Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate

Second-highest ranking-official of the Senate of Nigeria

The deputy president of the Nigerian Senate is the second highest-ranking member of the Senate of Nigeria, after the President of the Senate. The current deputy president is Barau Jibrin of the All Progressives Congress.^[1] The deputy president presides over the senate in the absence of the senate president. The deputy president is elected by a majority of the Senate.^[2]

List of Deputy Senate Presidents

References

1. "Senators of Nigeria National Assembly". nassnig.org. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
2. "INFORMATION ON THE SENATE OF THE". assecaa.org. Retrieved 18 August 2014.

Breaking: Jibrin emerges Deputy Senate President