[3][4]

Map of Senate composition by party
Senate composition by party
  APC
  PDP
  NNPP
  YPP
  APGA
  LP
  SDP
  Vacant

Principal officers

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Presiding officers

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Office Party Senator District Since
Senate President APC Godswill Akpabio Akwa Ibom North-West 13 June 2023
Deputy Senate President APC Barau Jibrin Kano North 13 June 2023

Majority leadership

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Office Party Senator District Since
Senate Majority Leader APC [[ ]] TBD
Deputy Senate Majority Leader APC [[ ]] TBD
Senate Majority Whip APC [[ ]] TBD
Deputy Senate Majority Whip APC [[ ]] TBD

Minority leadership

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Office Party Senator District Since
Senate Minority Leader TBD [[ ]] TBD
Deputy Senate Minority Leader TBD [[ ]] TBD
Senate Minority Whip TBD [[ ]] TBD
Deputy Senate Minority Whip TBD [[ ]] TBD

Membership by zone

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As of 7 March 2023:

Zone APC PDP NNPP YPP APGA LP SDP TBD Total States included
North-Central 11 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 19 BE, FCT, KO, KW, NA, NI, PL
North-East 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 AD, BA, BO, GO, TA, YO
North-West 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 JI, KD, KN, KT, KE, SO, ZA
South-East 6 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 15 AB, AN, EB, EN, IM
South-South 7 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 AK, BY, CR, DE, ED, RI
South-West 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 EK, LA, OG, ON, OS, OY
Total 59 36 2 1 1 8 2 0 109

Senators

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Notes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SENATORIAL ELECTION HELD ON 25TH FEBRUARY 2023, List of Senators-Elect". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  2. ^ "9th National Assembly: Deft moves begin over Senate Presidency". Punch Newspapers. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  3. ^ Andah, John (2019-03-12). "Inec Confirms 100 Senators For Nigeria's 9th Assembly (Full List) | Nigeria News". Concise News. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  4. ^ Usman, Bala (2019-03-22). "9th National Assembly and Leadership Question". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2019-05-01.

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