National Assembly of Nigeria

Presiding Officer(s): Rt Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, MP, Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives of Nigeria and Senator Hon. Godswill Akpabio, President of the Federal Senate of Nigeria.

Joined the Commonwealth: 1 October 1960

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1961

Unicameral/Bicameral: Bicameral

Parliament website: Click here

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees:

Senate: 43
House of Representatives: 64

Number of Joint Committees (if bicameral): 4

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: Ethics and Privilege, House Service, Rules & Business, Senate Committee on Ethics

Articles in The Parliamentarian (to present) and online blogs

• CPA article with Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics (LSE): Innovations in Climate Change Acts: Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria in focus
• The Parliamentarian 2023 Issue Two - 'Report from International Women's Day 2023: constituency visits in Nigeria' by Hon. Dr Zainab Gimba, MP, CWP Chairperson
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue Four - Gender Dimension of the Impact of Climate Change by Hon. Dr Zainab Gimba, MP, CWP Chairperson
• CPA x GRI LSE: From COP26 to COP27: A review of climate legislation in 2022
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue Three - 65th CPC in Canada - News: Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Africa (COSAP) event
• The Parliamentarians 2021 Issue Four - Assessment of Gender and Disability Question in the Commonwealth by Hon. Dr Zainab Gimba MP, CWP Africa Chairperson 
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Four - CPA news: 51st CPA Africa Regional Conference in Nigeria
• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue Two - 'Different strategies and resolutions in place to ensure gender equality and women's empowerment' – International Women’s Day 2020 speech by Hon. Dr Zainab Gimba, MP, CWP Africa Region Chairperson
• The Parliamentarian 2015 Issue Three - 'The Challenges of Dealing with Boko Haram in Nigeria' by Hon. Daniel Reyenieju, MP

Recent CPA activities

• In August 2024, the CPA Nigeria Federal Branch hosted the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Workshop on Gender-Based Violence - click here.
• In November 2021, the 51st CPA Africa Regional Conference took place in Abuja, Nigeria - click here.