National Assembly

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The National Assembly is Nigeria’s bicameral federal legislature, responsible for making laws and overseeing the executive branch.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
National Assembly canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
budgetaryControlOver federal government of Nigeria ⓘ
canImpeach President of Nigeria ⓘ
Vice President of Nigeria ⓘ
canSummon ministers and heads of federal agencies ⓘ
coequalWith executive branch of Nigeria ⓘ
judiciary of Nigeria ⓘ
constitutionalBasis 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post in federal constituencies ⓘ
electoralSystemUpperHouse first-past-the-post in senatorial districts ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
governsBody Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Nigeria
hasComponent House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
hasFunction approval of international treaties ⓘ
checks and balances on the executive branch ⓘ
creation of new states and local government areas within Nigeria ⓘ
representation of Nigeria’s states and population ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver federal laws of Nigeria ⓘ
hasLeaderLowerHouseTitle Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
hasLeaderUpperHouseTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
hasPower to approve declarations of a state of emergency ⓘ
to approve war and deployment of armed forces outside Nigeria ⓘ
to conduct investigations into executive agencies ⓘ
to make federal laws ⓘ
to override presidential veto with two-thirds majority ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Abuja ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
meetsAt Three Arms Zone, Abuja ⓘ
meetsIn National Assembly Complex ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
oversees Federal Executive Council of Nigeria ⓘ
President of Nigeria ⓘ
partOf Government of Nigeria ⓘ
precededBy National Assembly of the Second Republic ⓘ
responsibleFor amendment of the Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
approval of the federal budget ⓘ
confirmation of key executive appointments ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
representation of the people ⓘ
supervises implementation of federal laws ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 4 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 4 years ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Nigeria ⓘ

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

Government of Nigeria → hasSubdivision → National Assembly ⓘ