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List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 1955 Till Date

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the fourth most important person in Nigeria and third in line for succession to the Nigerian presidency, after the Senate President and the Vice President. Below is the list of the Speakers of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, their tenure and the political party they belong to.

Speakers of the House of Representatives of Nigeria

NAME | TENURE | POLITICAL PARTY

  1. Sir Frederic Metcalfe | 1955- 1959 | —
  2. Jaja Wachuku (First indigenous Speaker of the House of Rep. in Nigeria) | 1959-1960 | NCNC
  3. Ibrahim Jalo Waziri | 1960-1966 | NPN
  4. Edwin Ume- Ezeoke | 1979-1983 | NPN
  5. Chacha Biam | 1983 | NPN
  6. Salisu Buhari | 1999-2000 | PDP
  7. Ghali Umar Na’Abba | 2000-2003 | PDP
  8. Aminu Bello Masari | 2003-2007 | PDP
  9. Patricia Etteh (First female Speaker of the House of Rep. in Nigeria) | 2007 | PDP
  10. Demeji Bankole | 2007-2011 | PDP
  11. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal | 2011-2015 | APC
  12. Yakubu Dogara | 2015-2019 | APC
  13. Femi Gbajabiamila (Current Speaker of the House of Rep in Nigeria) | 2019 till date | APC

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Cite this article as: Teslim Omipidan. (December 7, 2015). List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 1955 Till Date. OldNaija. Retrieved from https://oldnaija.com/2015/12/07/list-of-speakers-of-the-house-of-representatives-of-nigeria-from-1955-till-date/

33 Comments

  1. I forgot the name’s of the speakers of house Rep’s AND senators am so happy for your as assistant thanks

  2. Thanks for this,but if the writter looks at item number 12 Tambuwal became speaker under P.D.P not A.P.C

  3. Thanks alot for taking your time to list all of them. Please, I forgot who among the speakers in the house of assembly, who was having only secondary certificate

  4. List of Nigeria’s Speakers is very informative but some mistakes of Political Parties names in Numbers 3, 4 & 5 which was listed as NPN intead of NPC for your noting and correction please.

  5. This why Fela Kuti called some Nigerians monkey. You have forgotten your history of 50 years. There was no NPN in Nigeria between 1960 and 1966

  6. i am very appreciate for your assistance of remembraring me about my nation NIGERIA. thank you, may Almighty ALLAH help us.

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