Political system
Presidential system
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

Parliament name
National Assembly
Chamber name
Senate
Structure & status of parliament
Upper chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
4

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1961 to 1965
from 1980 to 1983
1993
from 1999
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
African Group

Speaker

Official title
President of the Senate
Speaker
Godswill Akpabio (Male)
Date of birth: 09 Dec 1962
Term
13 Jun 2023
Additional information

Elected on 13 June 2023.

Speaker terms

No information available

Secretary general

Official title
Clerk to the National Assembly
Secretary General
Sani Tambawal Magaji (Male)
Term
29 Mar 2023
Notes

Appointed on 29 March 2023.

Official title
Clerk of the Senate
Secretary General
Chinedu Akubueze (Male)
Term
03 Mar 2022
Notes

Appointed on 3 March 2022.

Members

Statutory number of members
109
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
Directly elected members
109
Current number of members
109
Men
105
Women
4
Percentage of women
3.7%
Statutory number of members per country
469
Population (in thousands)
227,883
Inhabitants per parliamentarian
485,891

Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.

Average age of all members
No information available
Youngest member
Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr. (Male)
Youngest member (years)
37
Number of members, by age (2019-06 - 2023-01)
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Male 0 0 0 6 10 45 30 4 0 0 95
Female 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 7
Totals per age interval 0 0 0 6 13 48 31 4 0 0 102
Total <= 45: 6 Total >= 46: 96
Percentage of members, by age
Age at the last election or renewal Overall Male Female
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger
0.0% 0% 0.0%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger
5.9% 6% 0.0%

Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
No
Electoral quota for women
No
Youth quota
No

Links to additional information

Parliamentary website
List of members
Rules of procedure/Standing Orders
No information available
Constitution

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