Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly

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The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of government for Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria, responsible for making state laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the interests of its constituencies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf state legislature ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
approves state annual budget for Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
branchOf Government of Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
budgetaryRole scrutiny of state government expenditure ⓘ
canConduct public hearings on proposed state legislation ⓘ
canImpeach Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Governor of Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
canOverride certain executive actions subject to constitutional limits ⓘ
canPass resolutions on matters affecting Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
canReceive petitions from citizens and groups in Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
electoralSystem members elected from state constituencies ⓘ
elects Deputy Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly ⓘ
Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 ⓘ
governmentBranchType legislative branch ⓘ
hasChamberType single chamber ⓘ
hasCommitteeType ad hoc committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasFunction confirmation of certain state appointments where required by law ⓘ
consideration and passage of state appropriation bills ⓘ
enactment of by-laws and state policies through legislation ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
hasPower to amend or repeal existing state laws ⓘ
to conduct investigations into state agencies ⓘ
to make laws on matters in the State List of the Nigerian Constitution ⓘ
to summon state commissioners and other officials ⓘ
hasRoleIn checks and balances within Akwa Ibom State Government ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Akwa Ibom State Government ⓘ
locatedIn Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
locatedInCity Uyo ⓘ
meetsAt Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Complex, Uyo ⓘ
meetsIn plenary sessions ⓘ
oversees Akwa Ibom State executive branch ⓘ
partOfSystem Nigerian state Houses of Assembly ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking for Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
oversight of the Akwa Ibom State executive ⓘ
representation of constituencies in Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
represents state constituencies in Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
representsInterest political, economic and social interests of Akwa Ibom citizens ⓘ
supervises implementation of state laws in Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
typeOfLegislature subnational legislature ⓘ
uses rules of procedure adopted by the House ⓘ

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Uyo → hasInstitution → Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly ⓘ
Akwa Ibom State Government → branch → Legislative Branch of Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
linked to: Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly
Akwa Ibom State Government → legislature → Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly ⓘ
Akwa Ibom State Government → hasLegislativeBody → Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly ⓘ