Matthew Mbu Junior Explained

Matthew Tawo Mbu Junior
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Office1:Senator for Cross River Central
Term Start1:29 May 1999
Term End1:29 May 2003
Successor1:Victor Ndoma Egbe
Birth Place:Cross River State, Nigeria

Matthew Tawo Mbu Junior was elected senator for the Cross River Central constituency of Cross River State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[1] Mbu's father, also Matthew Tawo Mbu, is a lawyer, politician, diplomat, and a fixture in Nigerian political affairs for more than fifty years.[2] After taking his seat in the Senate, Mbu Junior was appointed to committees on Security and Intelligence (chairman), Foreign Affairs, Defense, Women Affairs and Privatization.[3] An October 2002 survey of the performance of senators noted that in the first three years of the assembly, he had presented five bills.[4]

After Mbu left the Senate, in November 2003 his house in Abuja was slated for demolition. However, the demolition team was stopped from pulling down his and neighboring houses when it was found that one of them was owned by a powerful businessman.[5] In a February 2010 interview with the Vanguard, Mbu called on the National Assembly and state governors to force the Federal Executive Council to declare the ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua incapacitated so Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan could assume his duties.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Federal Republic of Nigeria Legislative Election of 20 February and 7 March 1999 . Psephos . 2010-06-18.
  2. Web site: Amb. Dr M T MBU (CFR) - Chairman . Alex Ekwueme Foundation . 2010-06-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724234906/http://www.alexekwueme.org/chairman/ . 2011-07-24.
  3. Web site: Congressional Committees . Nigeria Congress . 2010-06-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091118151316/http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm . 2009-11-18 .
  4. Web site: National Assembly records 24 dead senators . BNW News . Ben Agande . Rotimi Ajayi . Habib Yakoob . October 30, 2002 . 2010-06-18.
  5. Web site: Anyim, Mbu's houses for demolition . BNW News . Emmanuel Aziken . November 25, 2003 . 2010-06-18.
  6. Web site: Declare Yar'Adua Incapacitated, Mbu Tells National Assembly, Governors . Vanguard . Ben Agande . 15 February 2010 . 2010-06-18.