Who is who in the 8th Senate Assembly….Also see the list of elected senators across the country as APC claims 64 seats out of 109

The next Senate will be men-dominated. Only 8 of the 109-members of the National Assembly are women, going by the list of elected Senators.

As against the outgoing Senate where 4 parties have members elected on their platforms, only Senators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will constitute the next Senate.

All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), the APC and PDP have representatives in the outgoing Senate.

At the last Saturday's March 28 Senatorial election, 64 of the Senators have been elected on the APC platform and the PDP has 45 elected on its platform.

3 of the 8 women-senators are of the APC. They are: Oluremi Tinubu, who is a ranking member of the Red Chamber from the Lagos Central Senatorial District, the incumbent Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Alhaja Monsurat Sunmonu. She will be representing Oyo Central.
The 3rd is Binta Masi Garba from Adamawa North.

The 5 others are from the PDP. They will be joining the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly afresh. Anambra and Ekiti states produced 2 each and the other is from Cross River State.

From Anambra are: House of Representatives member Uche Ekwunife (Central) and former Aviation Minister Stella Oduah. The 2 elected Senators from Ekiti are: Abiodun Olujimi (South), who was Governor Ayodele Fayose’s deputy between 2003 and 2006, when they were impeached by 24 of the 26-member House of Assembly and Fatima Raji-Rasaki (Central), a House of Representatives member between 2003 and 2007.

Fatima is the wife of former military administrator of Oyo and Lagos states, Brig-Gen. Raji Rasaki (rtd).

The 5th PDP Senator-elect is Rose Okoh, Cross River (North).

Mrs. Okoh has been indisposed since her nomination as the PDP candidate. She did not participate in the campaigns.

The list of Senators-elect:

•Mao Ohuabunwa (Abia North)
•Theodore Orji (Abia Central)
•Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South)

•Bassey Albert Akpan (A/Ibom North)
•Godswill Akpabio (A/Ibom West)
•Nelson Effiong (A/Ibom South)

•Uche Ekwunife (Anambra Central)
•Andy Uba (Anambra South)
•Stella Oduah (Anambra North)

•Ben Murray-Bruce (Bayelsa East)
•Emanuel Paulker (Bayelsa Central)
•Ogola Foster (Bayelsa West)

•Rose Oko ( Cross River North)
•Gershom Bassey(C/River South)
•John Enoh (Cross River Central)

•Alfred Joseph (Delta Central)
•Peter Nwaboshi (Delta North)
•James Manager (Delta South)

•Ogba Joseph (Ebonyi Central)
•Samuel Egwu (Ebonyi North)
•Sunday Oji (Ebonyi South)

•Clifford Ordia (Edo Central)
•Mathew Urhoghide (Edo South)
•Francis Alimikhena (Edo North)

•Duro Faseyi (Ekiti North)
•Fatimat Raji-rasaki (Ekiti Central)
•Biodun Olujimi (Ekiti South)

•Gilbert Nnaji (Enugu East)
•Ike Ekweremadu (Enugu West)
•Utazi Chukwuka (Enugu North)

•Philips Aduda (FCT)

•Samuel Anyanwu (Imo East)
•Uzodinma Goodhope (Imo West)
•Achonu Nneji (Imo North)

•Jeremiah Useni (Plareau South)
•Joshua Dariye (Plateau Central)
•Jang Jonah (Plateau North)

•George Sekibo (Rivers East)
•Olaka Nwogu (Rivers S/East)
•Osinakachukwu Ideozu (Rivers West)

•Abubakar Sani Danladi (Taraba North)
•Bashir Marafa (Taraba Central)
•Emmanuel Bwacha (Taraba South)

•Binta Masi Garba (Adamawa North)
•Ahmadu Abubakar (Adamawa South)
•Abdul Aziz Murtala Nyako (Adamawa Central)

•Isah Hamma Misau (Bauchi Central)
•Ali Wakili (Bauchi South)
•Suleiman Nazif (Bauchi North)

•David Mark (Benue South)
•Barnabas Gemade (Benue East)
•Akume George (Benue West)

•Abubakar Kyari (Borno North)
•Ahmad Zannah (Borno Central)
•Ali Ndume (Borno South)

•Bayero Nafada (Gombe North)
•Goje Danjuma (Gombe Central)
•Joshua Lidani (Gombe South)

•Abubakar Gumel (Jigawa N/West)
•Sabo Mohammed (Jigawa S/West)
•Muhammad Shitu (Jigawa N/East)

•Suleiman Hunkuyi (Kaduna North)
•Shehu Sani (Kaduna Central)
•Danjuma La’ah (Kaduna South)

•Barau Jibrin (Kano North)
•Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano Central)
•Kabiru Gaya (Kano South)

•Mustapha Bukar (Katsina North)
•Abu Ibrahim (Katsina South)
•Umaru Kurfi (Katsina Central)

•Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North)
•Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central)
•Bala Ibn Na’allah (Kebbi South)

•Dino Melaye (Kogi West)
•Abdulsalami Ohiare (Kogi Central)
•Abdulrahman Abubakar (Kogi East)

•Shaába Lafiagi (Kwara North)
•Bukola Saraki (Kwara Central)
•Rafiu Ibrahim (Kwara South)

•Oluremi Tinubu (Lagos Central)
•Olugbenga Ashafa (Lagos East)
•Adeola Olamilekan (Lagos West)

•Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa West)
•Salihu Hussain Egye (Nasarawa South)
•Philip Aruwa Gyunka (Nasarawa North)

•Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi ( Niger North)
•Mustapha Sani (Niger South)
•David Umaru (Niger East)

•Olanrewaju Tejuoso (Ogun Central)
•Gbolahan Dada (Ogun West)
•Buruji Kashamu (Ogun East)

•Ajayi Boroffice (Ondo North)
•Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo Central)
•Yele Omogunwa (Ondo South)

•Olusola Adeyeye (Osun Central)
•Babajide Omoworare (Osun East)
•Isiaka Adeleke (Osun West)

•Monsurat Sunmonu (Oyo Central)
•Buhari Abdulfatai (Oyo North)
•Adesoji Akanbi (Oyo South)

•Ibrahim Gobir (Sokoto East)
•Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto North)
•Ibrahim Abdullahi (Sokoto South)

•Bukar Baba Ibrahim (Yobe East)
•Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North)
•Mohammed Hasan (Yobe South)

•Kabir Garba Marafa (Zamfara Central)
•Tijjani Yahaya Kaura (Zamfara North)
•Ahmed Rufai Sani (Zamfar West)

Source: THE NATION

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