Eight senators out of the fifteen South East senators, including Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, Orji Uzor Kalu, Enyinaya Abaribe, Osita Izunaso and Victor Umeh have all bagged senate committees’ chairmen in the 10th National Assembly.
Other senators from the South East who made the senate committee chairmen list are Patrick Ndubueze, Okechukwu Ezea and Osita Ngwu.
Owing to the geo-political zone’s five states, only 15 senators emerged from South East.
However, one of the lawmakers, Senator Dave Umahi, was recently nominated a minister designate, leaving the region with 14, pending when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct a rerun election.
See the full list of Senate Committees chairmen as announced by the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio below:
- Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, States and Local Government Affairs
- Senator Ahmad Lawan – Defence
- Senator Aminu Tambuwal – Housing
- Senator Sani Musa – Finance
- Senator Solomon Adeola – Appropriations
- Senator Adams Oshiomhole – Interior
- Senator Godiya Akwashiki – Airforce
- Senator Abdulfatai Buhari – Aviation
- Senator Aliyu Wadada – Public Accounts
- Senator Osita Izunaso – Capital market
- Senator Cyril Fasuyi – Establishment
- Senator Seriake Dickson – Ecology/climate change
- Senator Jide Ipisagba- Petroleum downstream
- Senator Shehu Kaka – Special duties
- Senator Patrick Nwabueze – Works
- Senator Abiru Tokunbo – Banking
- Senator Isa Jubril – Customs
- Senator Elisha Abbo – Culture & Tourism
- Senator Victor Umeh – Diaspora
- Senator Lawan Usman – Education
- Senator Akintunde Yunus – Environment
- Senator Ibrahim Bomai – FCT
- Senator Abubakar Sani – foreign affairs
- Senator Banigo Harry – Health
- Senator Abdul-aziz Yari – Water resources
- Senator Enyinaya Abaribe – Power
- Senator Aliyu Wammako – Foreign & Local debts
- Senator Adamu Aliero – Land Transport
- Senator Gbenga Daniel – Navy
- Senator Barinada Mpigi – Niger Delta
- Senator Mohammed Monguno – Judiciary
- Senator Yemi Adaramodu – Youths and Sports
- Senator Ireti Kingigbe – Women Affairs
- Senator Orji Kalu – Privatization
- Senator Mustapha Saliu – Agriculture
- Senator Aliyu Bilbis – Communications
- Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong – NDDC
- Senator Titus Zam – Rules & Business
- Senator Sunday Karimi – Senate Services
- Senator Okechukwu Ezea – Ethics & public petitions
- Senator Shehu Buba – National security & intelligence
- Senator Garba Maidoki – Legislative matters.
Meanwhile, about a dozen more South East Senators Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, Orji Uzor Kalu, Enyinaya Abaribe, Osita Izunaso Victor Umeh, others bag senate committees and their chairmen are yet to be announced from which it is believed that more senators from the region will benefit.
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