Pathways Of Longest Serving NASS Members

In the Senate, despite competitions to occupy elective offices in Nigeria, 11 senators have made it to the red chamber for three consecutive times and more. While in the House of Representatives, five lawmakers have also joined the rank. This feat qualifies them to be addressed as high ranking lawmakers.Senator Lawan, the Senate president is one of the most experienced lawmakers in the National Assembly.

The lawyer-turned politician has been in the National Assembly since 2003 and currently serving his fifth term. Born in 1962, he was chairman of Aninri local government Aarea of Enugu State. He contested for the office of the Senate President in 2019. Even though he got some significant votes from his colleagues, the party had anointed Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila as Senate president and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively.

He recently sponsored a bill which was passed that will lead to the establishment of a National Agricultural Development Fund with the president’s assent. He has sponsored several other bills.Na’Allah came to the National Assembly through the House of Representatives and served from 2003 to 2011. Apart from sponsoring bills and other legislative activities, Gaya is the chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC. He sponsored a bill for the National Road Fund Bill, 2019 among others.Hon Mutu is the chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Gas Resources and has been elected into the Green Chamber for six consecutive terms since 1999, making him the longest serving member of the Lower House.

Gbaja, as he is fondly called, served as minority whip from 2007 and later became minority leader, a position he held for eight consecutive years till 2015. He also served as chairman of several Ad-hoc Committees of the House including the Pentascope Investigative Panel, Malabu Oil Block Sale, Single Windows System, BOFIA Amendment Act Committee, Ad-hoc Committee on the Poor Services of GSM service providers in the country, Chairman Ad-hoc Committee on Rice Import Quota and Duty Payments and many others.

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