The Kwara State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Kwara State of Nigeria.[1][2] It is a unicameral legislature having 24 members elected from the 16 local government areas of the state. Local government areas with considerable lager population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Kwara State House of Assembly 24.[3]
The fundamental functions of the Assembly are to enact new laws, amend or repeal existing laws and oversight of the executive.[4][5] Members of the assembly are elected for a term of four years concurrent with federal legislators (Senate and House of Representatives). The state assembly convenes three times a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) in the assembly complex within the state capital, Ilorin.
The current leaders of the 10th Kwara State House of Assembly is Salihu Yakubu-Danladi (Speaker) and Ojo Olayiwola Oyebode (Deputy Speaker).[6][7] Oba Abdulkadir Magaji (House leader) and Abdulraheem Medinat Motunrayo (Deputy).[8] Kareem Ahmed Olayiwola (Clerk).[9]
