Bayelsa State House of Assembly

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The Bayelsa State House of Assembly is the unicameral legislative body responsible for making laws and providing oversight for the government of Bayelsa State in Nigeria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
unicameral state legislature ⓘ
canApprove state budget ⓘ
canEnact state laws ⓘ
canImpeach Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State under constitutional conditions ⓘ
Governor of Bayelsa State under constitutional conditions ⓘ
canOversight Bayelsa State Executive Council ⓘ
Governor of Bayelsa State ⓘ
state ministries and agencies ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction Yenagoa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
single-member constituencies ⓘ
establishedUnder 1999 Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasCommittees ad hoc committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasLegislativePowersOver Bayelsa State ⓘ
hasNumberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
hasPower conduct investigations ⓘ
confirm certain executive appointments ⓘ
pass appropriation bills ⓘ
summon public officials ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive ⓘ
representation of constituencies ⓘ
hasRoleIn state-level democratic governance ⓘ
isComponentOf Nigerian federal system ⓘ
jurisdiction Bayelsa State ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
legislativeStructure unicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Bayelsa State ⓘ
Yenagoa ⓘ
meetsFrequency regular sessions ⓘ
meetsIn legislative complex in Yenagoa ⓘ
membersAre elected representatives ⓘ
oversees public expenditure in Bayelsa State ⓘ
partOf Government of Bayelsa State ⓘ
Nigerian state legislative system ⓘ
region Niger Delta ⓘ
responsibleFor amending state-level legislation ⓘ
constituency outreach ⓘ
policy review at state level ⓘ
subjectTo Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
supervises implementation of state laws ⓘ
typeOfLegislature subnational legislature ⓘ
uses rules of procedure adopted by the House ⓘ

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

Bayelsa State → hasLegislature → Bayelsa State House of Assembly ⓘ
Governor of Bayelsa State → cooperatesWith → Bayelsa State House of Assembly ⓘ
Government of Bayelsa State → hasBranch → Legislative branch of Bayelsa State ⓘ
linked to: Bayelsa State House of Assembly
Government of Bayelsa State → hasLegislature → Bayelsa State House of Assembly ⓘ