National
Deputy President of the Senate
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Chosen by the Senate from among its members
- Exact method
- Elected by the senators from among themselves (1999 Constitution, s.50).
- Chosen by
- Senate
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Barau Jibrin APC since June 2023 Report Source: nass.gov.ng, checked
Sources
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Nigeria's Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2011, read 2026-10-12: office, seat count and selection method (ss.48-50, 64, 142-143, 230-231). Parts of the text (President election rules s.132/134, Vice President s.142) are cited from knowledge of the constitution and were not in the pages read. For: Deputy President of the Senate
- nass.gov.ng · checked Fallback: Wikipedia Template:Nigerian senators of the 10th National Assembly (current revision) for district, name and party, cross-checked against National Assembly of Nigeria profiles (nass.gov.ng/mps/senators, 74 of 109 present), read 2026-10-12. Party shown is as listed in those sources and may lag defections since 2025. Start date 13 June 2023 (inauguration of the 10th National Assembly) unless noted. For: Barau Jibrin, current term
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