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Gombe State House of Assembly

Legislative arm of the government of Gombe State of Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gombe State House of Assembly
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The Gombe State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Gombe State of Nigeria.[1][2][3] It is a unicameral legislature with 24 members elected from the 11 local government areas of the state delineated into 24 state constituencies. Local government areas with considerably larger populations are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Gombe State House of Assembly 24.

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The fundamental functions of the Assembly are to enact new laws, amend or repeal existing laws and oversight of the executive.[4][5] Members of the assembly are elected for a term of four years concurrent with federal legislators (Senate and House of Representatives). The state assembly convenes three times a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) in the assembly complex within the state capital, Gombe.

The leaders of the 6th Gombe State House of Assembly[6] are Mr Luggerewo, Speaker (APC,Akko Central constituency), Sadam Bello Sale, Deputy Speaker, (APC, Funakaye North Constituency), Yerima Gaule, Majority Leader [7] The All Progressives Congress (APC) is the majority party with 20 seats while People's Democratic Party (PDP) constitutes the minority position having only 4 seats.

Gombe State House Of Assembly Constituencies List:

  1. Akko Central (Kumo)
  2. Akko North
  3. Akko West
  4. Balanga North
  5. Balanga South
  6. Billiri East
  7. Billiri West
  8. Dukku North
  9. Dukku South
  10. Deba
  11. Funakaye North
  12. Funakaye South
  13. Gombe North
  14. Gombe South
  15. Kaltungo East
  16. Kaltungo West
  17. Kwami East
  18. Kwami West
  19. Nafada North[8]
  20. Nafada South[8]
  21. Pero/Chonge
  22. Shongom
  23. Yamaltu East
  24. Yamaltu West
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List of current members

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