As A First Timer, Uzor Kalu Has Set The Bar With The Highest Number Of Bills To His Credit

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who represents Abia North in the Red Chambers and presently serves as the Chief Whip of the 9th Senate has made his mark by sponsoring twenty five (25) bills within his short stay in the upper legislative chambers, a cursory look at this assessment shows that he has the highest number of bills to his credit compared to other legislators of South East extraction.

This report is coming from a renowned parliamentary multi media platform ; OrderPaper.ng, that not only track the progress of lawmakers but the impact of their representation on their constituents .The report which came out on Tuesday shows that Uzor Kalu sponsored more bills than his other contemporaries from Abia.

Using the 2019 – 2022 cumulative legislative tenure of the 9th Senate and Kalu’s bills, the Senate Chief Whip exceeded his colleagues by 67% compared with Senators ; Theodore Orji (10 Bills) and Enyinnaya Abaribe (2 Bills) who have spent 8 and 12 years respectively at the Red Chambers.

Asides discharging his constitutional elected responsibility with his bill driving streak, Kalu the 62-year-old lawmaker representing Abia-North has also bagged prestigious awards from notable organisations in recognition of his infrastructural and empowerment drive for his constituents which has been described as superlative.

As published by OrderPaper some of Kalu’s notable bills among the twenty-five include; A Bill For An Act To Amend The Administration Of Criminal Justice Act 2015 And Other Related Matters Bill 2020; A Bill For An Act To Establish The National Food Bank And To Provide For Matters Connected With Or Incidental To The Foregoing, Bill 2021; A Bill For An Act To Alter The Constitution Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended) To Provide That The Federal Government And The State Governments Shall Have Concurrent Legislative Powers On Railway, And To Provide For Matters Related Thereto 2021;

Orji kalu a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressive’s Congress (APC) was elected to the Senate in 2019.

In the report the media organisation x-rayed the legislative performance of the twelve Abia lawmakers in the National They highlighted the scorecard of Senators and members of the House of Representatives from the state. The piece was focused on their performance in the area of Bill Sponsorship over the last three years (2019 -2022).