Senator Stella Oduah Stands Out In The 9th Assembly

Senator Princess Stella Oduah OON leads the way in the Nigerian red chamber as records of bills sponsored in the last two years have been made public. In all a total of 753 bills were sponsored by senators in the 109-capacity senate.

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Senator Stella Oduah (PDP, Anambra North) topped the chart with 36 bills to her credit. Next is Mohammed Sani Musa (APC, Niger), who have 24 bills, closely followed by Uche Lilian Ekwunife (PDP, Anambra) with 22 bills.

Coming fourth on top of the chart are the duo of Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege and Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP, Anambra), with 20 bills each.

Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti) and Uba Sani (APC, Kaduna), who sponsored 19 bills each, were followed by Istifanus Dung Gyang (PDP, Plateau) with 17 bills.

Ibikunle Amosun (APC, Ogun) and Gershom Henry Bassey (PDP, Cross River) sponsored 15 bills each, while Bima Enagi (APC, Niger) and Barau Jibrin (APC, Kano) have 13 bills each.

Five senators sponsored eight bills each. They are Nicholas Tofowomo (PDP, Ondo), Yahaya Abdullahi (APC, Kebbi), Gabriel Suswam (PDP, Benue), Theodore Orji (PDP, Abia) and Patrick Abba Moro (PDP, Benue).

Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (APC, Niger), Rochas Okorocha (APC, Imo), Adetumbi Olubunmi (APC, Ekiti), Tolu Odebiyi (APC, Ogun) and Suleiman Abdu Kwari (APC, Kaduna) have seven bills each to their credit.

Others in this category are Ajibola Basiru (APC, Osun), Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa), Kashim Shettima (APC, Borno) and Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP, Taraba).

Those with six bills are Ezenna Francis Onyewuchi (PDP, Imo), Philip Aduda (PDP, FCT), Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (APC, Sokoto), Teslim Folarin (APC, Oyo), Mpigi Barinada (PDP, Rivers), Obinna Joseph Ogba (PDP, Ebonyi), Umar Tanko Almakura (APC, Nasarawa), Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos) and Mustapha Olalekan (APC, Ogun).

Senators who have sponsored five bills are Yakubu Oseni (APC, Kogi), Francis Alimikhena (APC, Edo) and Samuel Ominyi Egwu (PDP, Ebonyi).

Others with five bills each are Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti), Kola Balogun (PDP, Oyo), Ajayi Boroffice (APC, Ondo) and Isiaku Elijah Cliff (APC, Adamawa).