Sen Ned Nwoko (APC-Delta) says he sponsored 31 bills, moved 20 motions and attracted 51 constituency projects to his senatorial district since joining the Senate in 2023.
Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District and Chairman, Senate Committee on Reparations and Repatriation, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday.
Nwoko said that his two years in the senate had been that of strategic leadership, national influence and people-centred representation.
He also said that his approach to governance was premised on a deeper philosophy that public office must serve and that the leadership must listen.
The senator said that it was in view of this that, through his legislative responsibilities, he committed to sponsoring bills and motions that would protect the citizens, advance national development and respond to emerging realities.
“In the last two years as a senator representing the Delta North senatorial district, I have sponsored over 30 bills and 25 motions addressing critical national issues and cutting across sectors, and also attracted 51 projects to my senatorial district.
He listed the bills to include: Nigerian Youth Entrepreneurship Grant Programme (Establishment) Bill, Waste Management and Malaria Eradication Agency (Establishment) Bill, One-Month Rent Limitation and Landlord Registry Act and the Electoral Courts Establishment and Jurisdiction Act.
Others were: Compulsory Professional Indemnity Act, Cashless Asset Acquisition Act, Self-Defence and Firearm Ownership Regulation Act, Coroners System Repeal and Re-Enactment Bill, ECOWAS Parliament Elections Law Bill, Diaspora Voting Bill and Parliamentary Governance System (Establishment) Act.
The bills, he said, also included: Nigerian Defence Academy (Amendment) Bill, Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic Upgrade to Federal University of Technology Act, Private Security Licensing and Regulation Bill, First Aid, CPR, AED and Good Samaritan Law Constitutional Alteration Bill and National Talent Rehabilitation and Integration Agency (Establishment) Bill.
He equally listed Public Service Retirement Age Alteration Bill, Central Bank Act Amendment – Prohibition of Foreign Currency for Remuneration, National Social Security Agency (NSSA) Establishment Bill and National Centre for Substance Abuse Management (NCSAM) Bill as part of the bills he sponsored in the Upper Chamber in the last two years.
Nwoko, who is also the Chairman, Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Crude Oil theft, said that all the bills were at various stages of legislative process.
He said that while some had passed first and second readings, others were either undergoing committee scrutiny or awaiting harmonisation.
“Each of the bills reflects my commitment to shaping responsive, inclusive and future-forward laws that directly address national and constituency needs,” he said.
On the constituency projects, Nwoko said that the projects attracted were borne out of clear demonstration of commitment to the development and wellbeing of his constituents.
“From rural electrification to school renovations, healthcare upgrades to water supply schemes, each intervention is tailored to address specific needs across communities in Anioma, ensuring no local government is left behind,” he said.
The lawmaker said that some of the projects included: provision of all-in-one solar street lights in selected communities across his senatorial district
“I also attracted training and empowerment of market women in Delta North senatorial district, medical outreach programme in selected communities in the district as well as renovation and equipping of Idumuje-Ugboko Medical Centre in Delta.
“There was also the training and empowerment of youths, procurement and installation of transformers across communities, and construction of ICT centres in selected communities in the district,” he said.
Nwoko further told NAN that within the period under review, tractors and equipment were procured for farmers across the senatorial district.
“Construction of one kilometre access road in Idumuje Ugboko, construction and renovation of classroom blocks in schools across selected communities, establishment of fish farms and procurement of fertilisers and construction of markets (open and locked-up stores) across Delta North senatorial district were also carried out,” he added.
The senator said that training of youths on livestock farming as well as training and empowerment of youths and women on cassava farming, provision of solar powered street lights in Aniocha North, provision of computers and laptops for students in the district and training and empowerment of women on production of Akwa-Ocha were also part of the projects.
He said that some of his motions within two years in office included: Need to Demand Reparations for Historical Injustices and Mitigation of Neocolonialism in Nigeria, Need for Redress, Healing and Reconciliation for the Grievous 1967 Asaba Massacre and Need to Investigate the Incessant and Nefarious Acts of Crude Oil Thefts in the Niger Delta and Its Actors.
“I also moved motions on the Need for the Establishment of Social Media Platform Offices in Nigeria for Economic Advancement and Efficient Dispute Resolution and the Urgent Action Needed to Fortify Security, Tackle Surge of Kidnappings in FCT, Following the Tragic Abduction of 19 Individuals in Galadimawa, among others,” he added. (NAN)
