[1][2][3][4] It is a unicameral legislature with 28 legislators elected from 27 local government areas (state constituencies).
Local government areas with considerably larger populations are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation.
[5][6][7] Members of the assembly are elected for a term of four years concurrent with federal legislators (Senate and House of Representatives) and the state governor.
The state assembly convenes three times a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) for plenary sessions in the assembly complex within the state capital, Maiduguri.
The current speaker of the 10th Borno State House of Assembly is Abdulkarim Lawan.