NOT RETURNING
Total Number of Senators: 109 Not Returning: 37
Total Number of Members in House of Reps: 360 Not Returning: 168
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Total Number of Members of National Assembly: 469; Not Returning: 205
| S/N | Geo-zone | Number Not Returning | Names of Legislators Not Returning in 2011 |
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| 1 | South West | 7 | Olorunimbe Mamora (Lagos), Munirudeen Muse (Lagos), Andrew Babalola (Oyo), Olabode Ola (Ekiti), Simeon Oduoye (Osun), Felix Bajomo (Ogun), xxx? |
| 2 | South East | 6 | Anyim Ude (Ebonyi), Anthony Agbo (Ebonyi), Osita Izunaso (Imo), Sylvester Anyanwu (Imo), Alphonsus Igbeke (Anambra), Julius Ucha (ANPP, Ebonyi). |
| 3 | South-South | 7 | Lee Maeba (Rivers), Patrick Osakwe (Delta), Bassey Ewa Henshaw (Cross River), Greg Ngaji (Cross River), Bob Effiong (Akwa Ibom), Eme Uffot Ekaete (Akwa Ibom), Nimi Barigha Amange (Bayelsa). |
| 4 | North West | 3 | Adamu Bello (Kano), Mohammed Kabiru Jibril (Kaduna), Garba Yakubu Lado (CPC, Katsina), |
| 5 | North East | 8 | Jibril Aminu (Adamawa), Nazif (ANPP, Bauchi), Omar Hambagda (Borno), Kaka Mallam Yale (Borno), Abdullahi Idris Umar (Gombe), Anthony Manzo (Taraba), Adamu Ajuji Waziri (Gombe), Joel Ikenya (ACN, Taraba) |
| 6 | North-Central | 5 | Abubakar Sodangi (Nasarawa), Nicholas Ugbane (Kogi), Mohammed Ahmed (Kwara), Satty Gogwim (Plateau), Gbemisola Saraki (ACPN, Kwara) |
| 7 | FCT | 1 | Adamu Sidi Ali (FCT) |
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| Total | 37 |
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| HOUSE OF REP |
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| Ekiti | 6 | The entire reps not returning |
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| Lagos | 14 |
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| South-East geo-zone | 20 |
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| South-South Geo-zone | 13 |
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| Gombe | 5 |
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| Niger | 8 |
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| Jigawa | 3 |
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| Kaduna | 9 |
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| Kano | 7 |
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| Katsina | 8 |
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| Kebbi | 3 |
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| Other states | 72 |
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| 168 |
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DAILY TRUST
No return tickets for 205 Senators, Reps
Tuesday, 29 March 2011 00:00 Abdul-Rahman Abubakar & Turaki A. Hassan
Nearly half of the senators and members of the House of Representatives would not return to the National Assembly in June because they do not have nomination of any political party to stand in this weekend's legislative elections.
According to the list of cleared candidates for the general elections, released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, 205 of the 469 serving federal legislators have no re-election tickets. This represents about 45 per cent of the National Assembly membership.
The Senate is made up of 109 senators, while the House comprises 360 members.
A total of 37 senators and 168 members of the House are automatically out of the race as they were not nominated on any platform to contest in the April 2 National Assembly elections.
Most of the affected lawmakers lost their nomination bids, while others either did not stand in the primaries or sought tickets for different posts.
Dozens of legislators are standing on other platforms after losing out in their former parties.
The North East has the highest number of senators not seeking re-election with eight serving senators already edged out, followed by the South West and South-South with 7 senators each, South East has 6, North Central has 5 while North West makes the rear with 3 senators.
Prominent among senators without tickets to contest are Senators Jibril Aminu (Adamawa), Omar Hambagda (Borno), Abdullahi Idris Umar (Gombe), Anthony Manzo (Taraba), Adamu Bello (Kano), Abubakar Sodangi (Nasarawa), Olorunimbe Mamora (Lagos) and Nicholas Ugbane (Kogi).
Also out of the race are Mohammed Kabiru Jibril (Kaduna), Adamu Ajuji Waziri (Gombe), Kaka Mallam Yale (Borno), Mohammed Ahmed (Kwara), Satty Gogwim (Plateau), Andrew Babalola (Oyo), Olabode Ola (Ekiti), Simeon Oduoye (Osun), Adamu Sidi Ali (FCT) and Munirudeen Muse (Lagos).
Others are Felix Bajomo (Ogun), Anyim Ude (Ebonyi), Anthony Agbo (Ebonyi), Osita Izunaso (Imo), Sylvester Anyanwu (Imo), Alphonsus Igbeke (Anambra), Lee Maeba (Rivers), Patrick Osakwe (Delta), Bassey Ewa Henshaw (Cross River), Greg Ngaji (Cross River), Bob Effiong (Akwa Ibom), Eme Uffot Ekaete (Akwa Ibom) and Nimi Barigha Amange (Bayelsa).
But some of the senators without tickets are still fighting to reclaim their lost positions in court.
Senators who are now contesting for governor are Gbemisola Saraki (ACPN, Kwara), Garba Yakubu Lado (CPC, Katsina), Suleiman Nazif (ANPP, Bauchi), Joel Ikenya (ACN, Taraba) and Julius Ucha (ANPP, Ebonyi). Rep Yusuf Maitama Tuggar is contesting for Bauchi State Governor on CPC's platform.
Some of the senators who lost out in their original parties have secured tickets to run on other platforms. They include former Enugu State governor Chimaroke Nnamani, now a candidate of Peoples Democratic Congress (PDC), Senator Lekan Mustapha now of the Labour Party for Ogun East while Mujitaba Mallam from Jigawa is candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
In the House, 3 Jigawa members are out of the contest including Rep Abba Anas Adamu. Nine members from Kaduna State have also lost out. For Kano State, which has the highest number of House members, 7 are not in the race. In Katsina 8 of the 14 members are not participating in Saturday's election.
In Kebbi state, 3 members won't return, including the veteran lawmaker Bala Ibn Na'Allah, who said he was tired of being in the House.
House members who are now in the senatorial race include Terngu Tsegba (Benue), Philip Aduda (FCT) and Ita Enang (Akwa Ibom).
Eight Niger State legislators won't be returning, including Deputy House Leader Baba Shehu Agaie, who lost the senatorial primaries.
In the Northeast, Gombe state has the highest turnover of 5 out of its 6 members not returning, including deputy Speaker Usman Bayero Nafada, who failed to secure PDP's governorship ticket.
Ekiti state would have a whole new set of representatives in the House as all its six serving members have no tickets, while 14 Lagos members including the oldest serving member Rep Ajatta Joseph Jaiyeola are out of the April 2 contest leaving only 10 of them in the race.
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