Senator representing Abia Central in the Senate, Senator T.A. Orji has said his emergence as the best Senator in Abia will encourage him to do more.
The former Abia governor spoke in an exclusive chat with ABN TV in Abuja on Thursday.
He noted that the award will also encourage his constituents to believe that they have a competent hand in the Senate as well as spurring him to do more in effectively representing the people of Abia Central.
ABN TV had brought you a report that the Senator was voted Abia Senator Of The Year in a keenly contested poll organised by an Abia based independent media organisation, All Facts Newspaper.
The other Senators featured in the poll are Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (APC, Abia North) and Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP, Abia South).
Results of the poll which were made public today by the media organisation saw Senator T.A. Orji polling 42.4% of the total votes cast while Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who came closest garnered 39.2% of the votes with Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe polling the rest.
Senator T.A. Orji’s contributions on the floor of the Senate part of which led to the passing of the Law backing the establishment of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) among others, his annual scholarship awards to indigent students of Abia origin in higher institutions which entered its 6th straight edition this year, building of classrooms in primary and secondary schools, his Free Eye Surgery Initiative which have seen hundreds of his constituents have their cases of blindness reversed, empowerment items and start up capital distributed to SME operators among others have seen Senator T.A. Orji’s popularity among the people rise astronomically.
He also expressed readiness to be at the award presentation ceremony to take place at Damgrate Hotel, Umuahia, on the 9th of December, 2021.
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