No fewer than ninety-eight Senators-elect and 325 House of Representatives members-elect are to receive their Certificates of Return (CoR) from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The commission conducted the presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25.
INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, in his remarks during a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioner (RECs) in Abuja, said eight political parties produced lawmakers in the election.
The parties are —the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) African Democratic Party (ADC) Young People Party (YPP).
There are 18 recognised parties in the country.
They are the ones whose elections have been concluded and declared winners in their senatorial districts by Returning Officers.
The senators-elect are from seven parties–All Progressives Congress (APC); All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA); Labour Party (LP); New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP); Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Young Peoples Party (YPP).
The breakdown is as follows: APC (57), APGA (1), LP (6), NNPP (2), PDP (29), SDP (2) and YPP (1).
The House of Representatives members-elect from eight parties are as follows: APC (162), African Democratic Congress (ADC) (2), APGA (4), LP (34), NNPP (18), PDP (102), SDP (2) and YPP (1).
Majority of the House of Representatives members-elect are freshers, while former governors and an incumbent state chief executive officer, a former deputy governor and one serving deputy governor, are among the senators-elect.
The former governors are: Adams Osiomhole (Edo), Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Danjuma Goje (Gombe), Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo (Gombe), Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano), Adamu Aliero (Kebbi), Gbenga Daniel (Ogun), Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe), Idiat Adebule (Lagos, Deputy) and Ipalibo Banigo (Rivers, Deputy).
While addressing Resident Electoral Commissioners, the INEC boss had announced that the APC has so far won majority seats in the National Assembly, followed by the PDP, LP and the NNPP.
He said that APC has so far won 57 seats in the Senate and 162 seats in the House of Representatives out of the 423 legislative results so far released by the commission, adding that results from 98 senatorial districts and 325 constituencies seats have so far been released.
Yakubu said: “In last Saturday’s elections, winners have also been declared for 423 national legislative seats while supplementary elections will be held in 46 constituencies. In the Senate, 98 out of 109 seats have been declared.
“So far, seven political parties have won senatorial seats while in the House of Representatives, 325 out of 360 seats have been won by eight political parties.”