Ekiti State House of Assembly

Ekiti State House of Assembly
6th Assembly
Type
Type
Term limits
4 years
Leadership
Speaker
Structure
Seats25
Political groups
  •   All Progressives Congress (25)
Elections
Last election
18 March 2023
Next election
February 2027

The Ekiti State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government  of Ekiti State of Nigeria.[1][2][3] It is a unicameral legislature with 26 members elected from the 16 local government areas (State Constituencies) of the state.  Local government areas with considerable larger population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Ekiti State House of Assembly 26.[4]

The fundamental functions of the Assembly are to enact new laws, amend or repeal existing laws and oversight of the executive.[5][6][7] Members of the assembly are elected for a term of four years concurrent with federal legislators (Senate and House of Representatives). The state assembly convenes three different days a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) for plenary sessions in the assembly complex within the state capital, Ado-Ekiti.

The current speaker of the 6th Ekiti State House of Assembly is Olubunmi Adelugba, the first female speaker, who succeeded Gboyega Aribisogan following his impeachment on 21 November 2022.[8]

  1. ^ "Ekiti Assembly elects new Speaker, principal officers". Punch Newspapers. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  2. ^ "Ekiti Assembly Unrest: Lawmakers Allege Plot To Assassinate Five Members". Channels Television. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. ^ "Ekiti 6th House of Assembly holds inaugural plenary". TVC News Nigeria. 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  4. ^ "APC Wins 25 of 26 Assembly Seats in Ekiti". THISDAYLIVE. 2019-03-10. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  5. ^ "Ekiti Assembly passes 2020 revised appropriation bill of N91.1bn". 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  6. ^ "Ekiti Assembly probes local govt finances under Fayose". 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  7. ^ "'Ekiti House of Assembly passed 19 bills, 17 motions in legislative year'". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  8. ^ "Ekiti Assembly Speaker Aribisogan Impeached, Adelugba Elected". www.channelstv.com. Retrieved 2022-11-22.