Standing Orders of the House of Representatives

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The Standing Orders of the House of Representatives are the formal procedural rules that regulate how Nigeria’s lower legislative chamber conducts its debates, decision-making, and internal business.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf internal rules of procedure ⓘ
parliamentary standing orders ⓘ
procedural rules ⓘ
adoptedBy House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
appliesTo House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
bindingOn members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
officers of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
documentType written rules ⓘ
enforcedBy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
presiding officers of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
governs formal communication between the House of Representatives and the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
presentation of reports by committees ⓘ
recording of proceedings in the Official Report (Hansard) of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
hasSection provisions on bills ⓘ
provisions on committees ⓘ
provisions on financial procedure and appropriation bills ⓘ
provisions on order of business ⓘ
provisions on petitions and public participation ⓘ
provisions on privileges and discipline ⓘ
provisions on sittings and adjournment ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (procedural autonomy of the legislature) ⓘ
legislativeChamberType lower house ⓘ
purpose to ensure orderly conduct of legislative business ⓘ
to provide predictability and transparency in parliamentary procedure ⓘ
to safeguard the rights of majority and minority in the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
regulates committee procedures of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
debates in the Nigerian House of Representatives ⓘ
decision‑making procedures in the Nigerian House of Representatives ⓘ
disciplinary measures and conduct of members ⓘ
internal business of the Nigerian House of Representatives ⓘ
introduction and consideration of bills ⓘ
motions and resolutions ⓘ
order of proceedings in plenary sittings ⓘ
points of order and privileges ⓘ
procedures for amendments to bills and motions ⓘ
procedures for questions to the executive ⓘ
quorum requirements for sittings ⓘ
time allocation and speaking time in debates ⓘ
voting procedures ⓘ
scope internal procedure of the Nigerian House of Representatives ⓘ
legislative process in the Nigerian House of Representatives ⓘ
oversight proceedings in the Nigerian House of Representatives ⓘ
subjectOf interpretation by the Speaker and presiding officers ⓘ
periodic review and amendment by the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ

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National Assembly of Nigeria → governingRules → Standing Orders of the House of Representatives ⓘ
Standing Orders of the Senate → relatedTo → Standing Orders of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Standing Orders of the House of Representatives
Constitution Review Committee → legalBasis → Standing Orders of the Nigerian House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: Standing Orders of the House of Representatives
the House → governedBy → Standing Orders of the House of Representatives ⓘ