Parliament of Nigeria

Key Facts

Head of State: President General Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu

Joined the Commonwealth: 1960

Capital City (location of Parliament): Abuja

Unicameral/Bicameral: Bicameral - House of Representative (360) and Senate (109)

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CPA UK & Nigeria

CPA UK’s bilateral engagements with Nigeria has been limited over the past few years. In May 2016, CPA UK hosted a House of Representatives Committee on the Army to discuss good parliamentary practice and procedure on oversight of defence policy. This visit was reciprocated in June 2016 when a CPA UK delegation of UK parliamentarians visited Nigeria on a diplomatic visit. In early 2018, CPA UK funded two Members of All Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria to undertake a study visit on human trafficking and modern slavery.

Nigerian parliamentarians regularly have appeared in CPA UK’s multilateral programmes. In the recently concluded Commonwealth Parliamentarians’ Forum, Nigeria sent two Members of National Assembly.

Through the Modern Slavery Project, CPA UK has also worked closely with Nigerian parliamentarians to review and strengthen anti-trafficking legislation. 

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Examples of our Past Programmes

Modern Slavery Project bilateral meetings with Nigeria anti-trafficking 'champions', Abuja, 29-30 October 2018

As part of the Modern Slavery Project, a CPA UK delegation met with parliamentarians and key stakeholders in Abuja, Nigeria to discuss efforts to curb modern slavery, human trafficking and forced labour. The result of these meetings has seen the introduction of amendments to anti-trafficking legislation to the Nigerian National Assembly. Read more here.