Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria

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parliamentary speaker political office presiding officer

The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria is the presiding officer and political leader of the lower chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly, responsible for guiding legislative proceedings and representing the House in its official functions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria canonical	7
Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly	1
Speakers of the House of Representatives of Nigeria	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary speaker ⓘ political office ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ
appointedBy	House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
associatedWith	National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Nigerian federal legislature
canDiscipline	members for breaches of House rules ⓘ
canInfluence	legislative agenda of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
canRefer	bills to House committees ⓘ
canRuleOn	points of order ⓘ
chairs	House of Representatives leadership meetings ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: 1999 Constitution of Nigeria Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
createdBy	Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Constitutional framework of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
eligibleFor	re-election ⓘ
governmentBranch	Legislative branch of Nigeria ⓘ
governmentLevel	national ⓘ
hasStyle	Right Honourable ⓘ
jurisdiction	Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
legislativeChamber	House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
mayDelegateTo	Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
memberOf	leadership of the National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
officeHoldersMustBe	elected from single-member constituencies in Nigeria ⓘ members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
officeLocation	National Assembly Complex, Abuja ⓘ
officeType	federal office ⓘ
partOf	National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
presidesOver	debates in the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ plenary sessions of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
rankInSuccession	second in line to the Presidency of Nigeria after the President of the Senate ⓘ
represents	House of Representatives of Nigeria in international parliamentary bodies ⓘ House of Representatives of Nigeria in official functions ⓘ House of Representatives of Nigeria in relations with the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ House of Representatives of Nigeria in relations with the executive branch ⓘ
responsibleFor	announcing results of votes ⓘ enforcing the rules of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ guiding legislative proceedings ⓘ maintaining order during House proceedings ⓘ putting questions to vote ⓘ recognizing members to speak ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
supervises	Clerk of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
symbolizes	authority of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
termCoincidesWith	term of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
termLength	four years ⓘ
worksWith	President of Nigeria ⓘ President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Standing Orders of the House of Representatives → enforcedBy → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ

House of Representatives chamber → usedByOffice → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ

Tajudeen Abbas → positionHeld → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ

Tajudeen Abbas → office → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ

Tajudeen Abbas → category → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Speakers of the House of Representatives of Nigeria

Green Chamber → presidingOfficer → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ

Standing Orders of the National Assembly of Nigeria → usedBy → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ

Adamawa State House of Assembly (seat) → usedBy → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly

Yakubu Dogara → positionHeld → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ