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Nigerian senators of the 9th National Assembly

The table below shows the list of Nigerian senators of the 9th National Assembly.[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 Ahmad Lawan Yobe North 11 June 2019
Deputy Senate President APC Ovie Omo-Agege Delta Central 11 June 2019

Majority leadership

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Office Party Senator District Since
Senate Majority Leader APC Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir[note 1] Sokoto East 27 July 2022
Deputy Senate Majority Leader APC Robert Ajayi Boroffice Ondo North 2 July 2019
Senate Majority Whip APC Orji Uzor Kalu Abia North 2 July 2019
Deputy Senate Majority Whip APC Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi Niger North 2 July 2019

Minority leadership

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Office Party Senator District Since
Senate Minority Leader PDP Philips Tanimu Aduda[note 2] FCT 21 June 2022
Deputy Senate Minority Leader PDP Shuaibu Isa Lau[note 3] Taraba North 8 February 2022
Senate Minority Whip PDP Utazi Chukwuka[note 4] Enugu North 21 June 2022
Deputy Senate Minority Whip PDP Danjuma Laah[note 5] Kaduna South 11 May 2022

Membership by zone

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As of 14 November 2022:

Zone APC PDP NNPP YPP APGA LP SDP Vacant Total States included
North-Central 9 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 BE, FCT, KO, KW, NA, PL
North-East 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 18 AD, BA, BO, GO, TA, YO
North-West 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 JI, KD, KN, KT, KE, SO, ZA
South-East 3 9 0 1 1 1 0 0 15 AB, AN, EB, EN, IM
South-South 3 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 AK, BY, CR, DE, ED, RI
South-West 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 EK, LA, OG, ON, OS, OY
Total 59 40 2 2 1 1 1 3 109

Changes

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Changes in seats held (2019–2023)
Seat Before Change
Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
Imo West 11 June 2019 Vacant Alleged forced election declaration 13 June 2019[12] Rochas Okorocha APC
Imo North Alleged election irregularities 26 July 2019[13] Benjamin Uwajumogu
Niger East 14 June 2019[14] David Umaru APC Court awarded primary election win to opponent 2 July 2019[15] Sani Musa
Kogi West 23 August 2019[16] Dino Melaye PDP Court annulled general election; opponent won re-run 4 December 2019[17] Smart Adeyemi
Sokoto South 30 October 2019[18] Abubakar Shehu Tambuwal APC Court awarded general election win to opponent 19 November 2019[19] Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba PDP
Ekiti South 6 November 2019[20][21] Adebayo Clement Adeyeye 14 November 2019[22] Abiodun Olujimi
Akwa Ibom North-West 9 November 2019[23] Chris Ekpenyong PDP Court partially annulled general election; sacked senator won supplementary election 30 January 2020[24] Chris Ekpenyong
Imo North 18 December 2019[25] Benjamin Uwajumogu APC Died 27 April 2021[26] Frank Ibezim APC
Plateau South 10 February 2020[27] Ignatius Datong Longjan 15 December 2020[28] Nora Daduut
Bayelsa Central 14 February 2020[29] Douye Diri PDP Member elected Bayelsa Governor Moses Cleopas PDP
Bayelsa West Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo Member elected Bayelsa Deputy Governor Henry Seriake Dickson
Cross River North 23 March 2020[30] Rose Okoji Oko Died 16 December 2020[31] Stephen Odey[note 6]
Lagos East 15 June 2020[32] Adebayo Osinowo APC 15 December 2020[28] Tokunbo Abiru APC
Adamawa North 25 November 2020[33] Ishaku Elisha Abbo PDP Party switch
Delta North 25 June 2021[34] Peter Nwaoboshi
Zamfara Central 29 June 2021[35] Hassan Muhammed Gusau
Zamfara North Sahabi Alhaji Yaú
Zamfara West Lawali Hassan Anka
Cross River North 30 July 2021[36] Stephen Odey Court awarded primary election win to opponent 15 September 2021[37] Agom Jarigbe[note 6] PDP
Anambra North 26 August 2021[38] Stella Oduah Party switch APC
Taraba South 3 February 2022[39] Emmanuel Bwacha
Zamfara Central 23 February 2022[40] Hassan Muhammed Gusau APC Member appointed Zamfara Deputy Governor Vacant
Borno North 12 April 2022[41] Abubakar Kyari Resigned
Nasarawa West Abdullahi Adamu
Katsina North 20 April 2022[42] Ahmad Babba Kaita Party switch PDP
Sokoto South 27 April 2022[43] Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba PDP APC
Anambra North 28 April 2022[44] Stella Oduah APC PDP
Oyo South 6 May 2022[45][46][47] Mohammed Kola Balogun PDP APC
Kano Central 18 May 2022[48] Ibrahim Shekarau APC NNPP
Abia South 27 May 2022[49] Enyinnaya Abaribe PDP APGA
Kebbi Central 28 May 2022[50] Adamu Aliero APC PDP
Bauchi South 31 May 2022 Lawal Yahaya Gumau APC NNPP
Edo North 3 June 2022[51][52] Francis Alimikhena APC PDP
Kebbi North 8 June 2022[53] Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi
Bauchi Central 19 June 2022[54] Halliru Dauda Jika APC NNPP
Imo East 21 June 2022[55] Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi PDP LP
Nasarawa North 1 July 2022[56] Godiya Akwashiki APC SDP
Akwa Ibom North-East 15 July 2022[57] Bassey Albert Akpan PDP YPP
Kano Central 29 August 2022[58] Ibrahim Shekarau NNPP PDP
Bauchi North 9 November 2022[59] Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa APC

Senators

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Abaribe was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC in May 2022.
  2. ^ Abbo was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC in November 2020.
  3. ^ Akpan was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the YPP in July 2022.
  4. ^ The PDP's Ekpenyong was elected senator in 2019 but a Court of Appeal partially annulled the results and called a supplementary election in the affected areas. Ekpenyong won the ensuing rerun election and was sworn-in again in January 2020.
  5. ^ Oduah was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC in August 2021 before returning to the PDP in April 2022.
  6. ^ Jika was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the NNPP in June 2022.
  7. ^ Bulkachuwa was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the PDP in November 2022.
  8. ^ Gumau was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the NNPP in May 2022.
  9. ^ The PDP's Douye Diri was elected senator in 2019 but resigned in February 2020 after winning election to become Bayelsa State Governor. Cleopas won the ensuing bye-election and took office in December 2020.
  10. ^ The PDP's Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo was elected senator in 2019 but resigned in February 2020 after winning election to become Bayelsa State Deputy Governor. Dickson won the ensuing bye-election and took office in December 2020.
  11. ^ a b In April 2022, Adamu and Kyari resigned from the Senate after taking APC party offices the month prior.
  12. ^ The PDP's Rose Okoji Oko was elected senator in 2019 but died in March 2020. Jarigbe and fellow PDP member Stephen Odey fought in court over the ensuing by-election's PDP nomination; Odey won both initial court decisions and the by-election before taking office late in December 2020. However, Jarigbe later won several court challenges which declared him the legitimate PDP nominee and thus senator. Jarigbe took office in September 2021.
  13. ^ Nwaoboshi was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC in June 2021.
  14. ^ Alimikhena was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the PDP in June 2022.
  15. ^ The APC's Adedayo Clement Adeyeye was elected senator in 2019 but the NASS Election Petition Tribunal awarded and Court of Appeal affirmed the win to Olujimi. She took office in November 2019.
  16. ^ Onyewuchi was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the LP in June 2022.
  17. ^ Due to disputes over alleged irregularities, the APC's Benjamin Uwajumogu was not sworn in until July 2019. Uwajumogu died in December 2019 leading to a bye-election. After disputes, Ibezim was awarded the bye-election victory and took office in April 2021.
  18. ^ Due to disputes over the alleged forced declaration of his election, Okorocha was not sworn in until June 14, 2019.
  19. ^ Shekarau was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the NNPP in May 2022 then to the PDP in August 2022.
  20. ^ Babba Kaita was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the PDP in April 2022.
  21. ^ Aliero was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the PDP in May 2022.
  22. ^ Abdullahi was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the PDP in June 2022.
  23. ^ The PDP's Dino Melaye was elected senator in 2019 but Adeyemi petitioned against the results and the NASS Election Petition Tribunal annulled the results and called a new election. Adeyemi won the ensuing rerun election and took office in December 2019.
  24. ^ The APC's Adebayo Osinowo was elected senator in 2019 but died in June 2020. Abiru won the ensuing bye-election and took office in December 2020.
  25. ^ Akwashiki was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the SDP in July 2022.
  26. ^ The APC's David Umaru was elected senator in 2019 but the Supreme Court awarded the APC primary win to Musa making him senator. He took office in July 2019.
  27. ^ Balogun was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC in May 2022.
  28. ^ The APC's Ignatius Datong Longjan was elected senator in 2019 but died in February 2020. Daduut won the ensuing bye-election and took office in December 2020.
  29. ^ The APC's Abubakar Shehu Tambuwal was elected senator in 2019 but a Court of Appeal awarded the win to Abdullahi Danbaba. He took office in November 2019 as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC in April 2022.
  30. ^ Bwacha was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC in February 2022.
  31. ^ a b c Prior to inauguration, the APC's Zamfara votes were voided due to improper holding of party primaries. Thus the PDP runners-up took office. All three (Anka, Hassan Muhammed Gusau, Yaú) switched to the APC in June 2021. In February 2022, Muhammed Gusau resigned to become Zamfara Deputy Governor.

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