Plateau State House of Assembly


The Plateau State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government  of Plateau State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 25 members elected from the 17 local government areas of the state.  Local government areas with considerable lager population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Plateau State House of Assembly 25.
The fundamental functions of the Assembly are to enact new laws, amend or repeal existing laws and oversight of the executive. Members of the assembly are elected for a term of four years concurrent with federal legislators. The Legislators are known as Members of State House of Assembly. The state assembly convenes three times a week in the assembly complex within the state capital, Jos.
The speaker of the current 9th Plateau State House of Assembly is Abok Ayuba.