As he
said during the inauguration of the 7th senate and his swearing in as a Senator
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the Senate Chamber on Monday, June 6,
2011:
“By the grace of God I will redeem all my electioneering promises for my constituents by making sure I draw the federal government’s attention to the problems confronting my people”. He further promised jobless youths and graduates of his Constituency that he will immediately set in motion, a machinery to pool them and gradually secure job opportunities for them as the openings come. He also promised to draw the Federal Government’s attention to providing infrastructural facilities that would improve the standard of living of his Constituents. Reiterating his determination to also draw the Federal Government’s attention to the oil and gas wealth abundant in his constituency, he promised to make sure a responsible management of the resources accruable from oil and gas exploitation in the Niger Delta region is put in place to benefit majority of the people of the region.
With such strong words of commitment to the nation building of a New Nigeria, Senator Pius Ewherido has taken the challenge of leadership. Ewherido understands the task before him. It is without doubt a challenging task. The problems that he has to contend with are multi- farious and highly complex. In the senate of 109 members, he is a lone DPP senator. It takes gut and a level of proficiency and outspokenness for one to register a mark in such settings. Senator Ewherido, in the past two years has been able to give account of himself with an impressive and enviable performance record on the floor of the senate.
Drawing from his wealth of experience as Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the Delta State House Assembly for 8 years, Senator Ewherido ranks among the best 10 senators in the present senate in terms of boldness, articulate contributions to debates on the floor of the Senate, mesmersizing texture of eloguence and the sublime grandeur of his logic and philosophical depth. His youthful and patriotic energy become handy whenever the opportunity arises for him to take the floor and make contributions to issues. Senator Ewherido, in the past two years has distinguished himself in this challenging environment as a man fully armed to stand for his people in the senate.
As a pioneer Deputy Speaker of the House in 1999 and was for over a year the acting Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly during which time he provided very distinguished, vibrant and robust leadership.
Senator Ewherido was not just a leader in the house; he was a lawmaker par excellent. In his eight years in the house he moved over 40 motions that were adopted and sponsored and co- sponsored eight bills among which are:
1) Law Prohibiting Harmful, Cruel and Discriminatory Practices Against Females and Widows
2) Prohibition of Female Circumcision and Genital Mutilation
3) A Law to Make Policy Provisions for Employment of Indigenes in Delta State and for Other Matters Connected Therewith.
4) A law to Make Provisions for the Establishment of Delta State Blood Transfusion Databank and Other Incidental matters, 2006
5) A law to Make Provisions for the Amendment of Legal officers (Harmonisation of salaries with magistrates) Law in 1996 and for other matters connected therewith
6) Employment of Legislative Aides, Employment Protection for Deltans in Junior Staff category in Establishments in Delta State, 1999.
7) A Law to Provide for the Grant of Bursary and Award of Scholarship to Students of Delta State Origin in Educational Institutions and Matters Connected thereto
In his time in the house, over 10 roads were constructed in his Ughelli South Constituency, over 20 towns and villages were provided with electricity, over 15 towns and villages were provided potable drinking water, a lot of primary and secondary schools were given face lift in the local government, among many other projects. It was mainly in appreciation of his performance that he was overwhelmingly voted back to the house in 2003.
Ewherido contested the PDP governorship primaries in 2006. Dissatisfied with the conduct of the primaries, he withdrew from active politics in 2007 after his tenure in the house ended. In 2010 he switched camp to the Democratic People’s Party. He contested and won the DPP Delta Central Senatorial primaries before going to win the main election in 2011. Since 2011, even as a lone DPP senator, Ewherido has been giving the people of Delta Central vibrant and effective representation, drawing from his experience as a state legislator. In less than two years in the senate, he has sponsored four bills. They are:
1) A Bill for an Act to make provisions creating the offence of Corporate Manslaughter and matters incidental thereto.
2) A Bill for an Act to Establish the Welding Standards Regulatory Council of Nigeria.
3) A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of The Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to provide for Devolution of more responsibilities to States And Public Sector Accountability (by the creation of the office of Auditor General of the Federation as distinct from The Office of The Auditor General of The Federal government of Nigeria).
4) A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to streamline the jurisdiction of the appellate courts for quick dispensation of justice and for matters incidental thereto.
Majority of the bills Ewherido has sponsored since his days in the state assembly are people- oriented which lends credence to his humanist disposition. Ewherido is a man of the people, a thoroughbred grassroot politician. He has also co-sponsored 12 motions so far in the senate. He has attracted developmental projects, scholarships, job opportunities, training locally and abroad among others
“By the grace of God I will redeem all my electioneering promises for my constituents by making sure I draw the federal government’s attention to the problems confronting my people”. He further promised jobless youths and graduates of his Constituency that he will immediately set in motion, a machinery to pool them and gradually secure job opportunities for them as the openings come. He also promised to draw the Federal Government’s attention to providing infrastructural facilities that would improve the standard of living of his Constituents. Reiterating his determination to also draw the Federal Government’s attention to the oil and gas wealth abundant in his constituency, he promised to make sure a responsible management of the resources accruable from oil and gas exploitation in the Niger Delta region is put in place to benefit majority of the people of the region.
With such strong words of commitment to the nation building of a New Nigeria, Senator Pius Ewherido has taken the challenge of leadership. Ewherido understands the task before him. It is without doubt a challenging task. The problems that he has to contend with are multi- farious and highly complex. In the senate of 109 members, he is a lone DPP senator. It takes gut and a level of proficiency and outspokenness for one to register a mark in such settings. Senator Ewherido, in the past two years has been able to give account of himself with an impressive and enviable performance record on the floor of the senate.
Drawing from his wealth of experience as Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the Delta State House Assembly for 8 years, Senator Ewherido ranks among the best 10 senators in the present senate in terms of boldness, articulate contributions to debates on the floor of the Senate, mesmersizing texture of eloguence and the sublime grandeur of his logic and philosophical depth. His youthful and patriotic energy become handy whenever the opportunity arises for him to take the floor and make contributions to issues. Senator Ewherido, in the past two years has distinguished himself in this challenging environment as a man fully armed to stand for his people in the senate.
As a pioneer Deputy Speaker of the House in 1999 and was for over a year the acting Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly during which time he provided very distinguished, vibrant and robust leadership.
Senator Ewherido was not just a leader in the house; he was a lawmaker par excellent. In his eight years in the house he moved over 40 motions that were adopted and sponsored and co- sponsored eight bills among which are:
1) Law Prohibiting Harmful, Cruel and Discriminatory Practices Against Females and Widows
2) Prohibition of Female Circumcision and Genital Mutilation
3) A Law to Make Policy Provisions for Employment of Indigenes in Delta State and for Other Matters Connected Therewith.
4) A law to Make Provisions for the Establishment of Delta State Blood Transfusion Databank and Other Incidental matters, 2006
5) A law to Make Provisions for the Amendment of Legal officers (Harmonisation of salaries with magistrates) Law in 1996 and for other matters connected therewith
6) Employment of Legislative Aides, Employment Protection for Deltans in Junior Staff category in Establishments in Delta State, 1999.
7) A Law to Provide for the Grant of Bursary and Award of Scholarship to Students of Delta State Origin in Educational Institutions and Matters Connected thereto
In his time in the house, over 10 roads were constructed in his Ughelli South Constituency, over 20 towns and villages were provided with electricity, over 15 towns and villages were provided potable drinking water, a lot of primary and secondary schools were given face lift in the local government, among many other projects. It was mainly in appreciation of his performance that he was overwhelmingly voted back to the house in 2003.
Ewherido contested the PDP governorship primaries in 2006. Dissatisfied with the conduct of the primaries, he withdrew from active politics in 2007 after his tenure in the house ended. In 2010 he switched camp to the Democratic People’s Party. He contested and won the DPP Delta Central Senatorial primaries before going to win the main election in 2011. Since 2011, even as a lone DPP senator, Ewherido has been giving the people of Delta Central vibrant and effective representation, drawing from his experience as a state legislator. In less than two years in the senate, he has sponsored four bills. They are:
1) A Bill for an Act to make provisions creating the offence of Corporate Manslaughter and matters incidental thereto.
2) A Bill for an Act to Establish the Welding Standards Regulatory Council of Nigeria.
3) A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of The Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to provide for Devolution of more responsibilities to States And Public Sector Accountability (by the creation of the office of Auditor General of the Federation as distinct from The Office of The Auditor General of The Federal government of Nigeria).
4) A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to streamline the jurisdiction of the appellate courts for quick dispensation of justice and for matters incidental thereto.
Majority of the bills Ewherido has sponsored since his days in the state assembly are people- oriented which lends credence to his humanist disposition. Ewherido is a man of the people, a thoroughbred grassroot politician. He has also co-sponsored 12 motions so far in the senate. He has attracted developmental projects, scholarships, job opportunities, training locally and abroad among others
A remarkably urbane, cosmopolitan, public-spirited and new-age politician, that has a mind that is well attuned to the Winston Churchill dictum that “The price of greatness is responsibility”. He has a moderated view about life and he is far removed from the prevailing haughtiness and vacuous hedonism that rudely characterise our political firmament.
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