NASSWatch: 8 Bills, 7 Motions – Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong Presents Mid-Term Scorecard

By CrossRiverWatch Admin

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and Senator representing Cross River South District in the 10th National Assembly, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr has sponsored eight bills out of which one has been assented to and raised seven motions, his midterm scorecard published by his office says.

This places him among the top performing first-term legislators and the Cross River delegation to the 10th National Assembly when lawmaking is the matrix considered.

Senator Ekpenyong’s constituency is the largest in the State in terms of landmass, number of local government areas, and federal constituencies within. 

Bills Sponsored

1. Federal Medical Centers Amendment Bill 2024, for the establishment of Federal Medical Center, Odukpani
2. Environmental Protection Agency Establishment Bill, 2023
3. National Inland Waterways Authority Act Amendment Bill, 2024
4. National Youth Service Corps Act Amendment Bill 2023
5. The Factoring Assignments And Receivables Financing Bill, 2024 which seeks to establish a legal framework for the practice of factoring in Nigeria and will enhance access to financing, particularly for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), and integrate Nigeria into the global factoring market
6. South South Development Commission Establishment Act, 2024
7. Corporate Bodies (Members Emolument) Act, Repeal Bill, 2023
8. Suicide Prevention Bill, 2023

Motions

1. Persistent Denial Of Treatment And Care To Victims Of Gunshot Wounds And Other Emergencies: Urgent Need To Ensure Compliance With The Provision Of The Compulsory Treatment And Care Of Gunshots Act, 2017
2. Inclusion Of Nassarawa And Ikot Nkebre Communities Of Calabar Municipal For Federal Government Emergency Intervention Against Erosion Degradation.
3. Rehabilitation Of Calabar-Oban-Ekang Road 
4. Urgent Need To Halt The Incessant Spate Of Killings And Boundary Disputes In Parts Of Odukpani Local Government Area Of Cross River State
5. The Motion On The Urgent Need To Investigate The Continued Importation Of Hazardous Petroleum Products And Dumping Of Substandard Diesel Into Nigeria.
6. Motion On The Urgent Need To Address The Increased Cost Of Data Services
7. Urgent Need To Halt The Incessant Spate Of Killings And Boundary Disputes In Parts Of Odukpani Local Government Area Of Cross River State 

And, according to his office, he has facilitated the following;

1. Installation of 6.870 solar-powered streetlights across 156 locations
2. Construction of 11 roads totaling 16 kilometers
3. Rehabilitation of 8 roads – Mayne Avenue, Inyang Street, Goldie Street, Ehpraim Street, Hewett Street, Queen Duke Street, Edim Otop Street, and Hall 2 Road in the University of Calabar.
4. Seven solar-powered boreholes (one in each Local Government Area)
5. Ongoing construction of a Police station at Odukpani
6. Three medical outreaches with 4,422 beneficiaries
7. Provision of five buses for free mass transit covering 19 routes
8. Provision of scholarship, educational, and instructional materials to 1,700 students
9. 31 foreign scholarships
10. Construction of the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA Digital Economy Centers at the Government Secondary School Idang, and the Government Secondary School Ehom in Calabar Municipal and Biase Local Government Areas respectively
11. Distribution of tools to 1,000 constituents to support small-scale businesses
12. Distribution of essential food items to 500 constituents
13. Employment of 28 constituents in the Federal Civil Service
14. Appointment of 12 constituents at the National Assembly