ORGANS/ARMS OF GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA


A) Legislature: law making function
B) Executive: law implementation/enforcement function
C) Judiciary: law interpretation/adjudication function


A) LEGISLATURE: This power of law making is vested upon the National Assembly (bicameral) at the Federal level and the House of Assembly (unicameral) for each of the States of the Federation at the State level. The National Assembly consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The Senate has a total of one hundred and nine (109) Senators. It consists of three (3) Senators from each State and one (1) from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The House of Representatives consists of three hundred and sixty (360) members representing constituencies of nearly equal population within a State.


Current Leadership of the National Assembly
1. David Mark Senate President
2. Ike Ekwerenmadu Deputy Senate President
3. Oladimeji Bankole Speaker, House of Representatives
4. Usman Bayero Nafada Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives


House of Assembly of a State
There is House of Assembly for each of the State of the Federation which consists of three(3) or (4) times the number of seats which that State has in the House of Representatives divided in a way to reflect, as far as possible, nearly equal population. A House of Assembly of a State consists of not less that twenty-four (24) and not more than (40) members. A House of Assembly also has a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker.