Jigawa State House of Assembly

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jigawa State House of Assembly canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary institution ⓘ
state legislative body ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToTerritory all local government areas of Jigawa State ⓘ
belongsTo Federal Republic of Nigeria political system ⓘ
canPass appropriation bills ⓘ
motions and resolutions ⓘ
state laws ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
single-member constituencies ⓘ
employs legislative staff ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
governs through standing orders and rules of procedure ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver state budget ⓘ
state public expenditure ⓘ
state taxation within constitutional limits ⓘ
hasChamberType unicameral ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasFunction budget approval ⓘ
confirmation of certain executive appointments ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive ⓘ
representation of constituencies ⓘ
hasPower to conduct investigations ⓘ
to impeach certain state officials ⓘ
to summon state officials ⓘ
jurisdiction Jigawa State ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Jigawa State Government ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state level ⓘ
locatedIn Dutse ⓘ
Jigawa State ⓘ
meetsIn Assembly Complex, Dutse ⓘ
oversees Jigawa State Executive Council ⓘ
ministries and agencies of Jigawa State ⓘ
partOf Government of Jigawa State ⓘ
Subnational legislatures of Nigeria ⓘ
regulates matters on the Concurrent Legislative List within Jigawa State ⓘ
matters on the State Legislative List ⓘ
represents constituencies in Jigawa State ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
subordinateTo Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
typeOfLegislature subnational legislature ⓘ
usesLegalSystem Nigerian legal system ⓘ

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

Jigawa State → legislature → Jigawa State House of Assembly ⓘ