7th Nigeria National Assembly


The 7th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was a bicameral legislature inaugurated on 6 June 2011 and ran its course till 6 June 2015.
The assembly comprises the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The House of Representative consists of 360 elected members and the Senate, a total of 109 members from which 73 were newly elected and 36 were re-elected across the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
David Mark, the Senate President of the 6th Assembly was re-elected on the platform of People's Democratic Party and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives was also re-elected on the same platform following the 11 April general election.

Members

Principal officers

Officers of the Senate

The table below outlined the Principal Officers of the Senate.
NamePositionPartyState
David MarkSenate PresidentPDPBenue State
Ike EkweremaduDeputy Senate PresidentPDPEnugu State
Victor Ndoma EgbaMajority Leader SenatePDPCross River
Ahmed Abdul NingiDeputy Majority Leader SenatePDPBauchi State
George AkumeMinority leader SenateAPCBenue State
Ahmad Rufa'i SaniDeputy Minority Leader SenateAPCZamfara State
Amelio Oladele BelloDeputy Chief Whip SenatePDPOyo State
Ganiyu Olarewaju SolomonMinority Whip SenateAPCLagos State
Bello Hayatu GwarzoChief Whip SenatePDPKano

Officers of the House of Representative