The difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate in Nigeria Do you understand the distinctions between Nigeria's House...
The difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate in Nigeria
Do you understand the distinctions between Nigeria's House of Representatives and Senate? This is the query Isah Zakari posed to BBC Hausa during this week's episode of Answers to Your Papers, hosted by Badamasi Abdulkadir Muktar.
Senior Nigerian attorney Barista Mainasara Kogo said that the senate is a council made up of representatives from 109 constituencies, with three senators from each state and one senator from Abuja, the nation's capital.
In contrast, as Barista Kogo pointed out, the House of Representatives determines the constituencies of its members based on the size of the nation and its population.
This is the reason why, depending on the number of residents in a local government, two or three local governments may be represented by a single member of parliament, and vice versa. You receive the representative from your district in the House,'' Lawyer Kogo said.
The age of parliamentarians is another distinction, as barrister Kogo noted.
According to the country's constitution, a senator must be at least 35 years old, however in the House of Representatives, the age requirement is 25 years or older.
In terms of the work authority, Barista Kogo claimed that practically the same tasks are performed by both councils, particularly when it comes to passing laws and approving the budget.
Making laws serves as their main point of agreement because, as Barista Kogo noted, legislation has be passed by both houses of parliament in order to become a law.
The Senate will also carry out whatever the House of Representatives decides, he continued, but the House of Representatives is unable to complete the same amount of work as the Senate.
The lawyer stated, "For instance, only the Senate determines ministers and other appointments to be made by the president, and it approves the appointment of security chiefs and foreign ambassadors."
The House of Representatives should not review or approve important agencies like the EFCC or other agencies, according to Barista Kogo. Instead, the Senate and the President of the country should do it.
The principal difficulties that Nigeria's Tenth Congress will encounter
We shall combat attempts to meddle in the parliamentary opposition's business.