29 June 2008
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Lagos — How Well Have Our Representatives Fared?
The House of Representatives last Tuesday in Abuja, resumed for the second year of the legislative calendar of the current National Assembly. THISDAY, in its continuing assessment of key units of the present administration, takes a closer look at the contributions in plenary and at committee oversight functions of the lawmakers in the last one year. Below is the score card of their performances
Borno State
Ishiyaku Joshua Sharah (ANPP) Askira- Uba/Hawul
At plenary sessions, he always makes it a point of duty that he introduces another dimension or angle to debates. He contributes effectively to committee works.
Rating: Above average
Baba Gana Tijjani (ANPP) Bama/Ngala/Kalabhalge
This lawmaker not only makes attendance and contributions important aspects of his legislative business, he also takes seriously his committee oversight functions.
Rating: Average
Mukthar Betara Aliyu (ANPP) Biu/Bayo/Shani/ Kwaya/kusa
He is not too good at debates but a very good lawmaker at oversight functions.
Rating: Average
Kala Adam/Mustapha (ANPP) Dikwa/Mafat/ Konduga
He is one of the Borno lawmakers who makes ANPP tick in the House. He does not hide under the party but defends all actions and positions taken by it.
Rating: Average
Mohammed Ali Ndume (ANPP) Damboa/Gwoza/-Chibok
He is the leader of the opposition and indeed the rallying point for members from the zone.
Rating: Average
Shettima Shehu (ANPP) Kaga/Gubio/Maigumeri
This lawmaker is very active. He is a team player who participates in debates and oversight functions.
Rating: Average
Mohamed Tahir Munguno (ANP) Monguno/Marte/Nganzai
He is one of the strong members of the House, and has been active in debates and committee over sight activities.
Rating: Average
Modu Alhaji Musa (ANPP) Kukawa/Mobbat/ Abadana/Guzamalai
He is not too active outside the party.
Rating: Below average
Mustapha Baba Shehuri (ANPP) Maiduguri (Metropolitan)
The Maiduguri people couldn't have asked for more. He is a team player and takes committee work as an important aspect of the legislative business.
Rating: Average
Abba Dawud Lawan (ANPP) Jere
A thorough-bred legislator. He effectively combines politics of the opposition and makes interaction with the leading party part of his legislative work.
Rating: Average
Dahir Zubairu (ANPP) Kaura Namoda/Birnin - Magaji
He is a new member but not visible.
Rating: Below Average
Zamfara State
Bello Abubakar (ANPP) Shinkafi/Zumi
He is also a new member. He is still studying the workings of the House
Rating: Below Average
Mohammed Keta (ANPP) Gusau/Tsafe
He is equally new in the House. He has not been very active but plays a lot of team politics in the House
Rating: Average
Abubakar Shehu Bunu (ANPP) Anka/Talata Mafara
He is hardworking and contributes to debates on the floor of the House.
Rating: Average
Mohammed Bello M Mutawale (ANPP) Bakura/Maradua
He is always present in the plenary sessions and at committee works. He has been a very active player in the politics of the House and contributes effectively to debates.
Rating: Average
Mohammed Sam Takoki (ANPP) Gummi/ Bukkuyum
Like all members of the House from Zamfara, he is a new member and still studying the workings of the House. But he works hard in the committees and at oversight functions
Rating: Average
Abia State
Nnanna Uzor Kalu (PPA) Abia North/South
This lawmaker, who is serving his second term, crossed over to the Peoples Progressive Party (PPA) from the Alliance for Democracy (AD).
He has been irregular at the plenary or even at committee oversight functions in the last one year.
Rating: Below Average
Kalu Igu Uduma (PDP) Arochukwu/Ohafia
He is a first time member of the House of Representatives. He is an insurance professional and member of the House committee on Foreign Affairs. Battling distraction caused by the election petition Tribunal and Court of Appeal.
Rating: Below Average
Nnennaya Elendu-Ukeje (PDP) Bende
Brilliant and blunt, Elendu-Ukeje is daughter to retired Justice Roseline Ukeje, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court. She is also seen as being very cerebral and her contributions to debates give more meaning to the subjects.
Rating: Above Average
Chineneye Ferdinand Ike (PDP) Isiala Ngwa North and South
A consummate politician, who contributes immensely to the business of lawmaking. In the committees where he belongs, his contributions are always sought after because of the mature way he intervenes.
Rating: Above Average
Eziuche Chinwe Ubani (PDP)
This journalist of note is not a new person to the politics of the House. He was the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to the former Speaker Ghali Umar Na'Abba, an appointment that exposed him to the business of the legislature.
Ubani is presently Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Publicity. He shows maturity in his contributions but much more respected by the House Leadership as a good team player.
Rating: Above Average
Stanley Ohajuruka (PPA) Umuahia North/South Ikwuano
Honourable Ohajuruka is the immediate past Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, who served two terms as a Speaker. Ohajuruka contributes brilliantly on the floor.
Rating: Average
Emeka Stanley (PPA) Ukwa South /West
He is being bogged down by the number of electoral battles he's been facing since he came into the National Assembly. This lawmaker is always in his state trying to sort out the several suits in the Tribunal against him.
Rating: Below Average
Nkiru Onyejeocha (PDP) Isuikwuato/Ummuneochi
She sponsored the Senior Citizens Bill, Use of telephone while driving Bill, Anti Torture Bill, Witness Protection and the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation Act (repeal and Enactment) Bills now awaiting Second Reading by the House
Rating: Average
Anthony Madwatte (PDP) Denmasa/Numan/Lamunle
He is of the PDP and contributes effectively to debates and committee work. He is a team player and strong member of the Integrity Group.
Rating: Average
Njidda Ngella (PDP) Maha/Mubi North/Mubi South
He is a cognate member of the House who contested for and lost the post of Deputy Speaker of the House to Bayero Nafada.
Rating: Below Average
Binta Marsi Garba (PDP) Madagai/Michika
She is a very strong politician who has shown that if you work hard you can get things done. She contributes well to debates and committee assignment.
Rating: Average
Jim Kwaso Audu (AC) Guyuk/Shelleng
He is a new member of the House and one of the two that came in on the platform of the Action Congress from the state. He is very active at committee work.
Rating: Average
Saad Tahir (PDP) Yola/North, South/Girei
He is a major player in his state's politics and the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Publicity. But he does more in the plenary than in committee assignments.
Rating: Average
Emmanuel Bello (PDP) Gembu/Hong
He is also a new member of the legislature. He is very strong at the plenary sessions and at the committees.
Rating: Average
Aminu Ribadu (PDP) Fufure/Song
He is also new in the House. He is yet to sponsor a bill or motion.
Rating: Below Average
Martins Nasir Babale (AC) Ganye/Gada/Tongo/Mayo Bekwa
He is the second member of the Action Congress from the state in the House. But he has shown that if encouraged, he could go places. He is a team player and has contributed to debates but yet to sponsor a Bill or a motion.
Rating: Average
Yusuf Galambi (PDP) Gwaram
He is the immediate past commissioner of Health in Jigawa State and one of the new members of the House. But he is yet to replicate, as a legislator, the job he did in the state
Rating: Below Average
Jigawa State
Sabo Mohammed Nakudu (PDP) Birnin Kudu/Buji
He is very effective. He is chairman of the House committee on Financial crimes.
Rating: Above Average
Ibrahim Yusau Kanya (PDP) Babura/Garki
He is a new member of the House and has always tried to contribute to debates and committees.
Rating: Average
Abba Anas Adamu (PDP) Birniwa/Guri/Kiri-Kasamma
He is one of the hardworking members of the House that could be seen contributing effectively on the floor and committees.
Rating: Above Average
Ibrahim Baba Chai Chai (PDP) Dutse/Kitawa
He has not said much on the floor of the House and at the committee level.
Rating: Below Average
Ibrahim Mohammed Garba (PDP) Tankarkar/Gagarawa
He is one of the lawmakers from the state who is a very good team player and very active in committee works.
Rating: Average
Mustapha Khabeeb (PDP) Jalum/Miga
A member of the committee on Justice, Appropriation and Malaria. He has been able to contribute to the committees and the House in plenary.
Rating: Average
Yusuf Sale Dunari (PDP) Mallam Madori/Kaugama
He is serving his third term in the National Assembly. His first term was in 1993. But he is serving for the second time in this dispensation. He is hardworking and has contributed so much to the two committees particularly the one on privatisation
Rating: Average
Hussein Namadi Abdulkadir (PDP) Hadejia/Kafin Hausa
He is one of the respected lawmakers in the House who contributes effectively to debates on the floor of the House and committees.
Rating: Average
Bashir Adamu (PDP) Kazaure/Roni Gwiwa
He has not been very effective in the House and needs to be more active after one year as a lawmaker of the Federal legislator
Rating: Below Average
Safiyanu Ubale (PDP) Ringim/Taura
He is effective and contributes to debates and at committee assignments.
Rating: Average
Honourable Ralph Okeke (PDP) Anambra East/Anambra West
He contributes effectively to debates and very enterprising at committee work. He has sponsored and supported several bills including the Chartered Institute of Capital Market Registrars Bill, 2008; Okeke is a second time lawmaker.
Rating: Average
Anambra State
Lynda Chuba-Ikpeazu (PDP) Onitsha North/Onitsha South
She was one of the arrowheads of the Integrity Group that saw to the exit of the former Speaker Patricia Etteh. But after the Etteh saga, she has not been very active in the plenary, perhaps due to the Tribunal and Appeal Court cases she has been trying to sort out.
Rating: Average
Onyema Wilfred (PDP) Ogbaru
He is very active at his oversight functions but not too effective at plenary. A member of the Capital Market and Banking and Currency committee of the House. He is a new member.
Rating: Average
Umeoji Chukwuma (LP) Aguata
He is the only Labour Party member in the House. He is rarely heard in the plenary but very active at committee work. He is also a new member of the House.
Rating: Average
Chinedu Eluemunor (PDP), Anyamelum/Oyi
He represents the articulate members who only contribute when they have something to offer and not dabble into every topic. He is a member of the Integrity Group and was in the panel that investigated the leadership during the Etteh saga.
Rating: Average
Uchieze Emmanuel (PDP) Awka North/Awka south
He is rarely seen in the House.
Rating: Below Average
Uche Ekwunife (PDP) Aniocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia
She is one of the respected members of the House who is a good team player that can get things moving from the Leadership. She is very active in debates and committee works where she is the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts.
Rating: Average
Obinna Chidoka (PDP) Idemili North/Idemili South
He is one of the bachelors in the House and a new member. Chidoka always takes positions over Bills and motions.
Rating: Average
Chuma Nzeribe (PDP)
He is called 'General of the people's army'. He is a hard working lawmaker who insists on right words to describe issues.
Rating: Above average
CID Maduabum (PDP)
He is rated highly in the House and respected. Maduabum is one of the finest lawmakers produced by Anambra State. He is the chairman of the House Committee on Public Petitions, easily the busiest Committee in both chambers.
Rating: Above Average
Ekperikpe Ekpo (PDP) Abak Etik Ekpo
He is not a strong player in the National Assembly but plays more of state politics.
Rating: Below Average
Akwa Ibom State
Eseme Sunday Eyiboh (PDP) Eket Esit/Ebeno
He is the leader of an emerging group, The Initiatives. The group is refocusing the attention of the House on capacity building by organising seminars and collaborating with other bodies on the need to understand the different sectors of the economy before enacting laws or amending existing ones.
Rating: Above Average
Aniedi King (PDP) Etina/Ibom
He is also a new member of the House and a very active player in the Capital Market and Institutions Committee that is now compiling its report on the abuse of the capital market by the stakeholders. He is also an active player in the chamber business of the legislature
Rating: Average
Ini Akpan Udoka (PDP) Ini/Ikono
He is not too active in the House business but a player in the committee.
He sponsored the Bill seeking to remove the dichotomy between Degree/HND holders.
Rating: Average
Bernard Udo (PDP) Ikot Abasi/Mkpat/Eastern Oboho
This lawmaker is the chairman of the Due Process committee now reworking the Due Process laws put in place by the last session of the National Assembly.
Rating: Above average
Patty Eteteh Inemeh (PDP) Ikot Ekpene/Essien/Udim Obot
He is a new member of the House and is gradually understanding the legislative business.
Rating: Average
Ita Solomon James Enang (PDP) Itu/Ibiono/Ibom
A very intelligent lawmaker who has remained Chairman of the Business and Rules. He understands the politics of listing Bills and Motions on the Order Paper.
Rating: Above Average
Peter Linus Imoh (PDP) Oron/Mbo/Okobo/Udung/Ofiong/Oruka
He is not new to legislative business and has come to understand that the state Assembly where he was the former Speaker and the House of Representatives are different ball games.
Rating: Below Average
Basset Etim (PDP) Uyo/ Uruan/NSIT/Ataik/Ibesikpo Asuan
He is a second term member of the House. He was very active in the last session of the House. But since the beginning of this session, he has been battling series of court cases.
He has not been too visible in the chambers recently due to the court cases he has to sort out
Rating: Below Average
Bauchi State
Yakubu Dogara Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro/Dass
An articulate lawyer., Dogara is the chairman of the Customs and Excise Committee of the House who has made meaningful contributions that has led to some pronouncements on the Establishment.
Rating: Above Average
Yusuf Tugggar Gamawa
He is a committed politician and alive to his responsibility. Tugar is a second term lawmaker and has mastered the process of lawmaking.
Rating: Average
Mohammed Sani Abdul (ANPP) Alkeri/Kirfi
He is an academic doctor. This Honourable member is very visible and plays the politics of the opposition meaningfully.
Rating: Average
Mustapha Ahmed (ANPP) Bauchi
He is a first time lawmaker. But he is not visible even at the committee works. Ahmed is still struggling to grapple with the politics of the House.
Rating: Below Average
Haruna Ibrahim (ANPP) Toro
He is one of the products of change in Bauchi State that saw him replace Honourable Sanni Toro (former NFA Secretary General and Commissioner for Sports). The area may not have been seeing adequate representation
Rating: Below Average
Tata Omar (ANPP) Zaki
He is equally a product of the change in Bauchi State. But he has not been very effective.
Rating: Below Average
Ibrahim Makama Misau. (ANPP) Misau Dambam
He is one of the new lawmakers in the House. Not too visible in the plenary and committee work
Rating: Below Average
Samaila Hali Ahmed (ANPP) Darazo/Ganjuwa
He is hardworking and contributes to debates in the House. He is also very active in the committee works
Rating: Average
Bayelsa State
Sabo Usman Ibrahim (ANPP) Jamare/Itas- Gadan
He is a new lawmaker. Not well known in the House
Rating: Below Average
Nelson Belief (PDP) Brass/Nembe
Honourable Belief is one of the young lawmakers in the House. He is enterprising and contributes effectively to debates. He is one of the members of the Pension Committee now working on a revised pension Act.
Rating: Average
Henry Seriake Dickson (PDP) Ekeremor/Sagbama
Dickson is very vibrant. He is the leader of the New Agenda Group that pushed for the review of the House Rules against cognate experience. He is the immediate past Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice under Jonathan Goodluck.
Rating: Above Average
Clever Ikisipko (PDP) Ogbia
Ikisipko is respected in the House because he is the member representing the Vice-President in the House. Clever is the Chairman of the House committee on Petroleum (Down stream).
Rating: Below Average
Donald Egberibin (PDP) Southern Ijaw
He always wants to make an impact with every opportunity he has. He also wants his points to be noted. At committee level, he is very effective.
Rating: Average
Warman Weri Ogoriba (PDP) Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma
He is the engine room of the Internal Affairs Committee where he heads the Immigration sub committee. Ogoriba is a first time member of the House.
Rating: Average
Benue State
David Onobi Idoko (PDP) Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu
Idoko is one of the senior members of the House of Representatives. He was the chairman of the Investigative panel that probed the Leadership of the House under Etteh. He is the chairman of the House Committee on FCT Area councils.
Rating: Above Average
Solomon Agidani (PDP) Apa Agatu
Agidani is also one of the vibrant lawmakers in the House. He is very good at committee work and always contributes meaningfully to debates on the floor. He sponsored the Bill for the Chartered Institute of Training which was rejected by the House.
Rating: Average
Emmanuel Yisa Jev (PDP) Buruku.
Jev is a grassroots man and contributes to debates on the floor of the House.
Rating: Average.
Ternou Tsgeba (PDP) Gboko/Tarka
His colleagues call him the High Chief. He is a third term member of the House and was the Speaker Protempore that sat over the election of Bankole as the Speaker of the House.
Rating: Average
Emmanuel Jime (PDP) Markurdi/Tarka
He is the immediate past Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly and a strong member of the New Agenda Group. Jime is also battling for survival over his election which was annulled by the Tribunal in Markurdi.
Rating: Average
Demenge Alaaga (PDP) Gwer East/Gwer West
Alaga is also a new member of the House. But she is not very active on the floor and at the committee level.
Rating: Below Average.
Iorwase Herman Hember (PDP) Konshisha/Vandekeiya
Hember is a fresh lawmaker, but he makes himself noticed at every opportunity. Expectedy, this former student union activist has sponsored several bills including the Physically Challenged, Persons Trust Fund, Legal Aid, Student Union activities Control and Regulations and the Legal Practitioners Act.
He was one of those who ensured Etteh was forced to resign.
Rating: Average
Adipke Agbonu (PDP) Obi/Oju
Not well known in the House
Rating: Below Average
Nelson Alapa Ohimini/Otupko (ANPP)
This is the only lawmaker from Benue State that came into the House as a member of the ANPP. He is very active and contributes to several motions and Bills on the floor of the House.
He is very popular in the House.
Rating: Average
Cross Rivers State
Chile Igbawua (PDP) Kwande/Ushongo
Igbawua is not new in the House. But he has made himself very popular by following populist views on relevant or burning issues. Igbawua is one of the joint sponsors of the Media Professional Practitioners Control Bill being pushed alongside the FoI Bill.
Rating: Average
Alex Ukam (PDP) Akamkpa/Biase
He is the Vice Chairman of the Capital Market Institutions Committee of the House and a second term member. Ukam contributes effectively to the committee oversight functions. His Bill on Police Act Amendment is now awaiting Second Reading.
Rating: Average
John Ewah Enoh (PDP) Obubra/Etung
He is one of the engine rooms of the House of Representatives. He is the chairman of the House Committee on Finance who made landmark moves on the 2008 Appropriation Bill by uncovering unspent funds which the executive has ploughed back into the 2008 Budget.
Rating: Above Average
Paul Andeshi Adah (PDP) Obubra/Etung
Like all the members from Cross River, he is a second term member of the House and the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Information and National Orientation.
He is rarely seen in the chambers.
Rating: Below Average
Christopher Sunday Eta (PDP) Boki/Ikom
He is also a second term lawmaker and the Vice Chairman of the Pensions Committee and member, Public Accounts committee where his contribution is not noticeable.
Rating: Below Average.
Essien Ayi Ekepeyong (PDP) Calabar South/Akpabuyo/Bekwara
A cognate member, who represents the people of Bakassi has been one of the members agitating for the proper rehabilitation of the displaced Bakassi people. Outspoken, he works well with the committees.
Rating: Average
Bassey Eko Ewa (PDP) Yakurr/Abi
He is not a new member. But perhaps it may be the thinking of the people from his state that he becomes more visible in oversight functions.
Rating: Below Average
Delta State
Gabriel Ekpishoko Edi (PDP) Ogoja/Yala
Not very effective in the pleneray but like some of his colleagues, he works mostly at the Committee level
Rating: Below Average
Ndudi Godwin Elumelu (PDP) Aniocha North/Aniocha South /Oshimili
This is one of the finest breeds of lawmakers coming from Delta State. He is a new member of the House and the Chairman of the House Committee on Power and Steel. He is very thorough and deep in the politics of the National Assembly. Elumelu is one of the lawmakers well respected at both committee level and the plenary.
Rating: Above Average
Nicholas Mutu Ebomo (PDP) Bomadi/Patani
He is a second term member from Delta State. Not much is known about him in the House.
Rating: Below Average
Tamature E Brisibe ( PDP) Burutu
He is the chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream).
He has been able to take some decisions that have given the House clues to conduct investigations into the oil sector.
Rating: Above Average
Leo Okuweh Ogor (PDP) Isoko North/Isoko South
He is easily regarded as an encyclopaedia and one member to be relied upon on constitutional matters.
Rating: Above Average
Solomon Ahwinhwi (PDP) Ugheli North/Ugheli South /Udu
He is a new member of the House but rarely seen in the chambers. He was active in the early months of the legislature.
Rating: Below Average
John Halims Agoda (PDP) Ethiope East/Ethiope South
He is a third term member of the House of Representatives who has been able to position himself as a leader. Incidentally, he was the one who blew the whistle on Etteh and followed it through to her exit.
Agoda is also the chairman of the House Committee on Air Force, and has made serious impact in the House by moving motions that have stirred the House like the NNPC probe, the Call by the House to invite Senator Nuhu Aliyu to prove his '419' allegations against the House
Rating: Above Average
Doris Uboh (PDP) Ika North/ Ika South
Uboh is a fresh member of the House of Representatives. But like her predecessors from the constituency, she has made serious positive marks worth mentioning. An engineer by training Uboh is the Sub committee chairman in charge of PPMC. She is very good team player. Uboh has initiated several moves that made the House to move a motion that saw to the probe of the Ijegun Fire disaster in Lagos state.
Rating: Above Average
Overah Joyce (PDP) Okpe/Sapele/Uvwie
She is also a new member of the House. She is a good committee player, but not too visible at plenary session.
Rating: Average
Daniel Oritshe (PDP) Warri/North/ Werri South/West
He is a new member . Not visible in the politics of the House.
Rating: Below Average
Ebonyi State
Mercy Alumona-Isei (PDP) Ndokwa East/Ndokwa West/Ukwuani
Alumona Isei is a third term member of the House . But unfortunately, the Appeal court has nullified her election. Very good team player who will go the last mile to ensure that she get s what she wants. Isei is a strong member of the Integrity Group.
Rating: Above Average
Sylvester Ogbaga (PDP) Abakaliki/Ezzamgbo
He is a new member of the House but coming from the state House of Assembly. Not too visible in the House. At committee levels, he is not doing badly
Rating: Average
Omo Christopher Isu (PDP) Afikpo North/Afikpo South
He is a good team player. But during plenary sessions, he is not too active. He is also not active at Committee works
Rating: Below Average
Igwe Paulinus Nwagu (PDP) Ezaa North/ Ishielu
He was a two time Local Government Chairman in his state and also the Chairman of Police Committee in the House. He is a quick actor who is very intelligent when investigating or conducting oversight functions. He is still acting as the chairman following the election of Honourable Bayero Nafada as the Deputy Speaker.
Rating: Average
Innocent Ugochima (PDP) Ikwo/Ezza South
He is a new member and not well known in terms of contributions to the debates and at the committee level.
Rating: Below Average and Uninspiring
Okereke Oguabuchi N (PDP) Ivo/ Ohaozara/Onicha
He is a new member. He is a very good player and contributes effectively to debates in the House. He is the chairman of Rural Development Committee and knows how to get things done with the members and the leadership
Rating: Average
Elizabeth Ogbaga (PDP) Ohaukwu/Ebonyi
A lawyer by profession and member of the ethics and Privileges Committee. She contributes to debates and makes herself available at committee assignments. She is not a good team player.
Rating: Average
Tunde Akogun (PDP) Akoko Edo
He is the Leader of the House. Akogun, who is a second term member of the House is a stickler for loyalty. Coming from a military background where he rose to become a Colonel.
Rating: Average
Friday Itulah (PDP) Esan North East/South West
He was the former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly. He has a good mastery of the Rule Book. But he has been facing a different brand of legislative business in the House of Representatives. Itulah is the mover of the Tobacco Smoking Bill which has been consolidated and referred to the joint committee on Health and Justice.
Rating: Average
Abasi Owe Braimah (PDP) Etsako East/West Central
He has a way of delivering his motions and very deep in-the House politics. Respected by his colleagues due to the way he stands on very important issues. He is the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation .
Rating: Above Average
Ifaluyi Isibor (PDP) Ego Ikpoba/Okha
He is a new member of the House. He is a very good contributor to Committee oversight functions.
Rating: Average
Patrick Obahiagbon (PDP) Oredo
He is representing the Oba of Benin in the House, but beyond that he is flamboyant and portrays the rich Benin tradition in his mode of dressing. His use of vocabulary and the dictionary when making his points known. He is always a delight to watch when he is contributing to debates. He is a member of the Power and Steel Committee and was very effective all through the investigations.
Rating: Above Average
Osagie Raphael Samson (PDP) Orhiomwon/Uhunmwode
He became popular just few days after coming into the National Assembly when he moved the motion on the murder of Citizen Osamwuyi Akpitahi in the hands of Spanish security agents. Osagie is a lawyer by profession and a former member of the Edo State House of Assembly.
Rating: Average
West Idahosa (PDP) Ovia North/South West
He is a third term member of the House. Idahosa in the last dispensation was very active but has slowed down this time around. He is the chairman of the House Committee on Interior.
Rating: Above Average
Abolagba Johnson Aigbada (PDP) Owan East/West
He is a new member of the House but not visible. Aigbada is not popular at committees and plenary.
Rating: Below Average
Patrick A Ikhariale (PDP) Esan Central/Esan West/Igueben
A lawyer by profession, he is a member of the Finance committee and very active also in the Ethics and Privileges Committee. He contributes to debates effectively and has moved several motions. Rating: Average
Raji Rasaki Fatima (PDP) Ado Ekiti/Irpodun/Ifelodun
She is a new member of the House and a loyalist to the core. Rasaki may not be too visible during the plenary debates. But she is very good at Committee work and the oversight functions.
Rating: Average
Akindahunsi Titlayo Melodia (Ekiti South West Ikere/Orun/Ise
She is generally referred to as the mother of the House and the chairman of the House Services Committee. 'Mama' tries so hard to satisfy everybody. She was a former Chairman of the Association of Nigeria Council of Secondary School Principals (ANCOPSS) before coming to the House.
Rating: Average
Faseyi Samuel Duro (PDP) Ido
He is the chairman of the House committee on Environment. Faseyi may be good at the committee level but he is not effective on the floor of the House.
Rating: Below Average
Odebunmi Peter Kehinde (PDP) Ijero/Ekiti West/Efon
He is not very active in the House, neither is he visible at both the Committee level and on the floor of the House.
Rating: Below Average
Aribisala Adewale (PDP) Ikole /Oye
He is also not too visible in the House.
Rating: Below Average
Oguakwa Kanayo Graham Bur (PDP) Aninri/Agwu/Oji-uzo
He is a very good team player. KGB, as he is fondly called, was the former Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation. He is very active and plays floor politics effectively.
Rating: Average
Gilbert Nnaji (PDP) Enugu East/Isuzu
He is the immediate past Deputy Leader of the House under the speakership of Honourable Bello Masari
He is a very good team player and understands the politics of the House very well.
Rating: Average
Ogbuefi Ora Ozomgbachi (PDP)
He is a thorough-bred politician, who has been on the scene for quite a long time. Ozomgbachi is the chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee that investigated the Excessive interest rates/Charges on loans/services and other unethical practices in the banking industry which received wide acceptability and made startling revelations.
Rating: Above Average
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP) Igbeoeze/Udenu
He is the chairman of the House Committee on Marine Transport and is a second term member of the lower chambers. He takes so much interest in the oversight activities of his committee.
Rating: Above Average
Peace Uzoamaka Nnaji (PDP) NkanuEast/Nkanu West
She is a new member of the federal legislature, but she has so far ensured that she remained relevant in the scheme of things. At both plenary and committee levels, she contributes effectively.
Rating: Average
Patrick Asadu Oziokoja (PDP) Nsukka /Igboeze South
He is not too visible at the plenary but during committee works, he is very active. He is also a new member of the lower chamber.
Rating: Below Average
Ofor Chukwuegbo (PDP) Enugu North/Enugu South
He is very visible during committee assignments. Flambouyant and outspoken. He is the sub-Committee chairman of the House Committee on Telecommunications, in charge of Rural Telephony.
Rating: Average
Paul Okwudili Eze (PDP) Igbo Etiti/Uzo Uwani
He is a new member of the House. But he is ranked among the members who are not visible at both the committee and plenary sessions
Rating: Below Average
Isa Egah Dobi (PDP) Abaji/Gwagwalada/Kuje
He is not too active at both the committee and plenary sessions
Rating: Below Average
Nasiru Mohammed (ANPP) AMAC/Bwari
He was one of the lawmakers who investigated the former Speaker of the House, Etteh. He was also very active during committee assignments before he was removed by the Appeal Court in Abuja
He lost re-run of the election to a former member of the House.
Rating: No Rating
Mohammed Bello Suleiman (PDP) Akko
He is the chairman of the House Committee on Sports. He is very active during the plenary sessions and committee works. He is presently leading the team of legislators amending the National Sports Commission Bill.
Rating: Average
Usman Bayero Nafada (PDP) Dukku/Nafada
He is the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives who fought a hard battle before getting the seat.
Nafada was a Speaker of the Gombe State House of Assembly before he came to the National Assembly in 2003.
Rating: Above Average
Abubakar Abubakar (PDP) Kwami/Funakaye/Gombe
This lawmaker is one of the few that commands respect among his colleagues. But he is not active in plenary. He is a good team player.
Rating: Average
Shuabu Galadima (PDP) Yamata/Debba
He is doing very well in the House and has contributed to several motions and debates on the floor of the House.
Rating: Average
Hassan Ahmadu Haruna (PDP) Balanga/Biliri
He is a new member of the House of Representatives, but has been very active at the Committee level. He also contributes intelligently on the floor of the House.
Rating: Average
Gora Adamu Kalba (PDP) Kaltungo/Shongom
He is not very active in the House and not visible in the Plenary
Rating: Below Average
Ihedioha Emeka Nkem (PDP) Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala
He is the Chief Whip of the House and the leader of the South East caucus of the House of Representatives. Ihedioha is very experienced and one of the few who know the inner working of the lawmaking body and the management of the National Assembly.
Rating: Above Average
Rufus Omeire (PDP) Ideato North /Ideato south
He is the Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on Poverty Alleviation. But Omeirie has not been inspiring in plenary. He is however very active at the Committee level
Rating: Average
Juliet Akano (PDP) Nkwerre/isu/Nwagele/Njaba
She was one of the members who fought Etteh till her exit. A new member to the House without any experience in lawmaking. Akano is always present in the chambers and likes being identified wherever she is.
Rating: Average
Bethel Amadi (PDP) Mbaitoli Ikeduru
He is a second term member of the House and the former Chief Whip of the House who stood behind the leadership during the crisis.
At some of the committees where he belongs, Amadi contributes effectively.
Rating: Average
Independence Ogunewe (PDP) Ahiazu/Ezinihitte
He is not new to the politics of the House. He came out openly to ensure that Etteh vacated the seat.
Ogunewe is one of the lawmakers that can be relied on to use his power of oration to sway debates at the appropriate time.
Rating: Above average
Eze Chukwu Leonard (PDP) Orlu Orsu/Oru east
He is a new member of the House of Representatives who has come to assert his authority at both the committee level and plenary. Mayor, as he is fondly called, is the sponsor of the Bill on Compulsory and Immediate Treatment and Care of Victims of Bullet wounds now in its second reading stage in the House.
Rating: Average
Austin Nwachukwu (PDP) Ehime Mbano/Ihite Uboma/Obowo
He is a new member, who almost got his hands burnt for standing behind Etteh. Very active on the floor of the House and Committee work.
Rating: Above Average
Ibejiako Ernest (PDP) Owerri Municipal/North/West
He is not new to legislative business as he was a member of the Imo State House of Assembly. A very intelligent lawmaker. Ibejiako is a stickler for group politics, who believes that you can only get what you want by being involved.
Rating: Average
Saudatu Sani (Lere)
She is an intelligent woman who made serious marks during the last session.
Rating: Average
Muhammad Sanni Ibrahim (ANPP) Kduna North
He is one of the two ANPP members from the state who has not been very active in the business of lawmaking. But he is very strong at committee oversight functions
Rating: Average
Jibril Adamu (PDP) Zaria
He is a new member. Not very Active probably because he is yet to understand the politics as it is played at the very high level of the National Assembly.
Rating: Below Average
Ibrahim Mustapha (PDP) Sabo
He is also a new member. Not very active
Rating: Below Average
Isah Idris Umaru (PDP) Igabi
Not very inspiring both at the plenary and committee works
Rating: Below Average
Ahmed Tsoho Kargi (PDP) Ikara/Kudan
He held a
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