Vice President of Nigeria

The **Vice President of Nigeria** is the second-in-command to the President of Nigeria in the Government of Nigeria. Officially styled **Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria**, the vice president is elected alongside the president in national elections. The office is currently held by Kashim Shettima.

## Eligibility

A person shall be eligible for the office of vice president if he or she is a citizen of Nigeria by birth, at least 40 years of age, is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that political party

## Functions of the vice president of Nigeria

The executive functions of the Nigerian vice president includes participation in all cabinet meetings and, by statute, membership in the National Security Council, the National Defence Council, Federal Executive Council, and the Chairman of National Economic Council. Although the vice president may take an active role in establishing policy in the Executive Branch by serving on such committees and councils, the relative power of the Nigerian vice president's office depends upon the duties delegated by the president.

## List of vice presidents

||Portrait|Name|Took office|Left office|Political party|Head of State|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe|16 January 1966|29 July 1966|Federal Military Government|Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi||
||Vice Admiral Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey|1 August 1966|29 July 1975|Federal Military Government|General Yakubu Gowon||
||Lieutenant General Olusegun Obasanjo|29 July 1975|13 February 1976|Federal Military Government|General Murtala Muhammed||
||Major General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua|13 February 1976|30 September 1979|Federal Military Government|General Olusegun Obasanjo||
||Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme|1 October 1979|31 December 1983|National Party of Nigeria|Alhaji Shehu Shagari||
||Major General Tunde Idiagbon|31 December 1983|27 August 1985|Supreme Military Council|Major General Muhammadu Buhari||
||Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe|27 August 1985|October 1986|Armed Forces Ruling Council|rowspan = 2|General Ibrahim Babangida|
||Admiral Augustus Aikhomu|October 1986|26 August 1993|Armed Forces Ruling Council|||
||Lieutenant General Donaldson Oladipo Diya|17 November 1993|21 December 1997|Provisional Ruling Council|General Sani Abacha||
||Vice Admiral Michael Akhigbe|9 June 1998|29 May 1999|Provisional Ruling Council|General Abdulsalami Abubakar||
||Atiku Abubakar|29 May 1999|29 May 2007|People's Democratic Party|Chief Olusegun Obasanjo||
||Goodluck Jonathan|29 May 2007|5 May 2010|People's Democratic Party|Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua||
||Namadi Sambo|19 May 2010|29 May 2015|People's Democratic Party|Goodluck Jonathan||
||Yemi Osinbajo|29 May 2015|29 May 2023|All Progressives Congress|Muhammadu Buhari||
||Kashim Shettima|29 May 2023|_Incumbent_|All Progressives Congress|Bola Tinubu||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Vice President
- **body**: the
Federal Republic of Nigeria
- **insignia**: Seal of the Vice President of Nigeria.svg
- **insigniasize**: 150px
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of the Vice President of Nigeria
- **department**: Federal government of Nigeria#Executive Branch, Executive Branch of the Federal Government
- **alt**: The Vice President of the Federal Republic
- **incumbent**: Kashim Shettima
- **incumbentsince**: 29 May 2023
- **style**: Mr. President (title), Mr. Vice President
 His Excellency
The Honourable
- **residence**: Akinola Aguda House
- **nominator**: Presidential candidate
- **appointer**: Direct election, Direct popular election
- **termlength**: 4 years, renewable once
- **inaugural**: Babafemi Ogundipe (Military)
Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme (Elected)
- **end**: 2023
- **succession**: First
- **salary**: Nigerian naira, ₦12,126,000 annually
- **image**: Kashim Shettima - Sambisa Forest, 2017.png
- **member of**: Cabinet of Nigeria, Federal Executive Council <br/ > National Economic Council <br/ > National Security Council
- **seat**: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), F.C.T.
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Nigeria
- **abbreviation**: VPFRN
- **unofficial names**: THE VP