8th National Assembly (2015–2019)

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The 8th National Assembly (2015–2019) was the federal legislative term of Nigeria’s bicameral parliament that sat between 2015 and 2019, enacting laws and overseeing the executive before being succeeded by the 9th National Assembly.

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instanceOf National Assembly of Nigeria term
legislative term
appliesToJurisdiction Nigeria
capital Abuja
chamberCount 2
compositionDeterminedBy 2015 legislative elections in Nigeria
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
surface form: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, as amended)
country Nigeria
electionCycle 2015 Nigerian general election
endTime 2019
followedBy 9th National Assembly (2019–2023)
governmentBranch legislative branch of Nigeria
hasPart House of Representatives of Nigeria
Senate of Nigeria
hasRole approving federal budget of Nigeria
confirming certain presidential appointments in Nigeria
enacting federal statutes in Nigeria
jurisdiction Nigeria
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
languageOfWork English
legalSystem Nigerian legal system
legislativeBodyType bicameral parliament
legislativeChambers House of Representatives of Nigeria
Senate of Nigeria
legislativePowersDerivedFrom Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
legislativeTermOfOfficeLength 4 years
legislature National Assembly of Nigeria
levelOfGovernment federal
location Abuja
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Nigeria
mainFunction lawmaking
oversight of the executive branch
representation of constituencies
meetsAt National Assembly Complex
oversightTarget Executive branch of the Federal Government of Nigeria
surface form: Federal Government of Nigeria executive branch
parliamentaryTermNumber 8
parliamentNameDuringTerm National Assembly of Nigeria
surface form: National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
precededBy 7th National Assembly (2011–2015)
startTime 2015
temporalCoverage 2015–2019
termEndEvent dissolution before inauguration of the 9th National Assembly
termStartEvent inauguration of the 8th National Assembly
typeOfSession federal legislative term
upperHouse Senate of Nigeria

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9th National Assembly (2019–2023) precededBy 8th National Assembly (2015–2019)