President of the Senate of Nigeria

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The President of the Senate of Nigeria is the presiding officer and highest-ranking member of the Nigerian Senate, overseeing legislative proceedings and representing the upper chamber of the National Assembly.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political office ⓘ
presiding officer role ⓘ
appointedBy Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
associatedWith National Assembly Service Commission ⓘ
federal legislative process in Nigeria ⓘ
building Nigerian National Assembly Complex ⓘ
chamber upper house ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
createdOn 1 October 1960 ⓘ
deputy Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
eligibleFor any qualified senator ⓘ
firstHolder Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
formation First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Nigeria ⓘ
insignia Coat of arms of Nigeria (used in official emblems) ⓘ
jurisdiction Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Nigeria
legislativeBody Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
location Three Arms Zone, Abuja ⓘ
memberOf leadership of the National Assembly ⓘ
nativeLabel President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
officeHolderSince 13 June 2023 ⓘ
officeType federal office ⓘ
orderOfPrecedenceInNigeria third ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
positionHolder Godswill Akpabio ⓘ
precededByInSuccession Vice President of Nigeria ⓘ
presidesOver Senate debates ⓘ
plenary sessions of the Senate ⓘ
rank highest-ranking member of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
residence Abuja ⓘ
responsibility announcing results of votes ⓘ
appointing committee chairpersons ⓘ
constituting Senate committees ⓘ
interpreting Senate rules ⓘ
maintaining order in the Senate ⓘ
putting questions to vote ⓘ
referring bills to committees ⓘ
representing the Senate in official functions ⓘ
signing bills passed by the Senate ⓘ
seat National Assembly Complex, Abuja ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by members of the Senate ⓘ
style President of the Senate ⓘ
Senate President ⓘ
succeedsInAbsenceOf President of Nigeria (in some constitutional functions) ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termRenewable yes ⓘ

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

Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria → reportsTo → President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject linked to: Deputy President of the Senate
Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria → assistsOffice → President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject linked to: Deputy President of the Senate
Standing Orders of the Senate → interpretedBy → President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
President of the Senate of Nigeria → nativeLabel → President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Senate
linked to: President of the Senate of Nigeria
President of the Senate of Nigeria → nativeLabel → President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: President of the Senate of Nigeria
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Nigerian Senate → reportsTo → President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Mace of the Senate of Nigeria → associatedWith → President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Standing Orders of the National Assembly of Nigeria → usedBy → President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria → worksWith → President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Bukola Saraki → officeStart → President of the Senate of Nigeria, 9 June 2015 ⓘ
subject linked to: Bukola Saraki (former member)
linked to: President of the Senate of Nigeria
Bukola Saraki → notableWork → Leadership of the 8th National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: President of the Senate of Nigeria
Bukola Saraki → knownFor → Presidency of the 8th Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: President of the Senate of Nigeria
Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria → rankingAfter → President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria → assists → President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria → deputyTo → President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Godswill Akpabio → positionHeld → President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Nnamdi Azikiwe → positionHeld → Senate President of Nigeria ⓘ
subject linked to: Azikiwe
linked to: President of the Senate of Nigeria
GCON → typicalRecipients → Senate Presidents of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: President of the Senate of Nigeria
Godswill Akpabio → positionHeld → Senate President of Nigeria ⓘ
subject linked to: Akpabio
linked to: President of the Senate of Nigeria