Past And Current Senate Presidents In Nigeria
The ninth National Assembly was inaugurated on Tuesday, 11th June 2019 with the lawmakers-elect been administered their oath of offices as duly elected lawmakers.
As previously reported by Naija News, following the elections which took place on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, Senator Ahmed Lawan emerged as the new Senate President while Senator Ovie Omo-Agege was elected as the Deputy Senate President.
Since independence in 1960, Nigeria has so far had fourteen (14) Senate Presidents from various political platforms.
Check out the full list of previous and the current Senate President in Nigeria.
List of Senate Presidents
Senate President
Term
Party
Nnamdi Azikiwe
1960
NCNC
Dennis Osadebay
1960-1963
NCNC
Nwafor Orizu
1963–1966
NCNC
Joseph Wayas
1979–1983
NPN
Iyorchia Ayu
1992–1993
SDP
Ameh Ebute
1993
SDP
Evan Enwerem
1999
PDP
Chuba Okadigbo
1999–2000
PDP
Anyim Pius Anyim
2000–2003
PDP
Adolphus Wabara
2003–2005
PDP
Ken Nnamani
2005–2007
PDP
David Mark
2007-2015
PDP
Bukola Saraki
2015-2019
PDP
Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan
2019 – present
APC
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