National Assembly of the Second Republic

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The National Assembly of the Second Republic was Nigeria’s federal legislature that operated during the country’s Second Republic (1979–1983), functioning as a bicameral body under the presidential constitution of that era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
compositionMethod elected members ⓘ
constitutionalBasis 1979 Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
constitutionalRole federal lawmaking authority ⓘ
representation of Nigerian states at federal level ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
dissolutionCause 1983 Nigerian military coup d’état ⓘ
electoralSystemUsed senatorial districts for Senate ⓘ
single-member constituencies for House of Representatives ⓘ
endTime 1983 ⓘ
governmentSystem presidential system ⓘ
hasLowerHouse House of Representatives of the Second Republic ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Senate of the Second Republic ⓘ
headOfStateDuringExistence President Shehu Shagari ⓘ
historicalPeriod post-military transition era in Nigeria ⓘ
jurisdiction Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Nigeria
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystemContext Nigerian constitutional law ⓘ
legislativeChamber House of Representatives of the Second Republic ⓘ
Senate of the Second Republic ⓘ
legislativeFunction approval of federal budget ⓘ
enactment of federal laws ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
power to impeach the president and other officials ⓘ
ratification of certain presidential appointments ⓘ
legislatureNumber 2 ⓘ
meetsInBuilding National Assembly complex in Lagos ⓘ
meetsInCity Lagos ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
operatedInPoliticalEra Second Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
partOf Second Republic political institutions of Nigeria ⓘ
precededBy Federal Military Government legislative bodies ⓘ
replacedBy National Assembly of the Fourth Republic ⓘ
startTime 1979 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
succeededBy Supreme Military Council and Armed Forces Ruling Council (legislative authority) ⓘ
supervises Federal Government of Nigeria executive branch ⓘ
votingSystemCharacteristic universal adult suffrage for elections ⓘ

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National Assembly (Nigeria) → precededBy → National Assembly of the Second Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: National Assembly
National Assembly of the Second Republic → legislativeChamber → House of Representatives of the Second Republic ⓘ
linked to: National Assembly of the Second Republic
National Assembly of the Second Republic → hasLowerHouse → House of Representatives of the Second Republic ⓘ
linked to: National Assembly of the Second Republic