Edo State House of Assembly

The Edo State House of Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Nigerian state of Edo.^[1] Chapter V, Part II of the Constitution of Nigeria, adopted in 1999, defines the role of the House of Assembly.^[2] The House of Assembly is composed of 24 members, each elected from single-member constituencies across the 18 local government areas of the state. In addition to lawmaking, House of Assembly collaborates closely with the executive branch to support state development initiatives.

Edo State House of Assembly
8th Edo State House of Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1999
Leadership
Speaker	Blessing Agbebaku, PDP since 16 June 2023
Deputy Speaker	Maria Edeko, PDP since 16 June 2023
Majority Leader	Charity Aiguobarueghian, PDP since 20 June 2023
Chief Whip	Yekini Idaiye, PDP since 20 June 2023
Minority Leader	Eric Okaka, APC since 10 July 2023
Minority Whip	Osamwonyi Atu, APC since 10 July 2023
Deputy Majority Leader	Natasha Osawaru, PDP
Structure
Seats	24
Political groups	Majority (15)   PDP (15) Minority (9)   APC (8)   LP (1)
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Chapter V, Constitution of Nigeria
Elections
Last election	18 March 2023
Next election	March 2027
Meeting place
Chief Anthony Enahoro Complex Benin City, Edo

Currently, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) holds a majority in the Assembly with 15 seats. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) are in the minority with APC having 8 seats and LP have 1 seat.

Members

8th Edo State House of Assembly (2023-2027)^[3]

LGA	Constituency	Name	Party
Akoko Edo	Akoko Edo I	Yekini Idlave	PDP
	Akoko Edo II	Ojeme Okogbe	PDP
Egor	Egor	Natasha Osawaru	PDP
Esan Central	Esan Central	Fada Igbiremonlen	PDP
Esan North-East	Esan North-East I	Emankhu Addeh	APC
	Esan North-East II	Maria Edeko	PDP
Esan South-East	Esan South-East	Osezua Oiezele	APC
Esan West	Esan West	Ionathan Ibhamanu	APC
Etsako Central	Etsako Central	Ahmed Oshmah	APC
Etsako East	Etsako East	Kingsley Ugabi	APC
Etsako West	Etsako West I	Hussein Lecky	APC
	Etsako West II	Abdul Akokhia	APC
Igueben	Igueben	Ojei Inegebor	PDP
Ikpoba Okha	Ikpoba Okha	Nicholas Asonsere	PDP
Oredo	Oredo East	Uyi Omosigho	PDP
	Oredo West	Richard Edosa	LP
Orhionmwon	Orhionmwon I	Osamwonyi Atu	PDP
	Orhionmwon II	Aitenguoba Iyamu	PDP
Ovia North-East	Ovia North-East I	Charity Aiguobarueghian	PDP
	Ovia North-East	Odsolor Uzamere	PDP
Ovia South-West	Ovia South-West	Sunday Aghedo	APC
Owan East	Owan East	Okaka Eric	APC
Owan West	Owan West	Blessing Agbebaku	PDP
Uhunmwonde	Uhunmwonde	Kaycee Osamwonyi	PDP