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( December 2009 ) House of Representatives 8th National Assembly Type Type Lower house of the National Assembly of Nigeria Leadership Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, APC Since 6 June 2015 Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Yusuf Sulaiman Lasun, APC Since 6 June 2015 Structure Seats 360 Political groups Governing Party All Progressives Congress ( 225 ) Opposition Parties People 's Democratic Party ( 125 ) Other parties ( 10 ) Elections Voting system First - past - the - post Last election April 2015 Meeting place Abuja Website http://www.nass.gov.ng Nigeria This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Nigeria Constitution Human rights Government President ( list ) Muhammadu Buhari Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Cabinet Federal Parastatals National Assembly Senate House of Representatives Judiciary Supreme Court Subdivisions States State governors Local Government Areas Elections Recent elections Presidential : 2011 2015 2019 Parliamentary : 2011 2015 2019 Political parties Foreign relations Minister of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions of Nigeria to Nigeria Passport Visa requirements Other countries Atlas The House of Representatives is the lower house of Nigeria 's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate is the upper house. The current House of Representatives, formed following elections held in April 2015, has a total of 360 members who are elected in single - member constituencies using the simple majority ( or first - past - the - post ) system. Members serve four - year terms. The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the house. Contents 1 Nigerian state delegations 2 Members ( since 1979 ) 3 Party leaders 4 See also 5 References Nigerian state delegations Map legend State Senators Federal constituencies Abia State 8 Adamawa State 8 Akwa - Ibom State 10 Anambra State 11 5 Bauchi State 12 6 Bayelsa State 5 7 Benue State 11 8 Borno State 10 9 Cross River State 8 10 Delta State 10 11 Ebonyi State 6 12 Edo State 9 13 Ekiti State 6 14 Enugu State 8 15 Gombe State 6 16 Imo State 10 17 Jigawa State 11 18 Kaduna State 16 19 Kano State 24 20 Katsina State 15 21 Kebbi State 8 22 Kogi State 9 23 Kwara State 6 24 Lagos State 24 25 Nasarawa State 5 26 Niger State 10 27 Ogun State 9 28 Ondo State 9 29 Osun State 9 30 Oyo State 14 31 Plateau State 8 32 Rivers State 13 33 Sokoto State 11 34 Taraba State 6 35 Yobe State 6 36 Zamfara State 7 37 Federal capital territory ( Abuja ) All 109 360 Members ( since 1979 ) List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1979 -- 1992 List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1992 -- 1998 List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1998 -- 1999 List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1999 -- 2003 List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2003 -- 2007 List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2007 -- 2011 List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2011 -- 2015 List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2015 -- present Party leaders Party leaders and whips are elected by their respective parties in a closed - door caucus by secret ballot. With the APC holding a majority of seats and the PDP holding a minority, the current leaders in the 8th National Assembly are : Majority Leader Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief Whip Ado Garba Alhassan, Minority Leader Ogor Okuweh, and Minority Whip Umar Barde Yakubu. See also History of Nigeria Legislative branch List of national legislatures Nigerian First Republic Nigerian Second Republic Nigerian Third Republic Nigerian Fourth Republic References Jump up ^ `` Principal Officers of The House of Representatives ''. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018. 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Question: how many state constituencies do we have in nigeria
Answer: 360