By CrossRiverWatch Admin
Information contained in a document that breaks down the performance of the 25 members of the 8th Cross River State House of Assembly show that four of the legislators may only have been warming their seats in the House.
Hon. Olory Matthew Samuel representing Akamkpa 1 state constituency, Hon. Simon Nkoro representing Ikom 2 constituency, Hon. Okpechi Friday representing Obubra 1 and his colleague representing Obubra 2 State constituency, Elucate Ekon all have no record of any bill they have sponsored in the House since the inauguration of the 8th Assembly May 29, 2015.
The document which was obtained exclusively by CrossRiverWatch from sources in the State House of Assembly lists the other 20 members each with the number of bills they have sponsored apart from the Speaker, Hon. John Gaul Lebo who is an arbiter in the House.
Hon. Eteng Jones (Yakurr 2) and Hon. Hilary Bisong (Boki 2) topped the list with six bills each while Hon. Joseph Bassey (Calabar South 2), Hon. Regina Anyogo (Yala 1), Hon. Efa Esua (Calabar Municipality), Hon. Bassey Akiba (Odukpani), Hon. Nelson Ofem (Yakurr 1), Hon. Moses Ucheche (Obanlikwu), and Hon. Charles Ekpe (Akamkpa 2), were the lowest achievers with only one bill each to their names.
Below is the full list of each lawmaker’s name, title of their bills and the number of bills they have sponsored.
(1) HON. ETENG WILLIAM – YAKURR II
1. Cross River State Infrastruture Fund Bill
2. Greater Calabar Capital City Development Authority Bill
3. Cross River State Tax Exemption ( Low Income Earners) Bill
4. Cross River State Revenue Administration (Amendment) Bill
5. Cross River State Portside Development Agency Bill
6. Cross River State Homeland Safety and Security Bill
(2) HON. HILARY BISONG – BOKI II
1. Cross River State Convention and Meetings Bureau Bill
2. Cross River State Safety Commission Bill
3. Cross River State Lottery Board Bill
4. Cross River State Information Communication and Technology Bill
5. Cross River State Corporate Social Responsibility Bill
6. Cross River Consumer Protection Agency Bill
(3) HON. ITAM ABANG – BOKI I
1. Cross River State Child Protection Commission Bill
2. Cross River State University of Technology (Amendment) Bill
3. Cross River State Private Institution Regulatory Board Bill
(4) HON. OGANA LUKPATA – YALA II
1. Cross River State Wharf Landing Fees Bill
2. Cross River State Local Government Harmonized Levies, Fees And Charges (Amendment) Bill
3. Cross River State Administration of Criminal Justice Bill
(5) HON. ELIZABETH IRONBAR – AKPABUYO
1. Cross River State Equal Opportunities Bill
2. Cross River State Elimibation of Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Bill
3. Cross River State Disability Rights Commission Bill
(6) HON. CHRISTIAN ACHOR AGBOR – ETUNG
1. Cross River State Water Ways Authority Bill
2. Cross River State Infrastructure Safety and Regulatory Agency (Ammendment) Bill
(7) HON. FRED OSIM – IKOM I
1. Cross River State Economic and Industrial Development Zone Bill
2. Cross River State Road Infrastructure and Maintenance (Amendment) Bill
(8) HON. IDAGU AJOR AGAJI – BEKWARRA
1. Cross River State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency Bill
2. Cross River State Social Housing Scheme Bill
(9) HON. UKPUKPEN STEPHEN – OBUDU
1. Cross River State Kidnapping (Prohibition) Bill
2. Cross River State Produce ( Enforcement of Grades and Standards of Quality) Bill
(10) HON. PETER ODEY AGBA – OGOJA
1. Cross River State Sustainable Development Goals Agency Bill
2. Cross River State Constituency Projects Board Bill
(11) HON. OKON EPHRAIM – CALABAR SOUTH I
1. Cross River State House of Assembly Service Commission Bill
2. Cross River State Scrap Regulatory Agency Bill
(12) HON. EKPO EKPO BASSEY – BAKASSI
1. Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency Bill
2. Cross River State Health Insurance Scheme Bill
(13) HON. OGBOR OGBOR – BIASE
1. Cross River State Sports Commission (Amendment) Bill
2. Cross River State Infrastructure Safety and Regulatory Agency (Amendment) Bill
(14) HON. JOSEPH BASSEY – CALABAR SOUTH II
1. Cross River State Water Infrastructure Management Agency Bill
(15) HON. REGINA ANYOGO – YALA 1
1. Cross River State Protection Against Domestic Violence Bill
(16) HON EFA ESUA – CALABAR MUNICIPALITY
1. Cross River State Environmental Protection (Amendment) Bill
(17) HON. BASSEY E. AKIBA – ODUKPANI
1. Cross River State Commercial Agriculture Agency Bill
(18) HON. NELSON OFEM – YAKURR 1
1. Cross River State Employment Bureau Bill
(19) HON. MOSES UCHECHE – OBANLIKU
1. Cross River State Center for Citizens Rights and Public Defender Bill
(20) HON. CHARLES EKPE – AKAMKPA II
1. Cross River State Environment and Carbon Emission Board Bill
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