Nigeria

House of Representatives

Political system
Presidential system
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Administration

Parliamentary and State budget

Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Constitution
Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
The Executive
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
The amount of the budget is agreed between Parliament and the Executive
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides how to allocate the budget
National currency
Nigerian Niara (NGN)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
165.79
(2023)
Parliament’s budget, per year
139,000,000,000 NGN
(2022)
Parliament’s budget, per year in PPP
964,474,049
(2022)
Offices included in the parliamentary budget
National Budget Office
Budget for the chamber
51,994,511,954 NGN
(2022)
Chamber budget, per year in PPP
329,058,363
There is a separate budget for each chamber in a bicameral parliament
Yes
(2023)
State budget, per year
17,319,704,091,019 NGN
(2022)
Proportion of the State budget devoted to parliament, per year
0.008
(2022)

Parliamentary staff

The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Yes
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
Yes
There is one or more gender equality policy that applies to the parliamentary administration
Yes
Links to gender equality policies
No information available
Number of staff employed by the parliament (FTE)
3,338
(2022)
Number of staff employed by the chamber (FTE)
707
(2022)
Not applicable. The staff work for the entire parliament.
No

Secretary General

Authority that selects the Secretary General
Other

Notes: national assembly service commission

Chamber/Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
No
Length of term of the Secretary General
No fixed term
Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Parliamentary staff

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No