Senate of Nigeria

Senate
10th National Assembly
Type
Type	Upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria
Term limits	None
History
New session started	13 June 2023 (2023-06-13)
Leadership
President	Godswill Akpabio, APC since 13 June 2023
Deputy President	Barau Jibrin, APC since 13 June 2023
Majority Leader	Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, APC since 4 July 2023
Minority Leader	Patrick Abba Moro, PDP since 21 November 2023
Majority Whip	Mohammed Ali Ndume, APC since 4 July 2023
Minority Whip	Osita Ngwu, PDP since 21 November 2023
Structure
Seats	109
Political groups	Majority (59)   All Progressives Congress (59) Minority (37)   People's Democratic Party (37) Others (13)   Labour Party (7)   New Nigeria Peoples Party (2)   Social Democratic Party (2)   All Progressives Grand Alliance (1)   Action Democratic Party (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post voting
Last election	25-26 February 2023
Next election	27 February 2027
Meeting place
National Assembly Complex Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
Website
www.nass.gov.ng
Constitution
Constitution of Nigeria
Rules
placng.org/i/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Senate-Standing-Orders-2015-as-Amended.pdf

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The Senate is the upper chamber of Nigeria's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly. The National Assembly (popularly referred to as NASS) is the nation's legislature and has the power to make laws, as summarized in chapter one, section four of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.^[1][2] The lower chamber is the House of Representatives.

The President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate, whose chief function is to guide and regulate the proceedings in the Senate. The Senate President is second in the Nigerian presidential line of succession. He is assisted by the Deputy President of the Senate. The current Senate President is Sen. Godswill Akpabio and the current Deputy Senate President is Sen. Barau Jibrin, both members of the APC.^[3] The Senate President and his Deputy are also assisted by principal officers including the Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader, Chief Whip, Deputy Chief Whip, Minority Whip, and Deputy Minority Whip. In addition, there are 63 Standing Committees in the Senate chaired by Committee Chairmen.^[4]